Audi 2015 Annual Report Download - page 66

The real conditions in the deserts were of course totally di er-
ent. But my body responds amazingly well to these extreme
stresses, allowing me to become the fi rst woman in the world
to win all four races.
DROLL : We also simulate a lot of extreme situations in the Audi
laboratory, such as with the INCA test. We implemented it as
the standard at Audi  years ago and have been refi ning it con-
stantly ever since. New technologies change the requirements
for our cars. The new Q e-tron quattro, for example, has to drive
through a water bath every day which is half a meter deep, in
addition to the standard testing program. We can’t allow even
one drop of water to get through to the battery. In our labora-
tory we also simulate extreme material stresses, as this is the
only way we can come up with long-term solutions. To ensure
that customers can always rely on their Audi, we always need
to know precisely how the vehicles behave.
PHOTOS : Niels Schubert, AUDI AG
INCA test : The Ingolstadt corrosion and
aging test simulates 12 years of a car’s life in
19 weeks : extreme humidity, heat and cold
in climatic chambers ; gravel, mud and salt on
the test tracks – every Audi model is fully dis-
mantled after the endurance test and checked
for corrosion, aging and wear.
Fuel consumption and emission figures at the end of the Annual Report