A3-The range of currently available with three bodies of three, four and five-door will expand with a convertible version which will be available from autumn 2013.
It has a soft top, as the BMW 1 Series Convertible, the Opel and Volkswagen Golf Cabrio Cabrio, which is black. Optionally you can replace it with a higher quality best noise isolating and can be black, gray or brown.
The hood is removed or becomes, by pressing a button in 18 seconds, operations that can be performed with always moving car traveling at less than 50 km / h. That is, in city need not wait to be standing at a traffic light to power it.
To improve comfort when driving top down, Audi offers two desirable elements: the windscreen (standard equipment from 'Environment') to reduce turbulence in the cockpit and a system that expels hot air in the head area of the front passengers.
The interior has four seats instead of five but the dashboard is similar to any other A3 , except for the specific control of the hood. The trunk has 287 liters. When the roof is folded , the volume decreases by an amount that Audi does not encrypt but it claims to be small ( a BMW 1 Series Convertible has 305 or 260 liters of luggage , according to the position of the hood ) . The trunk is connected to the passenger compartment by folding the rear seatbacks is thus possible to introduce long objects, like a skies .
As with the other bodies of the A3 , this generation of the Cabrio weighs less than the previous ( A3 Cabrio information 2009). One element contributing to the decline is the aluminum hood instead of steel .
The equipment is similar to the rest of the range . The A3 Cabriolet has or can have , depending on the version ledes headlights , a developer of active speed , detector vehicles in the blind spot , automatic maintenance on the rail , sound equipment Bang & Olufsen and MMI Plus navigation system and internet access ( with LTE technology , known as 4G ) to access the services Audi Connect- navigation with images from Google Earth and Google Street View, Audi traffic information online or social networks like Facebook and Twitter . Audi says something that distinguishes the A3 Cabrio is a knob that opens interior lighting is activated by touch , not by pressure (do not know if it's like in some models of Jaguar and Land Rover , which just grind on the finger light housing ) .
The first units were delivered in the first quarter of 2014 . For then there will be three engines to choose from : one 150 hp diesel and two petrol engines of 140 and 180 hp . Shortly afterwards there will be more , including Audi cites a 110 hp diesel (currently 1.6 TDI gives 105 hp) and 300 hp gasoline corresponding to S3 Cabrio version .
All have direct injection , turbocharging and the system " start-stop ". The gasoline engine with 140 hp also features a deactivation of two cylinders called ' cylinder on demand '. When certain conditions - is requested less than 100 Nm load and the motor between 1400 and 4000 rpm- a mechanism in the camshaft closes all valves of cylinders two and three, which makes the air act as a spring since there is no pumping losses , and cut the fuel supply . This version has a certified consumption of 5.0 l/100 km. The S3 Cabrio spends 7.1 l/100 km and accelerates from 0-100 km / h in 5.4 s .
According to the engine , the change is manually or automatically set . It will also be possible to opt for all-wheel drive versions (by a Haldex coupling a multi-plate clutch ) .
Three suspensions by the degree of hardness. The standard and two optional lower the ride height by 15 and 25 mm . The latter corresponds to the suspension S line , which is standard on the S3 Cabrio and optional on others. It is also possible to mount variable hardness dampers ( ' Audi magnetic ride ').
