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Audi TT Coupe 2.0 TFSI quattro Sport S tronic road test report

2.0 TFSI quattro Sport S tronic

Following the first Audi TT of 1998, the second-generation TT hit the streets back in 2006. Now late 2010 sees the car with a restyled, better looking front end plus a few other subtle revisions inside and out. A new 2-litre TFSI-powered TT joins the line-up with increased power and improved efficiency.

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TOM STEWART SAYS

Performance Performance - 5 stars

The TT comes with a choice of four engines: a 160hp 1.8 TFSI, a 170hp 2.0 TDI, the new 211hp 2.0 TFSI and a 272hp TTS. I drove the new petrol 2.0 TFSI which has 11hp more than the old 2.0 motor and coincidentally produces the same 350NM (258lb/ft) of torque as the petrol TTS and diesel TDI engines. Significantly, the new 2.0 TFSI’s peak torque is produced both at lower rpm and over a wider rev range than the TTS’s and even the TDI’s. Unsurprisingly, this fine spread of beefy torque makes itself very evident on the road with strong acceleration always on tap. The new 4cyl TFSI turbo is smooth and sounds crisp, and its 5.6 sec 0-62 time and 150mph max are also impressive.

Ride & Handling Ride & Handling - 5 stars

The lightweight TT has always been a sweet handling car, and my all-wheel-drive quattro model, equipped as it was with Audi’s optional (£1,150) Magnetic Ride adaptive damping with normal or sport modes was sweeter still. The car feels both taut and compliant, and provides a genuinely rewarding, vice-free drive. The magnetic ride system, which also adjusts the steering’s servo boost (and engine sound), has shock absorber fluid that contains tiny magnetic particles. Receiving info from many sensors, a computer-controlled system applies voltage to the fluid which alters the particles’ behaviour and thus the suspension’s damping characteristics. Clever stuff, and it works.

Build Quality & Reliability Build Quality & Reliability - 5 stars

State-of-the-art would be one way to describe the TT’s construction as, to all intents and purposes and in common with other contemporary Audis, it appears faultless. In keeping with its sports car status, the TT’s interior is a little less showy than its bigger Audi stablemates, and that’s no bad thing. As a brand Audi fared well in both the ’09 and ’10 JD Power ownership satisfaction surveys scoring 799 and 807 points respectively against an industry average of 781 and 789 points.

Safety & Security Safety & Security - 3 stars

The last Euro NCAP crash test results for the TT were conducted on the first generation model back in 2003 when it achieved a 4-star result for adult occupant protection. As standard the TT comes with a number of safety features including ABS, traction control, ESP, four airbags, a first aid kit and, for security, a Thatcham category 1 anti-theft device. My test car was also equipped with optional Xenon headlamps (£725), a light and rain sensor package (£450) and high beam assist (£100).

Space & Practicality Space & Practicality - 5 stars

Like Porsche’s 911, the Audi TT Coupé has two small rear seats with very limited leg and headroom, and these are of very little, if any, practical use as seats, even for small children. Fortunately, and also like the 911, these rear seats fold flat to allow for a capacious loadspace for two, but unlike the 911, the TT has easy access to this space via its large rear tailgate. With rear seats upright there’s a 290-litre boot capacity, and with seats down there’s full 700 litres. There’s ample room and comfort for two in the front, along with quite a bit more oddments storage than you might expect to find in a compact sports car.

Ownership & Value Ownership & Value - 4 stars

The on-the-road price for the TT Coupé 2.0 TTFSI quattro with the S tronic dual clutch transmission is £29,420. in addition to the options already mentioned, my test TT also had 10-spoke alloys (£1,250), powered front seats (£725), an extended leather pack (£335), ‘Scuba Blue’ paint (£500 – black or white are the only two no-cost colours) and more, all of which hiked the price to £36,265. On the plus side fuel consumption is quoted at 39.2mpg (combined) along with CO2 emissions of 169g/km (tax band H/£250). Whichever way you look at it, almost 40mpg from a 150mph sports car is pretty impressive, even if official mpg figures are hard to achieve in day-to-day driving.

Submitted: 30/09/2010 08:45:08

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