| Make
|
Audi
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| Model |
TT
Clubsport Quattro |
| Concept
year |
2007 |
| Production
year |
- |
| Engine |
2.0
litre Turbocharged |
The Audi TT Clubsport Quattro revealed in May 2007 is
a design study intended to show the TT in its purest form.
The goal Audi's development engineers set themselves for
the TT Clubsport Quattro vehicle study was to cut the
car down to the bare driving essentials. No roof, no A-pillars
- instead, a wraparound windscreen kept extremely low
and which deliberately evokes images of a speedster. The
flat, slightly tinted window strip surrounds the cockpit.
The panoramic windscreen and the two humps located behind
the interior in place of the hood compartment are reminiscent
of a racing car. The rollover bars familiar from the TT
Roadster are kept flatter and are the same height as the
sports bucket seats.
Like all contemporary Audi products the TT Clubsport Quattro
features the prominent single-frame grille, this time
with aluminium inserts to give its design a horizontal
emphasis. This has the effect of giving the TT Clubsport
a wider appearance than it already has. It also features
the Audi logo on the bonnet rather than the grille - this
badge layout was first seen on the Audi
Shooting Brake Concept.
The TT Clubsport Quattro concept is painted Daytona Grey,
a color that Audi used for the first time on the RS
4 and the Audi
S8. This forms a subtle contrast with the metallic
elements, the grille and side grille in Gun Metal, a steely
color which supplies the TT Clubsport Quattro concept
with an appearance which is both simple and aggressive.
The orange colored brake calipers link the exterior design
to the interior and provide a visual contrast. The orange
also highlights interior elements such as the instrument
cowl, the armrest and the back of the bucket seats.
The
racing character of the Audi TT Clubsport Quattro study
is further underscored by its technology. The Audi engineers
have packed the 2.0 litre TFSI engine with even more power
than the 260 bhp unit found in the Audi S3. The turbocharged
four-cylinder unit with petrol direct injection now achieves
300 bhp. The power increase is due to a modified intake
manifold. Power is transferred to all four wheels, making
the TT Clubsport Quattro the first new-generation TT equipped
with a four-cylinder engine and quattro permanent four-wheel
drive.
The
transmission of the TT Clubsport Quattro is a dual clutch,
S tronic direct-shift gearbox which can change gear virtually
without interrupting the flow of power, a process that
goes unnoticed by the driver. The six gears can, however,
also be changed manually, with gearshifts taking just
fractions of a second.
Similar and related vehicles:
Audi Rosemeyer
Audi RSQ
Audi Nuvolari Quattro
Audi Le Mans
Audi Nero
Audi Quattroflex
Audi Shooting Brake
Audi R-Zero
Audi A1 Metroproject Quattro
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