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adjusted to your personal preferences. This
makes it possible to combine settings such as a
sporty eng ine tun ing with light steer ing.
Drive se lect makes it possible to experience dif-
ferent types of vehicle settings in one vehicle.
The driver can select from four modes: Comfort,
Auto and Dynamic and Individual us ing the
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button on the steer ing whee l or through the
Infotainment system to switch between a sporty
and a comfortable driving mode, for example. In
the Individual mode, the settings can be adjust-
ed to your personal preferences. This makes it
possible to combi ne set t ings s uch as a sporty en-
g ine set t ing wit h smoo t h stee ring.
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WARNING
Using Audi drive select incorrectly can lead to
collisions, othe r accidents and serio us inju-
ries .
Description
The vehicle setup in each mode depends on the
vehicle's feat ures. However, the engine and
steering are always affected.
Engine and automatic transmiss ion
Depending on the mode, the engine and auto -
mat ic transmission respond more q uickly or in a
more balanced manner to accelerator pedal
movements.
Adaptive dampers (Audi magnetic ride)*
The adaptive dam pers use sensors to record in-
formation rega rding steering movements, brak -
ing and acce lerat io n operations by the dr iver,
road surface, driving speed, and load. With dr ive
select, you can adjust the adaptive dampers to
sporty (dynamic), comfortable (comfort) or ba l-
a nced (auto).
Steer ing
The power steering adapts. Ind irect steering that
moves easi ly as in comfort mode is especially
suited to long drives on a highway. The dynamic
mode provides sporty, direct steering .
A ss ist
The following applies to veh icles with dynamic
steering*: the steering ratio changes based on
vehicle speed in order to maintain opt imum
stee ring effort for the driver at a ll t imes. This
sets the steering to be less sensitive at higher
speeds in order to provide improved vehicle con-
trol. At reduced speeds, steer ing is more d irect in
order to keep the steeri ng effort as m inima l as
poss ible when t he drive r is maneuver ing t he vehi -
cle. Dynamic steer ing* a lso provide s more re-
sponsive steering performan ce at low and aver-
age speeds.
Engine sound*
The eng ine sound is adapted to the applied mode
and can be subtle to sporty .
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Tips
In some models, t he maximum vehicle speed
can only be reached in the auto and dynamic
modes.
Selecting the driving mode
You can choose between comfort, auto, dynamic
and individual.
Fig. 6 8 Steer ing wheel: drive se lect button a nd perform -
ance mode"
Fig. 69 Infotai nm ent: drive select
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