Comments on: Audi TTS and TT TDI

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:48:24 +0000

Hmm… 0-60 in 7.5 isn’t THAT unimpressive for a diesel… will outrun my petrol BMW to 60! (E30 318is only has 137 bhp new… mine probably has 4bhp remaining)

By: autonut

autonut — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:52:06 +0000

I remember that pathetic POS. First and foremost it was 8 valves, when NOBODY had 8 valves.Hyundai had 16 valves already and it was young company. It had reliability problems, it was thirsty and how one could justify it against 1.6L 115 hp Civic engine or 1.7L 127 hp Civic EX engine? Corollas 1.8 was more powerful as well. I test drove Golf convertible, and it had some torque, but salesman was advocating to wait for turbo 1.8 version. You know it sucked.

By: Veda

Veda — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:26:15 +0000

This is the Porsche fighter that I’ve been waiting for. Hopefully it will handle just as good as the Cayman but with better fuel economy and much cheaper price. The 0-60 time seems faster as well…

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:55:12 +0000

autonut: so what happened to that 115 horse generic POS 4 banger that they stuffed in everything for a decade or so?

By: autonut

autonut — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:42:41 +0000

johnny, VW could never certify multivalve 2.0L in US. They also could not certify normally aspirated 1.8L. Without turbo there is no 4 cylinder engine in VW lineup, and I am sure it was not by design. Their Golf, uhm Rabbit comes base with 5 cylinder, which is expensive, heavy, not all that powerful, but thirsty for the class. This lead me to believe that engine management is not VW forte.

By: zoomzoomr

zoomzoomr — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:54:32 +0000

The name RS-TT makes more sense in the Audi naming lexicon, and more importantly, it allows room for an RS-R8!

By: Bimmer

Bimmer — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:36:37 +0000

North America probably will see only TITS, but not TDI.

By: hateful83

hateful83 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:15:22 +0000

My thought too RaineMan, it’s on the same platform afterall. I’d say the regular GTI is the best example of that platform for the money. Even the R32 with its bigger 6cylinder and AWD system only shows a small bump in performance for the price. At least they’ve thrown in the magnetic ride adaptive damping system and aluminum bits. That might set it apart from the others.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:13:17 +0000

VW needs to take this, shorten up the wheelbase, add some retro body panels, get rid of all the unnecessary doo-dads, put in their normally aspirated 2.0l and rebadge it as the Karmen Ghia. And bring it in for less than 20k. The Beetle is all but dead; they can’t give them away. Time for something new.

By: RaineMan

RaineMan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:48:14 +0000

Still looks and sounds like a VW GTI on steroids anyways. Why bother?

By: A4

A4 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:35:48 +0000

and watch us get neither of them

By: beemsterdude

beemsterdude — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:17:37 +0000

Hope the build quality has improved. Had a 2003 TT coupe for four years, and while I never had any major problems, it was a bit more VW-ish than I would have expected from what is supposed to be a luxury/performance nameplate. Had it in service 4 times to fix a defective driver’s window motor and it never was repaired properly.

Also, I hope the suspension is all new. The suspension on my car was AWFUL. Very rough ride on most roads and the car seemed to shudder a lot.

On the positive side, the materials and components used for the interior and the body of the car were first-class.

The car isn’t built in Germany… components are shipped to Hungary and then assembled there.

By: LaCaLover

LaCaLover — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:57:41 +0000

Lovely Car