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07-11-2006, 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted by moff,Jul 11 2006, 07:41 AM
No doubt I will get flamed... but if the TT is as good a drive as I have been reading, it will be my next car. I want a coupe next, and with the rear seats it fits the bill.
Re-designing a stye icon like the TT was always going to be very difficult, but I think Audi have done a very good job - the new car looks much more modern, and different enough from the old one. And from all the reports so far, it sounds like a much better car to drive.
Hopefully fairly early on they will come out with some lighter sportier versions, like they did to the end of the current TT's life - they could be seriously decent cars.
07-11-2006, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by AlexC,Jul 11 2006, 12:55 PM
Go for it!
Re-designing a stye icon like the TT was always going to be very difficult, but I think Audi have done a very good job - the new car looks much more modern, and different enough from the old one. And from all the reports so far, it sounds like a much better car to drive.
Hopefully fairly early on they will come out with some lighter sportier versions, like they did to the end of the current TT's life - they could be seriously decent cars.
Re-designing a stye icon like the TT was always going to be very difficult, but I think Audi have done a very good job - the new car looks much more modern, and different enough from the old one. And from all the reports so far, it sounds like a much better car to drive.
Hopefully fairly early on they will come out with some lighter sportier versions, like they did to the end of the current TT's life - they could be seriously decent cars.
I'd also be interested to learn about their roadster, when it gets released..
07-11-2006, 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Bassoctopus,Jul 11 2006, 01:33 PM
The new TT is still basically a fwd car though. I'm sure I read the torque split was something like 90/10 front/rear
07-11-2006, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Bada Bing!,Jul 11 2006, 12:10 AM
The new TT jut looks like a desperate rehash of a classic shape. It's just the old one with the new corporate nose, with the rest of the car a skewed and squashed version of the old shape.
<ducks for cover>
07-11-2006, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by StevenM,Jul 11 2006, 02:58 PM
I thought Plato did an interesting review of the Brooke Double R.
Had to agree with his opinions of it as a road car. Still want one though 
07-11-2006, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Lurking Lawyer,Jul 11 2006, 05:42 AM
85/15, except when the diff senses more is needed elsewhere, I think the review in this month's evo said it was.
<Has never understood why people fall for this techno babble.
