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Can you believe it’s been 20 years since Audi interoduced the original TT to industry
accolades? Well, now it’s 2016 and it’s time for an all-new one. Price as we have
it here, looking at $50,600. So, does this new Audi bring back that TT mojo? Let’s
say from the outside, yeah! Yeah, it’s looking pretty good. But it’s what’s inside that
will really grab you. So, under this beautifully crafted hood is a 2-liter turbocharged motor.
It puts out 220 horsepower, 258 pound feet of torque. It’s connected to a six speed
Stronic automatic transmission and it powers all four wheels using Audi’s own Quattro
all-wheel drive system. Now, as configured here, you’re looking at EPA ratings of 30
mpg freeway, 23 around town. One thing I love about coupe styling is that the trunk is so
useful. Flip up the clamshell and you have an easy place to put your stuff. Need more
room? You fold down the second row and it is just a huge amount of space, considering
how small this car is. Voila! So here we are inside the 2016 Audi TT and instantly you
can tell this is something different. Very different. It kinda really has a concept car
feel, because it doesn’t have all the traditional things you would expect in a luxury car. Let’s
go ahead and turn it on. No display popping up or anything that is because the main display
is right there. Now regardless of what screen I’m in, I always have a tach on the left
and the speedometer on the right. That never changes. But, I can change the background
to be a number of different functions. First off, we have navigation screen, which is great,
but where do you put in the information as to where you want to go? There’s no keypad,
it’s not a touch screen… Ah! That’s where this car is even more clever. Hit the
menu button, go to navigation, and now instead of punching in up here, I actually just write
star, S T A R, Starbucks, right there, boom. That is like, one of the quickest searches
I’ve ever done. And then it changes the display in the metal console here exactly
where I need to drive to. I really feel like I’m driving something out of the future
with this car, I mean everything from the just amazing central gauge cluster, the multifunction
information in there, to this really like deep dish steering wheel with this beautiful
leather trim, all of the metalwork. Look at the air con, where is the air con? Well, it’s
not down here controlling these things, it’s actually on the things that your controlling.
We have these little things I just flick and can change 71, 72, 73, I can change it from
being different zones, I can point it in different directions, I can shut the vent off. I love
it, even the heated seats is on one of my vents over here on the left. This is the only
transmission you can get in this car here in North America. It has multiple modes such
as drive, flick it over there, you can go into manual, go back to drive, flick it down
one more time and we get it in sport. Sport obviously will give a much more aggressive
nature to the automatic transmission as I’m accelerating, decelerating, all that stuff.
This is also a really neat thing, when I go into reverse, my center gauge cluster becomes
my backup camera and my radar! And unlike many other cars, the backup display is almost
as clear at night as it is during the day. Very often the cameras aren’t’ very good
at night. But this one, very good. So, you do of course have a number of drive modes.
You can select them down here with the drive select button, or you can do it up here on
the steering wheel with this little asterisk button. Enough talking about the car, let’s
take it out on the road. There are currently a lot of great sport coupes on the market.
There’s the Nissan 370Z and Lexus RC. Both which are roughly the same price as the base
trim 2016 TT. Load up and you’re nipping at the heels of the more expensive BMW Z4
and Porsche Cayman. Whereas previous TTs really didn’t stand a chance against such refined
company, this third generation model is something completely different. It drives much more
like an entry level R8 supercar than it does a hopped up Volkswagen Golf. Much of its new
found prowess is thanks to the lightweight chassis. Which now tips the scales at just
over 3000 pounds. The rest comes down to German wizardry applied to the steering rack, springs,
dampers and drivetrain. Though it’s still fun with the drive modes selected to either
comfort or auto, dynamic is where it’s at. Flick the switch and the all-wheel drive power
switches predominantly to the rear wheels. The steering rack firms up and the TT carves
up the turns like a genuine sports car. At higher speeds, the rear wing even deploys
to improve downforce. With this 2016 TT, Audi has much to my surprise, crafted a car that
melds driving and technology unlike any other. It frankly makes every other sport coupe on
the market look clumsy by comparison. To learn more about the 2016 Audi lineup, visit AutoNation.com.
I’m your hose Ryan Douthit, thanks for watching.