Get ready for a new generation of vehicles, slightly changed the rules - Audi TT and prepare to be impressed. If you are looking for something else wrong, it could be the driving force behind another story. When the original TT was launched in 1998, Audi went to the mold, and set the scene for a new direction - style. We know that Audi has been machine to stylish because they are from back in the mid-1970s with the families of 80 and 100 sedans, and coupes avants. , But is almost never Audi in USP. For generations, since the start of the series of four top-level transportation systems by bringing together and get on the road, Audi has made the cornerstone of engineering, and "vorsprung durch Technik (progress through technology), his mantra. There was the thought, turbocharged, five-cylinder engines, steel makers, several security systems Audi has been reported. Even they look at technology, or at least, the aerodynamics, with 1982 100 sedan is the first in the drag coefficient of 0.30 Cd, and to translate this into a marketing standpoint etching magic number on the back window. But Audi was still losing the race against the premium brands they wanted to challenge against German competitors such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW and features. And much has been on the image, which is seen as a clever, even basic, but not very interesting. The Audis were oldies. Then in the 1995 Frankfurt Motor Show, and the first hints of a new world, such as Audi unveiled concept car that changed everything. Or, in retrospect, may not be the first movie, because back in 1991, they thought they were becoming increasingly aware of style, as they showed even earlier Concept Frankfurt Quattro Spyder, which was very neat mid-engine two-door coupe with all-aluminum body, and the Audi came closer still really a sports car. But while it was a big blow free press and automotive marketing suits could not figure out how to make it work, and that was the end of that, but if you look at the impressive new R8, unveiled at Paris Motor Show 2006, you might hear a few signals. Also in 1991, they went a bit more sporty image and nahodchivyh at cutting the top of a 80 Cabriolet; And people are like, but it has not yet been properly sports car. The next show car could be, in 1992, when they announced a "design study" Avus (named for the famous high-store Berlin race track, where Audi pre ancestors, orderly Auto Union racers went around like gangbusters). But Avus, using all aluminum construction, 509 bhp 6.0-litre W12 season four wheels and a maximum speed exceeding 210 miles per hour, is unlikely to fly from exposure, and this gloomy. But back to the conspiracy in September 1995, a car that really change all that the last of Frankfurt, which they called TT. Production of Audi TT She played the title of the world's oldest sports car race, Tourist Trophy, and the car from Audi stories in the mid-1960s, so Prinz 1200TT that little vigorous sports car company, which officially joined the family Audi in 1969. And that family meant the four brands that originally came together under the four-ringed badge of the Auto Union in the early 1930s, namely, Audi, Russia, Horch and Wanderer. Audi title, incidentally, goes back to 1910, Horsch August, when it dropped from the original company and started a new one. No longer able to use his name, which in German means "Hark!" , Or "Quiet!" , Took the Latin version of the same word, and that was Audi. History class. Anyway, the 1995 TT concept was based on the platform of the soon-to-be-launched A3, which would be a compact, Rabbit size front-wheel-drive hatch, and you do not have to look deep under the skin at the TT attachment. All TT indeed from A3 was transverse front engine model and serial number of chassis components, but even from the engine TT 2005 A4 sedan, not surprisingly proposed show car season as four-wheel drive and turbocharging.What really set it apart, although it was his views, which were a long way from conventional Audi territory. A long way from anyone else's territory, too, with its bold, but simple and short swoops muscular, square-set is. It was pure sports coupe and the young designers said that his pure simplicity is from the old school of Economics architecture and design, and perhaps the old Auto Union Grand Prix racing cars 1930s. What they should not say that it was realistic enough to be true, if production capacity audience liked it well enough. They did, and in 1998 it hit the road running, based on the platform A3, in season four wheels, but now the choice of two versions of turbocharged 1.8-liter four, our system, advanced 180 or 225 horsepower. The best that can happen is that, unlike most concept vehicles, in production then, it was found with precious few visual changes to a 1995 study, and indeed inside, in particular, it was even more thought-through, and some stunning details. That was immediately called style icon in the same mould as the New Beetle or the new MINI will be slightly later. And according to Audi have become the greatest change since the introduction of the brand image of ice, but this time not in the sense of technology or performance over that he had a real modern Audi sports car for the first time, and brought the customer age down several clicks. But first and foremost have a few outweigh delivery, and although he is a sports car for the future, so only the border bragging rights as a genuine sports car, and even in normal skin almost was in aerodynamic trouble, early versions, as the tendency to get another at the rear, which was quickly understand the small spoiler that some people thought the diluted looking, but did not have the desired effect of keeping it more firmly on the shelf dog speed. As long as the open-top concept SPP followed coupe Show in Tokyo in 1995, SPP Roadster to the family on the road, and TT were starting to look anywhere and everywhere where important style, which, of course, sports car purists of course, it was more than to go and show better cut and blow-dry fraternity than on the streets - athlete, but this is how these things work, and Audi cried all the way to the bank. Do not add degrees of dynamic power in their development, but not so much as looks Audi - until now. Now, the second generation time, and this time, Audi had to do dynamics, as well as the style shift driving experience, and to persuade sceptical purists that the new TT is a new dimension. Shooting Brake Concept In addition, they had to show the car - in this case, the shooting brake, which they have shown for the first time in Tokyo in October last year. The original TT, it