For over 30 years Audi has produced cars with quattro. We all know great they drive especially in conditions where the power of quattro comes into play. Now we have a great video, produced by Audi, to show us exactly how this works. This video features the brand new Audi RS 5 and it’s fancypants new crown diff (replacing the torsen of earlier models. Audi has led the way with their all wheel drive technology and they are continuing to advance! <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m4OWjX3tDYA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m4OWjX3tDYA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>
Love it, gave me that tingly feeling, yeah I know I am a dork...but still great engineering and a lot of work went into that system right there.
i wonder if its same as acuras SH-AWD system. YouTube - HONDA SH-AWD (Super Handling All-Wheel Drive) INTRODUCTION whoever designs this gearboxes is genious
Same basic system but the Audi one has a little less lag in the timing of distribution of torque when it comes to vectoring the torque.
I'd much rather prefer the honda SH-AWD. The center diffs seem similar, but the SH AWD actually has a rear diff instead of the open rear diff on the Audi. The use of the brakes to "vector the torque" . . . . well . . . seems like a huge waste of brakes and is basically the poor man's way of getting a limited slip diff. Dave
After watching the video, I did some more research and brake are not used, a rear diff that is elec. controlled is being used.
The video doesn't show the function of the optional differential. with the optional rear differential: From the video, it simply looks as if they've renamed ESP to call it Electronic Torque Vectoring. Dave
