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Audi TT 3.2 Quattro: First Drive

Date: 06 March 2007

Category: Convertible
Prices: £26,110-£32,110
Key Rival: Nissan 350Z

Scything through corner after corner on a particularly challenging, but quiet, coastal road, it's clear Audi finally has a convincing new TT ragtop.

Stiffness is in another ballpark to old, with barely any flex or nasty shakes. Handling benefits as a result and now qualifies as fun.

Less secure canvas is employed this time instead of tin for weight and aesthetic reasons, but the reward is a sub-12-second drop-time when you want to soak up those all too rare rays.

We drove the beefy 250PS 3.2, and with Quattro drivetrain and in the particular conditions we experienced, we wouldn't trade for its less potent two-wheel-drive brother. Of course, the V6 equates to borderline financial lunacy on business money - averaging 27.2mpg, busting a £30k P11D and attracting the heftiest tax bracket, but once you sampled the full range of its accompanying soundtrack, experienced its mid-range punch and drank in those contemporary looks, it all somehow make sense.

Verdict: Costs rule out the TT for most but it's appealing all the same


Verdict


Costs rule out the TT for most but it's appealing all the same

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