Hello everyone, I'm a chestnut.
Recently, ice and snow sports have been particularly popular, and the Winter Olympics have arrived at the doorstep. Watching all the snow lovers take action, I also feel a little itchy. So, I flew to Yakshi for an ice and snow experience for driving enthusiasts. This time, the protagonist is a gecko, which has a history of 42 years and alludes to the Audi quattro four-wheel drive system.
At first, the audi quattro's success was inseparable from the rally. In 1980, the Audi quattro model was introduced, equipped with the quattro four-wheel drive system, Audi officially brought consumers a safer and more reliable form of drive. The following year, Audi joined the WRC World Rally Championship with a car based on the Audi quattro civilian car modification, and used the life cycle of a car to make itself famous.
In 1981, newcomers entered the game; in 1982, Audi won the WRC Manufacturers Championship; in 1983, the WRC Drivers Championship; in 1984, the WRC Manufacturers and Drivers Double Champion. In 1985, Audi introduced an upgraded version of the Audi Sport quattro S1 to join the Group B unlimited modification group, with a 0-100km/h acceleration time of only 2.3 seconds, and group B also became the colosseum for automakers to show mechanical monsters in that era.
Subsequently, Audi took advantage of the victory to launch the Audi Sport quattro S1 Pikes Peak, winning the Pikes Peak International Climb Championship for 3 consecutive years, ending a 7-year rally career!
Quattro's fame, in addition to rally, there is also ice and snow. In 1986, the Audi 100 CS 4WD edition successfully challenged the 37.5° slope of the Finnish Khyepla ski jump, once again showing the world the power of the 4WD system in the snow.
For 42 years, the quattro all-wheel drive system has been transformed from the initial constant output ratio of 50:50, and multiple versions have been born to adapt to different platforms and transmission models, and one of the most core souls is the mechanical quattro full-time all-wheel drive system. In 1980, the quattro system helped Audi sweep everything on the field while also allowing ordinary buyers to enjoy a faster and safer driving experience.
In 2005, the quattro achieved the default 40:60 power ratio for the first time, and can be adaptively distributed front and back, so that Audi's performance car is no longer a simple linear acceleration tool, and the B7 RS4 came out. Later, the quattro system was further upgraded in exchange for better cornering dynamics, and with the advent of the C7 RS6, a self-locking central differential with dynamic vector torque distribution was officially introduced, so that the proportions of the left and right wheels could also be freely distributed.
Accompanying me to the ice and snow track this time, in addition to the new Q7 equipped with mechanical quattro, there is also a famous rally driver - Fan Gaoxiang, the 2018/2019 China Rally Championship Driver of the Year Champion.
We gave this Q7 the same livery for the classic Audi Sport quattro S1 car, and custom-made rally-style white wheels and snow tires, so we also needed a top driver to unlock its fun.
The greatest pleasure of 4WDs on ice and snow tracks is higher speeds and more exaggerated bending dynamics. The quattro system defaults to 40:60 power output, and can achieve a front-to-back ratio of 15:85 under extreme working conditions, showing a state of partial rear drive. So when we enter the corner in an extremely exaggerated posture, as long as we boldly give oil and direction, the vehicle can maintain the drift route and slide out of the bend, this feeling is very outrageous, but it is addictive, this is the ice and snow fun of four-wheel drive.
For Fan Gaoxiang, this feeling is very familiar, and rally racing is also four-wheel drive. The difference is that the fault tolerance rate of the rally is very low, and at extremely high speeds, a small mistake can lead to the result of not being able to turn back. As the movie "Flying Life" said - pulling, is the art of driving, to drive their own car at full speed in the world's toughest stages. Rally is all about running on its own, there is no opponent before and after, there is no contrast, only by constantly pushing yourself faster, it is possible to win the race.
The quattro system was one of the first four-wheel drive systems to emerge, and certainly the most prestigious, for more than 40 years, has been seeking a technological breakthrough. This state is like a rally car in the eyes of rally drivers, breaking through themselves and having the courage to challenge, which is their innate mission.
If you have a 4XD,
Would you rather drive it to play with ice and snow?