Cheapest sports car - Audi

[sparta6]

So Auto Express have concluded the cheapest sports car to own and run is the Audi TT 1.8 TFSI Sport.

Any long term owners here ?

[icepop]

sparta6 said:

So Auto Express have concluded the cheapest sports car to own and run is the Audi TT 1.8 TFSI Sport.

Any long term owners here ?

Two things....

a)....it's not a sports car

b)...it's a, not very good version of the golf

three things !!!

it's a golf, did i say that already.

[battered]

They clearly haven't seen an mx5, mr2 or mgf.

[briang9]

icepop said:

Two things....

a)....it's not a sports car

b)...it's a, not very good version of the golf

three things !!!

it's a golf, did i say that already.

and a Seat and a Skoda, but thats not a bad thing

Edited by briang9 on Sunday 8th January 00:23

[Mark-C]

icepop said:

sparta6 said:

So Auto Express have concluded the cheapest sports car to own and run is the Audi TT 1.8 TFSI Sport.

Any long term owners here ?

Two things....

a)....it's not a sports car

b)...it's a, not very good version of the golf

three things !!!

it's a golf, did i say that already.

No it’s not a sports car but it isn’t a bad place to sit for a few hours. There are plenty worse out there and having had regular access to one I prefer it to the Golf it’s based on. Just my opinion - not an issue that we differ ;-)

And who’d bother with what Auto Express thinks of anything?

[icepop]

Yeah, and my comments come from owning an Elise and a 7, and really don't think of the TT as a sports car......but must admit, having moved on from the 'proper lightweigh sports cars' am really drawn towards a Mk1 red 220 TT, or even the Sports model. Have been for a while now, a car I disliked when new, but find them quite alluring now, they just look good to me, with reliable underpinnings.

[Andy JB]

sparta6 said:

So Auto Express have concluded the cheapest sports car to own and run is the Audi TT 1.8 TFSI Sport.

Possible semantics here, but if not a sports car what could it be described as, its not a GT, its not an estate, or an SUV - its a two door with a sleek aero shape focussing primarily on performance in an everyman world environment to Joe Bloggs.

While I agree its not a true sports car how else would a mainstream car mag hack describe it?

[budgie smuggler]

Andy JB said:

Possible semantics here, but if not a sports car what could it be described as, its not a GT, its not an estate, or an SUV - its a two door with a sleek aero shape focussing primarily on performance in an everyman world environment to Joe Bloggs.

While I agree its not a true sports car how else would a mainstream car mag hack describe it?

Coupé?

[Andy JB]

budgie smuggler said:

Andy JB said:

Possible semantics here, but if not a sports car what could it be described as, its not a GT, its not an estate, or an SUV - its a two door with a sleek aero shape focussing primarily on performance in an everyman world environment to Joe Bloggs.

While I agree its not a true sports car how else would a mainstream car mag hack describe it?

Coupé?

A short version of 'Sports Coupe' I believe