Audi Winter Driving Experience (photos)
A glimpse of what it's like to learn to drive the Audi A8 TDI quattro on ice during Audi's Intensive Training course.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
The Audi Winter Driving Experience Intensive Training is taught in Seefeld, Austria. Other sessions are held throughout the year in Sweden and Finland.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
The training grounds is a flooded pasture that's been turned into an ice track. Vehicles are equipped with studded tires for extra grip on the slick surfaces.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
The interior of the Audi A8 TDI quattro training vehicle
Audi Winter Driving Experience
Getting ready for a training exercise.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
Audi certified driving instructor Rolf Volland giving the green light to go.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
Learning to slalom on ice.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
Students are taught to induce load balance shifts to pivot around cones.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
Powerslides, 360-degree drifts, and high speed lane change and ABS braking on ice are skills drivers will learn in this two-day course.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
Day 1 winds down with a game of Kesselschiessen, a cross between curling and bowling.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
Dinner at the Kracherlemoos in the village.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
Practicing high speed lane changes. The lights on the dash-mounted device inform the driver into which lane he should change.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
During the high speed ABS braking exercise, this device records the reaction time and and stopping distance. Students reach speeds up to 60 kmh.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
Learning to powerslide in the Audi A8 TDI quattro.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
Instructor Rolf Volland provided feedback after each turn at the wheel.
Audi Winter Driving Experience
At the end of the second day, students test their skills on a small autocross circuit.
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