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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 07:37 PM
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The 1st TT may not have won any performace awards but it had style, style style! From the copied rear (350Z, Crossfire, etc) to the aluminum accented interior (everyone copied) to the wheel arches (again almost everyone copied), to the small windows (300C, again 350Z, many new cars) the TT is an unforgettable shape inside and out. Will the new one continue the style but finally add the performance?

I find the new Audi grill to work very well with the TT rendering.
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 07:59 PM
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I think it looks great. I always been a huge fan of Audi's styling. They make some great looking cars. However, I am not a big fan of the current TT. To me I thought it shared to much with the New Bettle. The silhouette of both cars are near identical. You are correct about many car companies taking cues from this car. Many believe that the SC430 is a bigger version of the TT. The only detail that I really liked about the TT are the leather seats. I loved how the stitching was done on this car. It was like a baseball glove. I dont know what you would call it but I'm calling it roping. It had the roping around the edges of the leather to tie the different pieces of leather together. Very clever and different I must say. Its a very miniscule detail but for some reason little details like that always attract me. Shows me how much attention to detail went into this vehicle. The aluminum roll bars and the DSG tranny also caught my attention. We already know enough about those.

This new TT in this spy pic looks very much like the concept coupe they have been showing for about a year. I beleive its the LeMans. It also resembles the Audi Coupe from the movie " I' Robot " . The big grill works well on this car and I think it also works well on the A6 but only in darker colors. I have seen other spy pics of the new TT awhile back and the TT also looked great there too. Unfortunately I dont remember where I saw those pics. Could have been on this site or another site.
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 08:02 PM
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Remember that foggy Avalon pic from awhile back. I dont know why, but everytime I look at that first pic, all I see is Avalon. Maybe because its black and white, maybe its the headlights, hood area. Am I the only one or am I gonig crazy??
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 08:04 PM
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Never a fan of the last TT, especially the interior material quality. The carpet, plastic stuff, metal, even the velcro that attaches the floormats to the floor (I used to detail cars) all felt half-no-make that quarter quality. The styling's unique but this one is much more agressive looking, which I like very much. Hopefully it will have the legit quattro system and some real power.

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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 08:18 PM
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I love the current Audi TT & this one looks even hotter !! Really looking forward to it. The New Audi grille goes well with the shape of the car, much better than with the sedans IMO.
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 08:39 PM
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sweet looking whip. I like Audis new desing direction... too bad their quality is in the toilet.
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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this new tt looks really nice. Way better than the current one. It doesnt look like a chick car anymore
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 06:41 AM
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That's one fine largemouth bass!! The only Audi that I think the big hole works on...............
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 06:55 AM
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I like! Reminds me of willsmiths car in I-robot . I never cared for the old style it looked identical to a vw bug with a little more tuned aero
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 07:02 AM
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Yea i never likethe TT in the past or this one pictured. Looks like a toy, and for the money I dont feel they're worth it
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX


I find the new Audi grill to work very well with the TT rendering.

Those doorhandles BETTER NOT BE PLASITC ...... like another coupe we know ....

The 350Z is so trashy on the outside I can't stand it. The doorhandles just scream "imagine the OTHER corners we cut ..."

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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 11:48 AM
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Huge improvement over the dopey-looking current one. This one looks aggressive like it's mad at you. I likes.

The current one looks like the dorky kid with glasses (what's WITH those headlights anyway?) that no one respects.

Let's hope this becomes a reality.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 12:59 PM
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I hope this time around they got the aerodynamics right.
Styling looks good though.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 07:11 PM
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loks good& lets face it ... quattro 7 price are big pluses
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 04:28 PM
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Can someone post that rear-quarter new TT shot right next to a current 350Z with a similar angle? To my untrained eye, it seems that Nissan should be suing for copyright infringement...
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