Test drive Audi TT compartment 1998 - 2006 compartment

Metamorphoses

For the presentation of the new car, the Germans chose the surroundings of Monaco. It is no longer only warm and dry - it is easy to feel at ease on Audi TT 3.2 Quattro.
After the test drive Audi TT 3.2 Quattro ended, one of his colleagues remembered the once popular film and noticed that the new TT differs from the old as an electronics from Syroezhkin. According to physiognomy - almost doubles. But the difference in abilities, especially in sports, fantastic.
Copyright. The external similarity between the two TTs is really huge, but not absolute. Creating a new TT photographic copy, some dashes have changed the professors from Ingolstadt. The explanation of this is not only in the desire to endow TT 3.2 Quattro at least some signs that allow the owner and in statics to emphasize the increased dignity and other talents of the machine. At the same time, I omit an innovation, a noticeable anfas, but related to the configuration, and not to the design itself. It’s just that now xenon headlights with automatic control of the lighting range and titanium edging at TT in the database.
 
But this is really a new, although an inconspicuous detail of the exterior. On the front apron are the side nostrils of air intakes, which were not before. The changes in the back, which affected the dimensions and form of the anti -wing, are caused by a vital necessity. In this case, the need to reduce the lifting force and maintain controllability. It is noticeable on the back and another birthmark of TT 3.2 Quattro is an overlay of black holey plastic between two exhaust pipes. As for the interior, only the voltage of the checkpoint of the checkpoint and the marking of the speedometer have changed here, the last division of which corresponds to 280 km/h. Is this really the limit of the dynamic capabilities of TT 3.2 Quattro, it is problematic to find out experimentally. The speed limiter is triggered by a good German tradition by 250 km/h. However, all of the above are only visible traces of deep internal metamorphoses. I do not know what they would find inside, dissecting electronics. But inside TT 3.2 quattro, firstly, a V-shaped six with four valves for each cylinder. And secondly, the Direct-Shift gearbox, which the Audi designers dragged from the Audi Sport Quattro S1 rally car and which threatened to make the standard on A3, starting this year. Inja Neri Audi assure that Direct-Shift is much more serious than Tiptronic or even a stray variator of Multitronic. The advantage of this box, according to them, is that it combines the properties of traditional mechanics with an automaton and allows you to switch the transmission without breaking in power flow. Direct-Shift is based on a three-speed three-speed mechanics with a wide range of gear rates. As in the usual mechanical box, the corresponding pairs of gears in it are on the primary and intermediate shafts. But, unlike mechanics, the primary shaft here is divided into two parts. It consists of a hollow outer shaft and internal. The first, third and fifth, as well as the rear gears are located on the inner shaft. On the floor of the shaft are the second, fourth and sixth. Thanks to two multidimensional clutches with electro -hydraulic controls, two transmissions can be located at once. In this case, the electronics calculates the choice of the next in advance. And when the engine speed reaches the installed point, servomechanism simultaneously opens one clutch and closes another. Completely electronic switching occurs under load, so as a result there are no power ruptures.
 
Observing the mode. In fact, any user who settled behind the wheel of TT 3.2 Quattro, do not open his eyes to his specialists, would call what he has at hand, just automatically. Well, or a traditional Testronics. Here are all the same three modes: fully automatic, sports and manual.
Sport mode on TT 3.2 Quattro was especially praised. They argued: it is good in that the gearbox significantly holds the inclusion of increased gear. In addition, the switching process occurs faster. What is the best way to tear out and leave the first from the traffic light using the Sport mode, the real professionals - Audi testers explained to us. The procedure is this: by transferring the lever of the gearbox to the sports mode and holding the brake pedal, you need to bring the engine speed to the maximum size, and then throw the brake pedal. The subsequent sensation is comparable to the feelings of the advertising hero, to whom the insurance company has ended up in one place. The car, like a Nitudar, jumps a little forward. And then he sharply gains speed. How sharply? At least to a hundred, the new TT accelerates the champion for a second faster than the previous TT 1.8T.
You can stick the desired program, of course, in the traditional way. But a special buzz to feel like a highway star brings the presence of two gearboards on the steering wheel. However, using them from habit is quite tiring. Firstly, intercepting, I periodically lost these petals. The second inconvenience is that even in a standard position without fifteen three, you have to stretch and strain your fingers all the time. Probably the steering wheel is too large for such sports things.
 
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Let the stubborn people continue to repeat that the full sport-car can only be rear-wheel drive. Audi gradually and calmly breaks this stereotype. The combination of a powerful engine, an obedient box and a quattro drive gives something that, probably, even a complete scumbag dreams about in the soul - you can drive all the money, but without sad consequences for health. For all its renunciation, the new TT thanks to the complete drive and ESP (it, however, can be turned off) perfectly keeps the road. The car on the serpentine behaved especially well. The higher I took up the mountains along the road of Napoleon, the more slippery and dangerous, given the summer rubber, the coating became. But Quattro and ESP did even with an ice crust. Decently behaved brakes, borrowed, by the way, from Audi RS4. Low -profile wide rubber on wheels, which are placed almost at the corners of the body, a low center of gravity and a very sensitive steering is full compliance with laws, the purpose of which is to ensure the most optimal controllability, dynamic stability and stability. Despite the amplification of the suspension - in particular, the diameter of the reptile stability stabilizers in front and behind was increased - it remained stiff enough to shake the fat on the fossa.
 
For all the time my test drive was only one moment, when the steering wheel in my hands suddenly froze and I began to lose touch with the car. But I associate this fact with my own inertness, an unusual for high speeds and cowardice. At a speed of 220 km/h - this, by the way, is almost maximum for the old TT - you can not be distracted by thoughts about the road police and possible fines or about the wife and children remaining at home. We must concentrate on the road. I could not.
Alien holiday. The new Audi TT 3.2 Quattro will go off the conveyor in the middle of this year. It will be produced in two versions - compartment and class, the basic package of the latter includes a folding roof with an electric water drive. Statistics of sales of previous TT in Russia 38 cars in the year before last and 22 in the past - it is unlikely that AUDI counts on a mass consumer response. But his buyer, ready to drive adrenaline, new Audi TT 3.2
Text Ruslan Gan, photo Leonid Golovanov and Audi

Model/Modification Audi TT 3.2 Quattro
Manufacturer/country Audi AG/Germany
ENGINE
Type/number/location of gasoline cylinders/6/V-shaped
Working volume (cubic meter) 3189
Power, kW (L.S.) at about./Min. 184 (250) at 6300
Moment (Nm) at about./Min. 320 nm at 3200
TRANSMISSION
The permanent drive is complete
Gearbox 6-speed mechanical with electro-hydraulic control
Brakes, safety
Front/rear circular ventilated/disk ventilated
Pillows of the driver’s safety and passenger front and side for the driver and passenger
Dimensions/mass
Length/width/height (mm) 4041/1764/1345
Wheel base/clearance 2429/
Tires/discs 225/45 R17/7.5J X 17 cast aluminum
The mass is equipped/complete (kg) 1520/1905
The volume of the fuel tank (L) 62
Maximum speed (km/h) 250 (limited by electronics)
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 6.4
Fuel consumption (city/highway, l/100 km) 13.6/7.6
The price in Moscow has not yet been determined

 

Source: "Autopilot"