Test drive Audi TT compartment 1998 - 2006 compartment

The new dress is the queen

Pressure photographs of the new Audi TT were not impressive: an abundance of common features with the rest of the model row, the licge of forms, and a hint of unification with all the future Audi new products were caused. It seemed that no design revelations. But, seeing the car alive and spending two full days with it and a whole sleepless night, I realized that I was mistaken. This is really one of the most beautiful cars produced recently. Moreover, if earlier the TT was feminine, now we have a man before us. Unlike its predecessor, the new Teshek literally supercar forms and silhouette. It’s not without reason that at the gas station, the driver of the five BMW stuck to me with stupid questions: is he rides three hundred? And about four seconds to hundreds, right? No, he doesn’t go, but up to a hundred accelerates in just 5.7 s. And in general, this is not a racing car and emblem on the lattice not Ferrari or Porsche. But what beauty does with people! Thanks to the designer Walter de Silve for the ability to keep the brand and mislead people.
 
Of course, TT is not a supercar. Under the hood, the good old gasoline engine V6 with a volume of 3.2 liters and with the usual power of 250 hp, which was equipped with the previous TT. This modest, by current sports standards, the herd rotates all four wheels through a full-wheel drive transmission of Quattro and a robotic sequent gearbox called marketers for a variety of S-Tronic. But in fact, this is still the same DSG with two clutches of one on the selection of another. You can switch the gears here in three ways: manually with a box with a box or steering wheel petals (a-la Formula 1) or leave the switching of the S-Stronic itself. I don’t know how on a sports track, and in ordinary life in all modes, she does it great. The transmission sequentially change instantly, and delays in the transfers through the step are comparable to the speed of switching mechanics. So, the box and the motor are old here, and from the new only a body and a salon. The body became higher, wider and longer, but at the same time easier one hundred kilograms due to widespread use in the structure of winged metal. A hood, wings, roof, suspension elements and even front spars are made from aluminum, the rest is steel. In addition to reducing the mass, aluminum allowed to improve the hanging along the axes in fact, it turns out that the car is lightly facilitated, and the back of the body is entirely steel. Decreased as a result compared to the first TT of 9 mm center of gravity. The interior got rid of toy and notes of luxury of the luxury front panel with three deflectors in the middle and a stylish central console with the MMI interface appeared in it. Front chairs are comfortable buckets with developed lateral support exemplary, and allow you to comfortably accommodate a medium complexion to a wheel. The steering wheel has become smaller, having lost the lower part of the circle, now it is truncated from below another hint of sport. Comfortable? Is not a fact. Of course, it is believed that with the right grip, the hands should not fall on the lower quarter of the steering wheel, however, not all so perfect drivers to match the ideal TT. But the steering wheel looks extremely stylish and perfectly selected in the thickness of the rim and diameter, although it will fall out of a soft round interior. The back is still crowded, but the trunk has become more and now there is even a net for fixing the cargo. The rest is sometimes familiar to pain, for example, no music in which Bose is only a name. From acoustic settings, the mysterious mode of Gala, not improving sound. Thank God, the V-shaped six has traditionally good and listen to him. Sound insulation is also at a height even at high speed of aerodynamic noise at least. By the way, it is worth typing 120 km/h and a spoiler grows under the rear window, increasing the clamping force. It can be raised and forcibly, pressing the key on the central tunnel. There are few rubies of the rear lights and two exhaust pipes in the corners of the bumper here is another chip.
At urban speeds, a new TT is a comfortable and cozy car with a moderately acute handling and light steering wheel. The feeling that you are in principle traveling, and do not play in a traffic jam, comes at speed for 140 km/h. And a real whistle begins when the speedometer arrow overcomes the mark of 180 km/h. This happens in a matter of seconds. In principle, 250 horses for 1410 kg of weight are not so much, so TT is not perceived as an insanely fast car. The even nature of the acceleration and the desire of the S-Tronic is in the way to stick the sixth transfer of the hint of the tourist essence of the car, and not on sports. However, there are more than enough speed and drive here. On the line TT, this is a bullet, and on the bends there are almost cards. The stabilization system works with a clear delay designed for an active driver, and the box does everything better and calmer than a person while driving. However, in manual mode, the fourth gear is guaranteed to send you to the desired line of 200 km/h, and two more will bring speed to the maximum 250 speedometer. But, most likely, it will be uncomfortable for you, because the rigidity of the body and suspension increased compared to the predecessor leads to the fact that on longitudinal waves or rut, the car literally jumps, and on the turn of the turn to embrace with a given trajectory outside the turn. The suspension is clearly designed for the autobasth quality of the road surface, and this, unfortunately, we have a little. However, despite this, the TT remains very obedient and predictable. I have never experienced such overloads as on this handsome man, sports seats torment the weak human body, hinting at the harsh superiority of high German technologies. And on the transverse waves, the roof of the sodist hit the head. Sensations like American slides. Well, let the spine creaks, and the crown of the grunts on the roof is all worth the liters of adrenaline, which drives the drive of the second generation in the blood to the blood.
As an option for the machine, Magnetic Ride shock absorbers are offered, which clamp the suspension on turns, adding stability and eliminating the root of the body. I came up with to add magnetic particles to the working fluid of shock absorbers and manage them with the help of a field many years ago the American company Delphi. Until now, this technology has been used on a variety of overseas SUVs, and the Germans decided to adapt it for European sportkup. However, despite the abundance of high-tech in all possible manifestations, from the bimetallic body, xenon, air pressure sensors in the tires, for the first time, by the way, appeared on TT, Audi does not create the feeling of electronic sandwich.
Even the price of this beauty from 57 thousand dollars does not scare, for a front-wheel drive TT with a 200-horsepower turbo engine. A compartment with a branded all -wheel drive and a 3.2 V6 (250 hp motor) costs from 70 thousand dollars, add another $ 2300 for a cunning box, and you get a very impressive amount comparable to the price of Audi Q7 with a diesel engine of close power, or by 10 thousand dollars are more expensive than a 250-horsepower A3 3.2 V6 hatchback. But everything is known in comparison Ferrari and Porsche, with which TT is comparable in appearance, are many times more expensive.
 
Leonid Pavlov
   
 
 
 
 
 

Source: Carclub.ru