Euro Ncap Roadster Sports Cars: Mazda Mx-5, Audi Tt, Honda S2000, Mg F | Mg Tf, Bmw Z4, Bmw Z4, Mercedes-Benz Slk-Class, Opel Tigra

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mazda Mx-5, Audi Tt, Honda S2000, Mg F / Mg Tf, Bmw Z4, Bmw Z4, Mercedes-Benz Slk-Class, Opel Tigra, Vauxhall Tigra. Excerpt: Audi TT Coupé - latest model The Audi TT is a two-door compact sports car manufactured by Audi Hungaria Motor Kft. in Gy r , Hungary , since 1998, for the German automaker and Volkswagen Group subsidiary AUDI AG . The Audi TT is now in its second generation and both generations have been available in two car body styles ; as a 2+2 Coupé (TT-C), or two-seater Roadster (TT-R). They have been built on 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; this includes a front-mounted transversely orientated engine , front-wheel drive or a Haldex Traction -based quattro 'on-demand' four-wheel drive system, and fully independent front suspension using MacPherson struts . Origins The styling of the Audi TT began in the spring of 1994 at the Volkswagen Group Design Center in California . The TT was first shown as a concept car at the 1995 Frankfurt Motor Show . The design is credited to J Mays and Freeman Thomas , with Hartmut Warkuss, Peter Schreyer , Martin Smith and Romulus Rost contributing to the award-winning 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 outri...