Audi's new TT has snatched Top Gear magazine's ‘Best Coupé’ trophy in the 2006 Top Gear Awards. Five years ago, the original TT Coupé won the same award.
Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear editor Michael Harvey presented the award to Audi's head of steering systems, Georg Middelhauve, at a ceremony held last week in London.
According to the magazine’s editorial, the TT deserved to win through because: “it’s a properly entertaining and engaging thing to throw down the road. Just like the original, you’ll remember the new TT. Now not just for the way it looks, but also for the way it goes too.”
Audi UK boss Jeremy Hicks said: “The fact that the TT has already been highly praised in print by the Top Gear team on a number of occasions was heartening enough for us, but to win outright in the category, with endorsement from Jeremy, is real cause for celebration.”
The new TT was officially unveiled in the UK three months ago, its updated skin concealing a superstructure and chassis that have undergone radical changes, according to the company. It offers optimum weight distribution thanks to the hybrid body shell combining 69 per cent aluminium content in the frontal section and 31 per cent steel at the rear, and an advanced suspension with optional magnetic ride, together with Turbo FSI four-cylinder and naturally aspirated V6 petrol engines.
The new Audi TT Coupé 2.0 TFSI is priced at £24,625 OTR, and the TT Coupé 3.2 quattro at £29,285 OTR.
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