is based on the next generation platforms A3 hatch, the engine across the front and the usual suspects of technical thought to turbos. But remember that the concept is associated huntin ', shootin' and fishin 'chassis like twill and tweed home side some 1920s and 1930s, Shooting Brake was next TT. What was remarkable appetite-wet, as it was stunning intergirovannoy, dynamic and openly promised another dimension. The shimmering pearlescent white, 2 +2 sports has been extended ceiling and a small amount of added capacity, but hardly the full weight and the name of Audi described it as "a vehicle to provide additional innovative interpretation of the current Audi formal idiom, combination of a strong performance sports car with a new sense of space and greater functionality. "So you can see TT ancestry, but he was much more aggressive : both the large tailpipes and lower aerodynamic tricks reflected in the Audi A4 German tourists and lovers of cars, and a large blister arch covered spidery but looking for a strong inch seven spoke wheels, as well as the new RS 4 super sedan. The true concept of style, mostly white and pale grey interior generation iPod even more beautiful than the outside, but in 1995 TT concept you could see where it is, and only a few months later he had started as a real TT meet in Geneva in March. All-new production TT Now it is in print, and it rewritten TT rule book. The first thing you have to say that it has clearly begun to look, but looks very elegantly translated even out of the car, you may have thought it impossible to follow without becoming corny. It's every inch TT, but slightly sharp decline, with a bit more detail on the wings and tail, and sitting for now archetypal large mesh, which defines the brand. More than ever, TT looks compact but muscular and minimal overhangs, track and athletic forward posture that the icon to repeat his excellent proportion, and very well-established. This generation within the same without the rush, pure form, it is clear, functional instrument panel and the latest incarnations of signing rotary ventilation and other technical-athletic design cues. But look not feel at all contrived or style for the sake of style, and, of course, the quality is outstanding. His very comfortable; Seats and form large adjustment range, and a flat bottom, gently wheel motor sport torch. The image of the high parties to come to the shoulders of a sports car, too. A mistake is only a seat belt, which wants to wriggle out of the shoulder, but otherwise the place to be neat, and they argue that actually the rear seats are available only in the classroom for passengers to 1.5 m in length. Someone else can verify that. Naturally, in the light of changing regulations and the continuing search for more content, it is slightly higher all round, but he still looks short and portions in the best way, and it really easier than ever before, thanks mainly to new ASF Audi Space Frame 'body with steel and aluminum panels (69% aluminum and 31% by weight of steel) and riveted aluminum bonded to the inner frame. They say the equivalent of a body will assess 48% or more, an increase of 165 square metres. lighter than the old model, the new TT is the lightest car in its class. Which, of course, good news for performance, handling and braking dynamics, and everything that edge new TT that much further towards a real driver rather than a car accessory fashion, which is always one side against critics. Productivity And that will stop them in the flat areas, because the fact is, the second generation TT is a big step forward in terms of performance, as the first was in the order of impatience. The real driver of the car. There two ways to start the engine-200 hp with a turbocharged 2.0 liter four-boiler with direct injection FSI, or 250 hp 3.2 V6, and both are significant sparky, but very differently, with less in many ways is more attractive, even in crisp sound slightly flat V6 simply can not match. The other difference is the engine that drives the size of a 2.0--front-wheel-drive only 3.2 ice. Both have six speed manual as standard, but you would like crazy do not have an automatic option S Tronic (excellent adhesion of two consecutive artistry formerly known as PACs), with the steering wheel paddles and devastatingly fast, smooth and controllable changes in the business, except for one. You can also specify in the Audi intelligent variable damping system, Magnetic Ride ", which uses electrically variable shock absorber fluid to switch between firm and solid, but this time makes a noticeable difference. The equivalent A3 generation, two generations that are based on the TT, He really moved. And even if you are really a sports car fanatic, it is now very well achieved, a much more driver involvement and no longer believe led engineering than before, from the command line, which is not only easier, but also much more stringent, and suspension and steering in particular,, have been much more tuned into sports direction. Driving TT on roads around the forest Le Castellet, down in the south of France and straggling around the Grand Prix circuit, used to be called Paul Ricard, it is cosseting, but either do not know. A broad, faster road around the fact currently the most high-tech sports car test in the world, and that many people believe one of the best roads in Europe, it is much more profound and all sorts of angle rather than the old TT ever been much better steering feedback and excellent sense of almost perfect balance. In other words, classic moment and slight pressure feeling that really defines sport. The biggest revelation is the difference between the two engines of choice. Much more powerful 3.2 promises 155 mph and 0-62 mph 5.9 seconds (or 5.7 for a successful shift S Tronic) numerically less attractive 2.0 tops 144 mph, but its 0-62 mph times of 6.6 and 6.4 seconds, which really has still not lost its big brother, and even more than she. And while all-wheel-drive 3.2 do not feel any duller, than anything else around the cross on four wheels, simpler, front-wheel-drive only 2.0 also feels lighter, stronger and more communicative - leadership alive, you think that every small change surface under your feet, and change direction so quickly and accurately in the genre bit, that even the biggest doubter not call it anything other than a genuine sports car. In fact, this stone in the package, and a significant difference in price, you do not need to be sorely tempted to go small and pocket a few thousand dollars difference. But what you TT is not just a pretty face more.
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