Audi drive select
Driving settings
Introduction
Applies to vehicles: with drive select
Audi drive select provides the possibility to ex-
perience different types of vehicle sett ings in
one vehicle. For instance, using the three
Description
Applies to vehicles: with drive select
Depending on the mode, the engine and auto-
mat ic transmission
respond more quick ly or
in a more balanced manner to accelerator
pedal movements.
The
Servotronic (steering servo assistance)
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situations.
Dynami c steering changes the steer ing ratio
as a function of the driving speed in order to
optimize the driver's required steering effort.
This sets the steering to be less sensitive at
higher speeds in order to provide improved ve-
hicle control. At reduced speeds, steering is
more direct in order to keep the steering ef-
fort as minimal as possible when the driver is
maneuvering the vehicle. At low and average
Systems COMFORT
Engine/gearbox balanced
Servotronic comfortable
Dynamic steering comfortable/ indirect
Suspension comfortable
The Servotronic settings are adjusted under
the
Dyn. steering menu item.
(D Tips
- Select DYNAMIC to set the sporty shift-
ing characteristics for vehicles with an
automatic transmission. The
S selector
lever position is not available.
- The dynamic steering may make noise
when starting or stopping the engine .
This does not indicate a prob lem .
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COMFORT, AUTO and DYNAMIC modes, the
driver can switch from a sporty to a comforta-
ble driving mode with the press of a button.
Additionally, in vehicles w ith MMI*, the vehi-
cle setup for INDIV I DUAL* mode can be cus-
tomized by you. This makes it possible to
combine settings such as a sporty engine tun-
ing with light steering .
speeds, dynamic steering additionally pro-
vides more responsive steering performance.
The driver can set the basic steering ratio
characteristics in the Audi drive select.
The
adaptive damper s use sensors to record
information regarding steering movements,
braking and acceleration operations by the
driver, road surface, driving speed, and load.
This makes it possible to adapt damping to
the driving situation virtually in real time. Au-
di drive select also makes it possible to satisfy
the desire for sport y suspension (DYNAMIC)
and comfortable suspension (COMFORT) with-
out giving up balanced tuning (AUTO).
The following chart provides an overview of
the characterist ics of each driving mode.
AUTO DYNAMIC
balanced sporty
balanced sporty
balanced/direct sporty/direct
balanced sporty
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