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What‘s it?
This is actually the Audi TT coupé, as furnished recently having a 1. 8-litre TFSI engine. The 1. 8-litre engine is available inside the entry-level TT convertible for some time, but it’s only recently the same powerplant is offered inside the hard-top coupé.
Significantly, in base Sport trim, with a six-speed manual gearbox as tested here, it prices the second-generation TT under £25, 000.
What’s it like?
Surprisingly decent. It may not be the foremost scintillating of coupés to drive but there’s no denying the Audi TT’s aesthetic appeal.
However, it’s been hamstrung using a bottom-rung price point that’s place it from the reach of many who aspire to its premium-quality, if somewhat homogenised, good looks. This version aims squarely to address that.
Having a 1240kg kerb weight the TT is nearly light enough to not feel short-changed from the 1. 8-litre motor. It’s smooth, torquey and responsive enough for everyday motoring, with only enough power to provide a diploma of excitement appropriate towards the coupé’s broadly capable if slightly sterile chassis. It even makes all of the right noises in case you press the pedal hard enough.
Should I buy one?
Maybe. To become fair, this mixture of car and engine makes a surprisingly convincing case for itself.
The 1. 8-engined TT is really a full £3000 lower than an otherwise similarly specced 2. 0-litre version, and therefore presents a considerably less expensive method of buying straight into the TT’s style-led cachet
It has additional bonus of cheaper running costs, too. A combined 44. 1mpg and 149g / km drop the 1. 8 down into VED band F, compared with band G to the 42. 8mpg, 152g / km 2. 0-litre TT.
In fact, the larger-engined car delivers 0-62mph in 6. 1sec towards the 1. 8’s 7. 2sec, however the reality is in day to day driving as much as seven tenths or therefore you just rev small engine 10 per cent harder to extract, up to some point, a similar performance like the 2. 0 offers.
Everything said, for £2000 less you can buy an equally powerful and far better to drive 1. 4 TSI Volkswagen Scirocco.
Audi TT 1. 8 TFSI Sport
Price as tested : £24, 070 ; 0-62mph : 7. 2sec ; Top speed : 140mph ; Kerb weight : 1240kg ; Economy : 44. 1mpg (combined ) ; CO2 : 149g / km ; Engine : 4 cyls in line, 1798cc, petrol ; Max power : 158bhp at 4500-6300rpm ; Max torque : 184lb ft at 1500-4500rpm ; Gearbox : 6-spd manual
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Audi TT 1. 8 TFSI Sport
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Audi TT 1.8 TFSI Sport
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What‘s it?
This is actually the Audi TT coupé, as furnished recently having a 1. 8-litre TFSI engine. The 1. 8-litre engine is available inside the entry-level TT convertible for some time, but it’s only recently the same powerplant is offered inside the hard-top coupé.
Significantly, in base Sport trim, with a six-speed manual gearbox as tested here, it prices the second-generation TT under £25, 000.
What’s it like?
Surprisingly decent. It may not be the foremost scintillating of coupés to drive but there’s no denying the Audi TT’s aesthetic appeal.
However, it’s been hamstrung using a bottom-rung price point that’s place it from the reach of many who aspire to its premium-quality, if somewhat homogenised, good looks. This version aims squarely to address that.
Having a 1240kg kerb weight the TT is nearly light enough to not feel short-changed from the 1. 8-litre motor. It’s smooth, torquey and responsive enough for everyday motoring, with only enough power to provide a diploma of excitement appropriate towards the coupé’s broadly capable if slightly sterile chassis. It even makes all of the right noises in case you press the pedal hard enough.
Should I buy one?
Maybe. To become fair, this mixture of car and engine makes a surprisingly convincing case for itself.
The 1. 8-engined TT is really a full £3000 lower than an otherwise similarly specced 2. 0-litre version, and therefore presents a considerably less expensive method of buying straight into the TT’s style-led cachet
It has additional bonus of cheaper running costs, too. A combined 44. 1mpg and 149g / km drop the 1. 8 down into VED band F, compared with band G to the 42. 8mpg, 152g / km 2. 0-litre TT.
In fact, the larger-engined car delivers 0-62mph in 6. 1sec towards the 1. 8’s 7. 2sec, however the reality is in day to day driving as much as seven tenths or therefore you just rev small engine 10 per cent harder to extract, up to some point, a similar performance like the 2. 0 offers.
Everything said, for £2000 less you can buy an equally powerful and far better to drive 1. 4 TSI Volkswagen Scirocco.
Audi TT 1. 8 TFSI Sport
Price as tested : £24, 070 ; 0-62mph : 7. 2sec ; Top speed : 140mph ; Kerb weight : 1240kg ; Economy : 44. 1mpg (combined ) ; CO2 : 149g / km ; Engine : 4 cyls in line, 1798cc, petrol ; Max power : 158bhp at 4500-6300rpm ; Max torque : 184lb ft at 1500-4500rpm ; Gearbox : 6-spd manual
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Audi TT 1. 8 TFSI Sport
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