audi Winter Driving Experience: Quattro in the Snow
Photo: Audi Audi RS 6 Avant - front • We drove several Audi models to test the company's mechanical and electronic all-wheel drive systems in winter conditions.
Across the industry, there are now many effective AWD systems, but the same ones always rise to the top. There’s just no substitute for experience and expertise in a field. One way to find out was to participate in an Audi winter driving program at the Circuit de Mécaglisse in Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, north of Montreal in Quebec. And that’s what we did.Photo: Audi Audi RS 6 Avant - Profile Various exercises awaited us behind the wheel of three distinct Audi models: the Q4 e-tron SUV, the RS e-tron GT and the RS 6 Avant . In the latter two cases, we switched regularly between models to compare the ways in which the systems work.
Our verdict was that the electronic all-wheel drive of the electric model is no match for the mechanical one. This was further confirmed during a second test on a circular course; here the task was to make big donuts, in controlled skidding. The technique is basic. Simply throw the stern out with the throttle and keep the pressure on so that the stern is constantly askew, as you circle around a central point.
It was certainly interesting and educational as an exercise; now if only the RS e-tron GT produced the sound of the RS 6 Avant... With this electric model, a different kind of course awaited us. The start was on a flat surface where we were instructed to do a slalom exercise between cones. This was followed by a ride on the Mécaglisse road circuit. The idea was to do several runs, changing the Audi Drive Select settings each time.
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