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Audi drive select
Functions influencing the transmission and sport differential
Audi drive select can be used to choose between different
vehicle driving modes. The following Audi drive select
modes can be selected by pressing the Audi drive select
button or via the MMI.
comfort
mode
Transmission:
The TCM behaves in the same way as in
auto
mode.
Sport differential:
The set-up for the sport differential is moderate, steering
behavior is not adjusted for faster response.
dynamic
mode
Transmission:
If
dynamic
mode is selected, the TCM activates the sport
program (selector position
S
). In
dynamic
mode the selec-
tor positon
D
can be selected at any time.
If selector position
D
is activated before shutting off the
engine, selector position (
D
) is again activated when the
engine is subsequently started
1)
. If the driver wants to have
selector position
S
, he must select this.
Sport differential:
The torque redistribution set-up provides for highly respon-
sive steering with a slight tendency to ovesteer. Only in the
event of pronounced oversteer is the torque redistributed
to stabilize the vehicle on the rear axle.
individual
mode
The menu item “Drivetrain” encompasses the engine, the
transmission and the sport differential. The driver can
select from efficient, balanced and sporty options under
this menu item.
These following drive select modes are assigned to these
options:
›
Balanced, equivalent to the auto mode of Audi Drive
select.
›
Sporty, equivalent to the dynamic mode of Audi Drive
select.
auto
mode
Transmission:
The shift points in selector positions
D
and
S
are selected
according to the driver type recognition characteristics. For
this purpose, the system evaluates the way in which the
vehicle is being driven. The system factors in the way in
which the brake and accelerator pedals are applied as well
as the transverse and longitudinal acceleration of the
vehicle within defined periods.
Accordingly, an economical driving style leads to early
upshifts and late downshifts. A sporty driving style is made
possible by late upshifts and early downshifts.
The driving phases in which the driver adopts an efficient,
economical, sporty or manual driving style can be accessed
using the VAS Scan Tool.
Selector position
D
:
The shift points are selected in a comfort-oriented way
after taking account of the determined driver type.
Selector position
S
1)
:
In selector position
S
the TCM runs in sport mode. The shift
points are selected in the sport mode after taking account
of the ascertained driver type and are adapted to the per-
formance range of the engine. The shift times vary from
normal, with barely perceptible gear shifts, to short, with
noticeable gear shifts.
If the vehicle is equipped with an efficiency assist system,
the driver does not receive any information in sport mode
via the symbols of the efficiency assist system.
Sport differential:
The set-up for the sport differential is balanced. The adjust-
ment to steering behavior ensures neutral handling. The
vehicle is stabilized if a pronounced oversteer is detected.
1)
The vehicle is always restarted in the combination of Audi drive select mode
auto
and selector position
D
.
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