AUDI A3 Sportback · 1.9 TDI Ambition · Hatchback · 2004 ‐ 2008

In 2004 Audi began manufacture of automobiles model A3 Sportback, modification 1.9 TDI Ambition and closed it in 2008. This vehicle has five doors, the body is shaped like a hatchback, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.3 meters, that can seat 5 people in sum.

«A3 Sportback 1.9 TDI Ambition» car with a 5-speed manual gear shift is fitted to the front wheels. This vehicle can be accelerated for 11.7 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 187 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders diesel motor with a «unit injector system», which produce a maximum power of 105 hp at 4000 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this automobile is 55 liters of diesel, thus when normal fuel rate is 4.9 l per 100 km (4.2 l on the highway, 6.1 liters in the urban), that allows to go about 1123 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks brakes and attached to the underframe using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks brakes and fixed to the chassis through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the next size - 225/45R17.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Audi A3 Sportback gained the many quantity of stars - 4, which means that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. Furthermore to passive safety features (passenger, side, head/curtain, driver airbags), it is also has dynamic systems of safety such as ESP, ABS, Brake assistant, EBD, Traction control.