Saturday 13 March 2010

Audi Innovation- Quattro

In 1980, the Audi Quattro which is appeared at the Geneva Motor Show caused a sensation in car industry, not because of its angular shape of the coupe, nor its amazing 200-horsepower engine. The real secret exists in the aspect that the car’s driving model - four-wheel drive. At that time, four-wheel-drive technology is limited to off-road vehicles; the emergence of Audi quattro opened a new chapter in the history of civil-wheel-drive cars.
In the 30-year history, the Audi quattro all-wheel-drive system has undergone six times innovation, each time of evolution set new standards for all-wheel-drive technology.
1980, first generation-hollow shaft











1986, second generation-Torque-sensing differential-A















1988, the third generation-first time applied to automatic models
















1994, the fourth generation-torque-sensing center differential-B; first time to use EDL (Electronic Differential Lock)


















1997, the fifth generation-optimized Torque-sensing differential-A















2005, the sixth generation-Torque-sensing differential-C; the birth of the Audi Q series




10 comments:

Unknown said...

I think Audi Qseries is a legend.

Dany said...

My dream is Audi R8!! God bless me!

www.mobile-T.com said...

a great innovation! that's interesting!!!

Rachel Zhong said...

I was wondering if i entered a car factory. :)

SarahWW said...

hehe~I'm not a big fan of cars, but that looks so cool~hope there will be a "transparent" car sooooon...hehe

Neo said...

haha, just wanna discuss with sarah about the transparent car she mentioned, it is a fantastic idea..

Leon said...

maybe one day! the car can be made by plastic.

Shengsheng Liu said...

wow,that's lively,i am late, i think, the idea of transparent car is fantastic, maybe i will buy it when i have a big park```````

Anonymous said...

i love the pictures

Anonymous said...

I love this car ,that's nice car