2021 Audi A3 Vs Golf GTI

#2021 Audi S3 With 228 kW (310 PS) of power and 400 Nm (295.0 lb-ft) of torque, the new #AUDIS3 models are powered by the 2.0 TFSI engine. High-tech features like the Audi valvelift system (AVS) – which adjusts the lift of the intake valves as required – mean that the combustion chambers are well filled, while thermal management helps to ensure high efficiency. Both models accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 mph) in 4.8 seconds on the way to an electronically governed top speed of 250 km/h (155.3 mph). The driver can use the standard series Audi drive select system to make the sound of the powerful four-cylinder turbo engine even crisper. The seven-speed S tronic with lightning-fast gear shifts and freewheeling function and the quattro all-wheel drive deliver the torque to the road. The hydraulic multi-plate clutch in front of the rear axle is fully variable and moves between the front and the back as required, combining dynamic performance with stability and efficiency. It is managed by the modular dynamic handling control – a new system that closely links the quattro drive to the Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) and the controlled dampers that are available optionally. 2021 Volkswagen GOLF GTI The Golf GTI has always been a synonym for pure driving dynamics. This level of dynamism is one of the key features of the GTI. Few other vehicles in this category offer a similarly finely tuned balance between maximum sporty character and such high levels of travel comfort”, explains Volkswagen’s running gear expert Karsten Schebsdat. The engineer continues: “Considering the Golf GTI Mk7 already had very high levels of driving dynamics, we aimed to further enhance the driving pleasure of the Mk8 #GolfGTI with an even more direct and agile steering response as well as vehicle handling. And we have succeeded.” Tighter driving dynamics properties guarantee a new, pure GTI experience. “We owe this enormous technological leap to elements including the new Vehicle Dynamics Manager which comes into its own in the Golf GTI. This higher-level control system centrally coordinates all electromechanical running gear functions,” Karsten Schebsdat says. “Thanks to the combination of new running gear setup plus front-axle locking differential and Vehicle Dynamics Manager we were able to elevate the Golf GTI’s outstanding overall performance to an even higher level. This applies all the more if the adjustable DCC running gear featuring a new software application is also on board,“ Schebsdat adds. The Vehicle Dynamics Manager coordinates and activates the functions of ESP with electronic limited slip differential as well as the lateral dynamic components of the optional electronically controlled shock absorbers (DCC) during every driving manoeuvre. In this process, adapting the individual wheel damping (200 times a second) guarantees particularly agile and accurate handling. Running gear engineers have introduced a new technical package to entirely eliminate understeer, a typical characteristic of front-wheel drive vehicles whereby the vehicle’s front wheels lose grip in quick corners. The Golf GTI races through corners extremely neutrally, even at suitably high speeds on race tracks, and also accelerates out of corners without any loss of traction. This is due in part to the fact that the locking torque of the front-axle locking differential can be significantly increased in Sport mode. Talking of race tracks, it is possible to adapt the ESC intervention in two stages. In ESC Sport mode the ESC thresholds and ASR slip thresholds are increased to reduce the intensity of interventions. In ESC Off mode, ambitious drivers can additionally deactivate ESC altogether. However, Front Assist and Swerve Assist reactivate ESC in emergencies.