Queen's New Clothes

Of course TT - not a supercar. Under the hood, good old gasoline engine V6 of 3.2 liters and has the usual capacity of 250 hp, which was equipped with the previous CT. This modest by today's standards tabunchik sports rotates all four wheels via a Quattro all-wheel drivetrain and robotic sequential gearbox, called the marketing for a variety of S-tronic. But in fact, it's the same twin-clutch DSG c - one for pickup at the other. Change gears here in three ways: by hand - a selector box or paddles petals (a la Formula 1) or leave a switching itself S-stronic. I do not know how the sports track and in everyday life in all modes it does it perfectly. Consistently transmission change immediately, but delay after switching pre stage comparable to the switching speed mechanics. So, the box and the motor is old, but only from the new body and interior. The body was higher, wider and longer, but it is easier for a hundred pounds - due to widespread use in the design of aircraft metal. Made from aluminum hood, fenders, roof and suspension components and even the front side members, the rest - steel. In addition to reducing weight, aluminum has improved hanging on axes - in fact it turns out that before the machine as easy as possible, and the rear of the car entirely steel. Decreased by comparison with the first TT on a 9 mm center of gravity. Interior rid of the toy and it now displays notes of luxury - a solid front panel with three vents in the middle of the center console and a stylish interface MMI. Front seats - bucket handy with improved lateral support - a model is good, and can comfortably accommodate a person driving a medium build. Steering wheel is smaller, having lost the lower part of the circle, now it is clipped from the bottom - another allusion to the sport. Comfortable? Not a fact. Of course, it is believed that with the right hand grip should not fall to the bottom quarter of the steering, but not all so perfect drivers to match the ideal TT. But the "cake" looks extremely stylish and perfectly matched in thickness and diameter of the rim, although it falls out of a soft rounded interior. Behind the still rather small, but the trunk is bigger now and there's even a grid for load. The rest is familiar - sometimes painfully, for example, "no" in which music from «Bose» - just a name. From the acoustic settings - the mysterious mode "Gala", no sound improves. Thank God, a V-shaped "six" is traditionally a good voice - it and listen. Soundproofing is also the mark - even at high speeds aerodynamic noise - at least. By the way, is to collect 120 km / h and under the rear window grows a tail - a spoiler increases downforce. Can be lifted and forcibly, pressing on the center console. You little ruby ??taillights and exhaust nozzles on the two corners of the bumper - that's another trick. In the city the new speeds CT - comfortable and cozy car with a measure of acute handling and light steering. The feeling that you're basically going, but not pleteshsya in traffic, comes at a speed of 140 km / h. But the real pandemonium begins when the speedometer needle overcomes the mark of 180 km / h. It happens in seconds. In principle, 250 "horses" to 1410 kg of weight - it is not so much, so TT and not perceived as a crazy fast car. Even temper and desire to accelerate S-Tronic hurry to stick sixth gear - a reference to "tourism" are machines, not for sport. However, and here the speed and drive to spare. On the line TT - this bullet, and in curves - almost cards. The stabilization system works with the apparent delay, calculated on the active driver, and "box" is doing better faster and quieter than the person behind the wheel. However, in manual mode, fourth gear is guaranteed to take you to the coveted milestone of 200 km / h, and two more will bring the speed limit to 250 on the speedometer. But most likely, you will be uncomfortable, because the increased compared to its predecessor body rigidity and suspension leads to the fact that for longitudinal waves, or track, the car literally jumps up and tries to bend to rearrange the given trajectory outward bend. The suspension is clearly aimed at "Autobahn" quality of road surface, and that we, unfortunately a little bit. However, despite this, the TT is very docile and predictable. Such overloads, as this handsome, I'm behind the wheel had not yet had never, sport seats plagued by the weakness of the human body, hinting at the superiority of a severe high German technology. And on the roof of the transverse waves are hitting the sadistic head. Sensation, as from a roller coaster. Well, let, let your spine creaks, and rubbed the crown of the roof - all worth liters of adrenaline, which drives the blood drive in the Audi TT Second Generation. As an option for car shock absorbers offer Magnetic Ride, which grip the suspension when cornering, adding stability and eliminating the buildup of standing body. Devised to add shock absorbers to the working fluid of magnetic particles and managed by the field many years ago, US-based Delphi. So far this technology has been used in a variety of overseas off-road, but the Germans decided to adapt it to European sports coupe. However, despite the abundance of "high tech" in all possible manifestations of the bimetallic body, xenon, air pressure in tires, for the first time by the way, appeared on the TT, Audi does not create a sense of "electronic sandwich." Does not scare even the price of this beauty - from 57 thousand dollars for the front-TT 200-strong turbo engine. Coupled with a proprietary all-wheel drive and motor 3,2 V6 (250 hp) is already 70 thousand dollars, add another $ 2,300 for the artful "box", and you get a very impressive amount comparable to the price of Audi Q7 with a diesel engine near the power or 10 thousand dollars more than the 250-strong hatchback A3 3,2 V6. But everything is relative - Ferrari and Porsche, which is comparable to CT appearance, there are many times more expensive.