Self Study Programme 600
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recommendation
Audi
New driver assist systems in 2011
Park assist
Ambient display
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Audi
Service Training
Introduction
The miscellaneous systems designed to assist the driver in parking Another new feature is park assistance for manoeuvring into
situations have now been given a signiifcant innovative boost. A parking spaces at an angle of 90 to the road, so called perpen
new generation of park assist steering systems will be available for dicular parking spaces. The system also provides assistance in
the ifrst time in the new A6 platform models. A short time later, these situations.
this innovative system will also be launched in the Audi Q3. Thanks
to continuous product improvement, drivers can now enjoy the Park assist steering helps the driver to identify suitable parking
beneifts of assisted parking into ever smaller parking spaces. spaces. Finally, the system assists parking by taking over the
steering movements.
If the vehicle has manoeuvred into a short parking space with the The driver is still in control of accelerating, braking and changing
aid of park assist steering, the driver does not have to worry about gear.
getting out of the parking space later on. This, of course, also
applies in situations where the vehicle has been blocked in by The visual parking aid has also been improved. Thanks to the
other vehicles. With the launch of the new generation of park lateral ultrasound sensors of the park assist steering system, it is
assist steering, drivers can now rely on the system to help them now possible in many cases to graphically display detected obsta
get out of parking spaces. This assistance is available for parking cles around the vehicle s periphery on the MMI screen. Detected
spaces that are parallel to the road, so called parallel parking obstacles are displayed in the form of white or red bars whic