The Audi TT Diesel

[adycav]

For me, the key factor of a performance car is the engine. This is what differentiates sporty cars from the more ordinary stuff.

So what is the point of a TT diesel?

Would it not make more sense to have the same engine in a more practical Golf/Leon/Octavia/Passat/Exeo alternative?

Someone please explain the appeal of the TT diesel to me.

[adycav]

edo said:

Possibly because people do a few miles, so need something economical, dont need lots of space, but dont want a dull 5 door hatch?

Is it all about the looks/style then?

Or do they drive better than the hatch alternatives, handling etc?

Not trolling, genuinely interested.

[adycav]

Matt UK said:

adycav said:

For me, the key factor of a performance car is the engine. This is what differentiates sporty cars from the more ordinary stuff.

So what is the point of a TT diesel?

Since when was the TT a 'performance car'?

I always thought it was the trendy Golf/A3/Leon/Octavia model that had swoopy bodywork and no back doors. Or am I missing something?

I know that the PH critics often ridicule the TT, but the first one with its 225hp engine, good turn of speed, and tidy handling is certainly a performance car in my book.

[adycav]

PKLD said:

handles better than all the other VAG alternatives

Is this true though?

Or is it just about the looks?

[adycav]

PKLD said:

mine is the fwd 2.0t

Did you consider the TDi yourself?

[adycav]

So the general consensus is that it is a tidy handler with good looks and an engine that makes sense cost wise, especially for business users.

Fair enough.

[adycav]

I'm bored of my own thread.

I posed a question late on a Friday when I'd has a few beers, a few PHers replied and consensus was reached halfway down page two!

I can certainly now see the point(s) of the TT diesel, originally I was approaching it from the wrong ideological perspective.

I've since had a paradigm shift and all is well.

Happy days.

[adycav]

va1o said:

What is the point of this thread?

It's all my fault, sorry.

I didn't 'get' the TT diesel, now I do.

But it's turned into one of those petrol vs diesel threads and for that I am truly penitent.