What are tapered leaves and straight leaves?
Automotive
Advertisement What are tapered leaves?  Tapered leaves are gradually narrowed towards the tip. They tend to be shorter than straight leaves. The leaves have smooth rounded edges for comfort and safety when handling. Advantages Tapered leaves allow measurements to be taken …
Efficiency in transmissions
Automotive
Advertisement The manual and automatic transmissions from Audi are highly efficient. Irrespective of design, they have all been optimized concerning internal friction and are notable for their wide gear-ratio spread. The term “transmission spacing” refers to the transmission’s gear-ratio range, …
Audi Self-locking center differential
Automotive
Advertisement In 2005, Audi set off the next stage in the evolution of its classic Quattro drive system in the second-generation RS 4. The new self-locking center differential, which is used in many models today, remained true to the principle …