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Audi TT
Audi TT Coupé 2.0 TFSI quattro S-line (8S) – Frontansicht, 3. April 2015, Düsseldorf.jpg
Overview
Manufacturer Audi AG
Production Mk1: 1998–2006
Mk2: 2006–2014
Mk3: 2014–present
Assembly Ingolstadt, Germany (bodyshell) Győr, Hungary (engines and final assembly)
Designer Peter Schreyer (8N)
Walter de'Silva (8J)
Jürgen Löffler (8S)[1]
Body and chassis
Class Sports car
Body style 2-door coupé
2-door roadster
Layout
Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Front-engine, all-wheel-drive (quattro)
Platform Volkswagen Group A
Volkswagen Group MQB
The Audi TT is a 2-door sports car marketed by Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi since 1998. It is assembled by the Audi subsidiary Audi Hungaria Motor Kft. in Győr, Hungary, using bodyshells manufactured and painted at Audi's Ingolstadt plant for the first two generations[2] and parts made entirely by the Hungarian factory for the third generation.[3]
For each of its three generations, the TT has been available as a 2+2 coupé and as a two-seater roadster employing consecutive generations of the Volkswagen Group A platform, starting with the A4 (PQ34). As a result of this platform-sharing, the Audi TT has identical powertrain and suspension layouts as its related platform-mates; including a front-mounted transversely oriented engine, front-wheel drive or quattro four-wheel drive system, and fully independent front suspension using MacPherson struts.
Contents
1 Origins
2 Name
3 TT Mk1 (Type 8N, 1998–2006)
3.1 Powertrain
3.2 TT quattro Sport
3.3 8N engines
3.4 Lawsuits
3.5 2.7T Quattro gmbH Concept
4 TT Mk2 (Type 8J, 2006–2014)
4.1 8J powertrain
4.2 8J suspension and other features
4.3 2.0 TDI quattro
4.4 TT S-Line
4.5 TTS
4.6 TT Clubsport quattro concept
4.7 TT RS
4.8 8J engines
4.9 8J awards
5 TT Mk3 (Type FV/8S, 2014–present)
5.1 TT RS
6 Motorsport
7 Audi TT Offroad
8 Literature
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
Origins
The styling of the Audi TT began in the spring of 1994 at the Volkswagen Group Design Center in California.[4] The TT was first shown as a concept car at the 1995 Frankfurt Motor Show.[5] The design is credited to J Mays and Freeman Thomas,[4][5] with Hartmut Warkuss, Peter Schreyer,[6] Martin Smith[5][7] and Romulus Rost[8] contributing to the interior design.
A previously unused laser beam welding adaptation, which enabled seamless design features on the first-generation TT, delayed its introduction. Audi did not initially offer any type of automatic transmission option for the TT. However, from 2003, a dual clutch six-speed Direct-Shift Gearbox (DSG) became available, with the United Kingdom TT variants becoming the world's first user of a dual clutch transmission configured for a right-hand drive vehicle, although the outright world first for a road car equipped with a dual clutch transmission was claimed earlier by a Volkswagen Group platform-mate, the left hand drive Volkswagen Golf Mk4 R32.[9]
Name
The Audi TT takes its name from the successful motor racing tradition of NSU in the British Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) motorcycle race. NSU marque began competing at the Isle of Man TT in 1907 with the UK manager Martin Geiger finishing in fifth position in the single-cylinder race.[10] The 1938 Isle of Man Lightweight TT race was won by Ewald Kluge with a 250cc supercharged DKW motor-cycle[11] and the DKW and NSU companies later merged into the company now known as Audi.[12]
The Audi TT also follows the NSU 1000TT, 1200TT and TTS cars of the 1960s in taking their names from the race.
The TT name has also been attributed to the phrase "Technology & Tradition".[13]
TT Mk1 (Type 8N, 1998–2006)
First generation (8N)
2005 Audi TT Quattro 3.2 Front.jpg
Overview
Production October 1998 – June 2006
Designer Freeman Thomas
Peter Schreyer (1995)
Body and chassis
Platform Volkswagen Group A4 (PQ34)
Related
Audi A3 (First Generation)
Volkswagen Golf Mk4
Volkswagen New Beetle
Volkswagen Bora/Jetta (Fourth Generation)
SEAT León (First Generation)
SEAT Toledo (Second Generation)
Škoda Octavia (First Generation)
Powertrain
Engine 1.8 L 5v turbocharged I4
3.2 L VR6
Transmission
5-speed manual (all models 180 PS)
6-speed manual (all models 225 PS)
6-speed Tiptronic
6-speed DSG (3.2 L Quattro only)
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2,422 mm (95.4 in)
Quattro: 2,428 mm (95.6 in)
Length 4,041 mm (159.1 in)
Width 1,764 mm (69.4 in)
Height 1,346 mm (53.0 in)
Audi TT 1.8 T Roadster
Interior
The production model (internal designation Type 8N) was launched as a coupé in September 1998, followed by a roadster in August 1999. It is based on the Volkswagen Group A4 (PQ34) platform as used for the Volkswagen Golf Mk4, the original Audi A3, the Škoda Octavia, and others. The styling differed little from the concept, except for slightly reprofiled bumpers, and the addition of rear quarterlight windows behind the doors. Factory production commenced in October 1998.