Test drive Audi TT compartment since 2006 compartment

Monogram to the anniversary

Not only in our country it is customary for the round date to put new cars on the conveyor. What modification was met by the 10th anniversary of the popular TT model German concern Audi, you will learn from Vadim Kryuchkov. Photo by the author.
Audi-TT compartment on a shortened platform of the A3 hatchback appeared on sale in 1998. The novelty appealed to customers and soon became a cult sports car. A year later, the car received a double body from the folding roof, and then a wide range of engines and transmission, several suspension options. TT of the second generation saw the light in 2006. And now, after two years, exactly by the round date of the audi, she replenished the modification line with a hot version of TTS. Similar cars, in fact, is a model of factory tuning: powerful, expensive, with a relatively small volume of production. They are addressed to a narrow circle of buyers who suffer from getting exclusive despite the fact that the usual TT car is by no means an ordinary in the interior, exterior and running qualities.
Five differences
What is the difference from its counterparts for a sports car with additional Litera S in the index? Under the hood of Audi-TTS, a two-liter gasoline engine TFSI with direct fuel injection and turbocharged is installed. Its indicators are 272 hp And 350 N.M of torque inspire respect by themselves. And if we take into account that this power and craving went to a car weighing about 1400 kg, it becomes clear with the novelty a little competitors in acceleration and maximum speed.
The second difference of TTS is all -wheel drive in standard configuration. Six-speed gearboxes: compact and light mechanics in an aluminum-magnesium alloy building or an automatic machine named S-Tronic, capable of switching transmission almost without interrupting power flow.
The next innovation of the chassis with modified elastokinematics of suspension levers, sports springs and an electronic system for regulating the rigidity of shock absorbers. Compared to the base model, TTS has a 10 mm road clearance less than 10 mm. So that the driver who owns the rich arsenal of management techniques is able to reveal all the features of the chassis, the course stability system is modernized. There is a mode in which she allows a controlled skid.
The appearance of TTS (both coupes and relatives) is distinguished by a radiator grille, front and rear bums, thresholds, enlarged brake discs, 18-inch alloy wheels, bixenon headlights with a strip of LEDs, nameplate with the designation of the model.
And, of course, individual features in the interior: an expanded set of aluminum inserts, sports seats, skin -inacked tachometer and a gearbox lever with TTS logo.
On the machine or with an automaton
The white class with the black folding roof liked at first sight. And what's inside? Yeah, machine gun selector. Well, let's try the car on the go. The first impression is nothing to complain about. Convenient landing, exemplary ergonomics, honed controllability, excellent speed of the gearbox. With intensive acceleration, the impression is that the program with a half-pushed clutch is switched by a professional athlete. Now we put the roof. Of course, in the premium car car this process is automated. Amazing! Autoban, on a speedometer under 200 km/h. The movement is accompanied by a whistle of wind and some heightened sense of speed.
Let's eat to the local paths: one turn, the other TTS copes with them perfectly, but the leg itself releases gas. I don’t want to rush anymore and even the roller of the motor is a little annoying. Singing birds, the smell of flowers, here is a small part of the pleasures that gives an open car outside the noisy tracks.
It seems that this class good is good for everyone, but something is missing. In words, you can’t explain yet you need to ride in another car.
Say, in this scarlet compartment with a mechanical box. If you believe the numbers, in acceleration to a hundred it is inferior to a similar machine with a machine gun for two tenths of a second. Let's try! X-mm, and the course of the clutch pedal is big, and it takes high, and the pleasure of the car and the small cart. With a mechanical box, this audi is much more sports and assembled. On it, he no longer pulls to contemplate the surrounding nature, so he knocks out another turn to the limit. The casket opens simply: the mechanic returned the seized part of the arsenal to the driver. Leading, transition to reduced gear, switching with a jerk that part of the program that, regardless of our desire, the brain starts with automatic on command very quickly. It is more familiar when it is performed by their own hands and legs, and not a smart car. And what is familiar at the level of reflexes is comfortable and gives more pleasure.
So what TTS take? An active driver I recommend a modification with a manual gearbox. The type of body, of course, is a matter of taste. The compartment is perhaps more practical, the petter is romantic. Optimal combination? In the author’s opinion, the best TTS rubber with mechanics ._x0008_
Turbo to the anniversary
Another Audi offer for a round date is a new engine for a regular TT. The lineup is complemented by a two -liter turbodiesel with a capacity of 170 hp, capable of developing a torque of 350 NM in the range of 17502500 rpm. All cars equipped with such a motor are compiled by all -wheel drive transmission.
 
 
 

Source: The magazine "Driving"