Re: Audi TT Roadster / Debut at the Geneva Motor Show

["Jon" <jwilliam@cyberzone.net>]

I can't think of one Audi, offhand, that you can consider 
overpowered.  When was the last comparo you read where the Audi 
had the fastest 0-60 times?  For that matter, when was the last time 
that one was best around the skidpad.  I would contend that there is 
more to a car than 0-60.  In fact, I cannot remember ever dropping 
the clutch on my Coupe and redlining it just to see how quickly I 
could get it to 60.  You want a useful real world test?  Try passing a 
Caravan on a two lane road.  The time it takes to get around and 
back is a test I'm interested in.  I'll leave the peeling rubber at the 
stoplights to the Mustang/Camaro crowd.  I don't begrudge them 
that, and there's no point pretending that my car can match them at 
it.  Everyone has to be good at something.


On 24 Feb 99, at 8:14, John R. Boyce wrote:

> >The 165 kW (225 bhp) version accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in a
> >breathtaking 6.7 seconds; the 180 bhp model takes around one second
> >longer.
> 
> Breathtaking?  I don't think so!
> 
> A new Golf/Jetta VR6 is almost as quick as the 225 hp TT (and faster than
> the 180 hp version) for a lot less money.  For a little more money than
> the TT coupe (or maybe the same money as the roadster, I don't know what
> they will charge for it), there is the much faster Z3/M3, Boxster and
> Corvette. The Vette could be said to be entering the breathtaking
> territory with 0-60 of 5 seconds or less.
> 
> Is is just me, or does the fwd TT seem a little slow for a $35,000 vehicle
> that's supposed to have 180 hp?  I mean, 7.7 seconds to 60 (62) isn't all
> that fast these days.
> 
> Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of things to like about the TT,
> especially from the design perspective.  When I saw the prototype at the
> Chicago Auto Show a few years ago, it was on my short list for my next
> car. However, reading the road test in a recent Road and Track, and
> comparing the numbers with the new BMW 328i and other sports cars and
> sports sedans for similar money, the TT didn't look quite as attractive.
> 
> John R. Boyce
> Bismarck, ND
> 1991 Coupe Quattro (0-60: don't ask)
> 
> 


Jon
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