2015 Audi TT Quattro S tronic Sport Review: The TT ‘Mans Up’
What's Hot: Beautiful interior presentation, rorty engine, AWD grip, leading-edge cabin technology.
What's Not: Cramped rear, road noise on coarse surfaces, no reversing camera
X-FACTOR: The TT gets a squarer jaw, sharper lines and an upgraded 'four-pot' turbo - it's a proper sports car.
Vehicle Style: Two door sports car
Price: $77,950 (plus on-roads), $83,700 (as tested)
Engine/trans: 169kW/370Nm 2.0-litre petrol 4cyl | 6sp dual-clutch
Fuel Economy claimed: 6.4 l/100km | tested: 8.2 l/100km
OVERVIEW
Like it or not, aesthetics usually gets people in the showroom door.
It's something Audi understands better than most.
Somehow, from the boxy uninspired Audis of the 80s, Audi designers then gave the world the jaw-dropping quattro Spyder concept in 1991. And, off the back of that, in 1995, the Audi TT was born.
Twenty years and three generations later, the TT remains a beautiful vehicle, and despite modernising the exterior design, it still echoes the motifs that made the original a success.
But as much as aesthetics gets people in, a 'sports car' still has to drive well if it is to be taken seriously.
So how does TT ‘#3' fare in the real world, away from the design studio? And is its modern technology-laden interior a forward step, or just too radical?
We hit the varied road conditions of eastern Tasmania to see.
THE INTERIOR | RATING: 4/5
Quality: Audi knows how to make a nice interior, full stop, and the TT is no different.
Except the TT is different - to most other cars.
Sure, at first glance, it seems conventional enough for a sports car: two-plus-two seating, steering wheel to one side, glovebox on the other, centre console in, ahem, the centre.
All the elements in their place, nothing remarkable. But get behind the wheel, then you'll begin to notice that 'this is different'. Few cars are so cleverly designed around the driver.
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