New TT a Cayman killer?
Newswheel staff :: 13 June 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Audi, Audi TT, Europe & UK, US
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First test drives flow in
A bog standard, rebodied Golf was what we were expecting. A hybrid steel and aluminium superstructure with carefully optimised weight distribution was what we got. Yup, when Audi first dished the deets on the second-gen TT it was obvious the Ingolstadt outfit was serious about making it a car that real driving enthusiasts, and not just poseurs in Pimlico, could aspire to own…unlike the seriously stodgy Golf IV-derived original TT. And so it has proven, according to the first road tests of the new TT. The UK’s Autocar mag reckons the latest TT is a potential Cayman killer, while the motoring journalist currently known as Clarkson is all in a tizz about the car’s “crackle and fizz.”
New alloy n' steel TT is 60kg lighter than old Golf-based model
Big Jezza has kind words to say about the TT’s communicative steering and its impressive overall balance. However, we’re not sure we can agree with his suggestion that it’s little more than a Golf V with a number of “small and subtle changes.” Actually, we’re not even sure that he really thinks that, since he rightly points out that the new TT is a car of two halves – aluminium up front and steel at the rear – in an effort to improve weight distribution.
Mk2 Titty loses the original car’s grab handles and just a little of its interior charm
As for Autocar’s musings, it points out the new hybrid-construction TT weighs 60kg less than the outgoing all-steel model, making it a “vastly different car from its predecessor.” Along with tracks that are 44mm and 54mm wider, front and rear, Audi’s new approach has delivered a car with much improved body control, more fluid handling and stability that has been “improved out of sight.” But Autocar’s real eyebrow raiser is the following gem: the TT’s dynamic prowess has been elevated “to a level where it can be genuinely regarded as a rival to the Cayman S.” Whether that’s a serious claim or was cooked up largely because it looks good on Autocar’s cover, we more humble beings at Newswheel know no…for now. But once the dust has settled on the international press launch scene, Newswheel looks forward to some sloppy seconds when the TT is added to the UK press fleet…
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