Still looking good The TT made it from concept car to production reality with barely a change to its bold Bauhaus minimalist curves and impeccably detailed interior, and although it's now a familiar sight, it still looks absolutely fantastic. Buyers may now be distracted by the likes of the Nissan 350Z and Mazda RX-8 - both of which have additional latest-thing value and are more involving drives - and the upcoming Porsche Cayman promises to create a bit of an upset in this class, but the TT is nonetheless a great car to drive and own.
Available as a two-seater roadster or a coupe with tiny rear seats, it comes with the 1.8T engine in 150bhp (roadster only, with front-wheel drive), 180bhp and 225bhp forms (roadster or coupe, with quattro four-wheel drive), or with the 250bhp 3.2 V6, as fitted in the Golf R32, and Audi's new DSG Direct Shift Gearbox, an automatic 'box with sequential-shift mode, wonderfully responsive fully-auto mode and high-revving sports mode. There's also the sports-tuned 240bhp quattro Sport Coupe, a little lighter with modified suspension. The TT may have humble underpinnings, sharing many components with the Golf and other mainstream VW Group models, and it may have been around for a few years now, but when it still looks this good, who cares?
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