Audi TT 8N
Audi | |
---|---|
Audi TT Coupé (1998-2000)
|
|
TT 8N | |
Production period: | 1998-2006 |
Class : | Sports car |
Body versions : | Station wagon , roadster |
Engines: |
Petrol engines : 1.8-3.2 liters (110-184 kW) |
Length: | 4041 mm |
Width: | 1764 mm |
Height: | 1345 mm |
Wheelbase : | 2429 mm |
Empty weight : | 1240-1620 kg |
successor | Audi TT 8J |
Stars in the Euro NCAP - Crash Test |
The Audi TT 8N is the first series of the Audi TT , which appeared as a station wagon coupé in autumn 1998 . The roadster version followed a year later . The successor 8J appeared in 2006.
development
Development of the Audi TT began in September 1994 in the design center in Simi Valley, California, based on a design by Freeman Thomas . Romulus Rost designed the interior . The head of the Audi design department was Peter Schreyer . A year later, a study of the Audi TT Coupé was presented to the public at the IAA in Frankfurt. In the same year, the TT-Roadster study with the name TTS was presented at the Tokyo Motor Show - based on the NSU tradition with the NSU Prinz TTS . The positive response from visitors and motor magazine journalists led Audi to the decision to build the study - with only minor design changes. After just three years of development, the coupé with a 1.8-liter turbo engine and a choice of 132 kW or 165 kW (180 PS or 224 PS) based on the VW Golf IV platform came onto the market in autumn 1998 . In autumn 1999 the former TTS was presented as the TT Roadster .
With their names, the Audi-TT models tie in with the successful tradition of DKW ( Auto Union ) and NSU at the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man , a competition for motorcycles that u. a. Ewald Kluge in 1938 in a DKW with a rotary valve engine and NSU drivers Werner Haas and Rupert Hollaus won their classes in 1954. Occasionally the abbreviation TT is also associated with tradition and technology .
Accident series
The first generation of the TT caused a sensation after it went on sale with a few accidents in which people were also killed. The chassis overwhelmed the average driver with a high but dangerously narrow limit area in which the car suddenly switched from neutral driving behavior to severe oversteer in fast corners . These incidents received a lot of media coverage. Audi offered every owner the installation of a stabilizing rear spoiler and an optimized chassis. Retrofitting a stability control ( ESP ), from then on as standard, should not be possible because of the far-reaching installation effort in vehicles that have already been sold. In response to pressure from the media, consumer advocates and, last but not least, customers, Audi quickly gave in and also offered the ESP retrofit for a deductible of DM 650.
The two-time rally world champion Walter Röhrl described the problem of the TT in an interview with the NDR : “I drove a lap, came back, said: 'Not bad, but too dangerous for normal people. If he takes the throttle off at 200, he drives backwards. And only one person in the world can do that, his name is Röhrl. ' So I gave the car back to him and then later these accidents came. "
The TT Quattro models built from 1998 to 2000 also had problems with the rear wishbones . According to a report in the trade magazine auto motor und sport , the lower wishbone bearing on the rear axle could get stuck due to corrosion and the wishbone could break. 15 cases of unusual noises on wishbones or breaks have become known; There were no personal injuries. Audi wrote to 15,900 owners of Audi TT and the all-wheel drive versions of A3 and S3 to exchange the joints and wishbones.
Facelift
In spring 2000 the chassis and individual body elements of the Audi TT were modified. All models received a small rear spoiler and ESP .
From September 2005 the two smallest engine variants were replaced by more powerful ones. The outputs increased from 110 kW to 120 kW (150 PS to 163 PS) and from 132 kW to 140 kW (180 PS to 190 PS). The torques have been increased to 225 Nm (previously 210 Nm) and 240 Nm (235 Nm). The prices of the basic models remained unchanged.
From August 2003, the TT was also offered with a 3.2 liter VR6 engine, known from the VW Golf R32 , and could now be combined with a direct shift gearbox (DSG). In the TT, the six-cylinder engine developed 184 kW (250 hp).
The TT quattro Sport special edition came onto the market in April 2005 . In this model version, the 1.8-liter turbo engine developed 176 kW (240 hp) with a higher boost pressure - making the TT quattro Sport the most powerful TT with a turbo engine. The weight distribution has been optimized by placing the battery in the rear, as in the VR6 model. In addition, around 75 kg were saved, for example by dispensing with the rear seats and installing lighter bucket seats at the front. All of this ensured that the performance was higher than that of the six-cylinder.
Engines
model | Displacement | Engine type | Max. Power at 1 / min | Max. Torque at 1 / min | construction time | drive | variant |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.8 T | 1781 cc | R4 | 110 kW (150 PS) / 5700 | 210 Nm at 1750-4600 | 11 / 2000-09 / 2005 | Front wheel drive | Coupé, roadster |
1.8 T | 1781 cc | R4 | 120 kW (163 PS) / 5700 | 225 Nm in 1950-4700 | 09/2005-06/2006 | Front wheel drive | Coupé, roadster |
1.8 T | 1781 cc | R4 | 132 kW (180 PS) / 5500 | 235 Nm at 1950-5000 | 10 / 1998-09 / 2005 | Front-wheel drive and quattro | Coupé, roadster |
1.8 T | 1781 cc | R4 | 140 kW (190 PS) / 5700 | 240 Nm in 1980-5400 | 09/2005-06/2006 | Front-wheel drive and quattro | Coupé, roadster |
1.8 T quattro | 1781 cc | R4 | 165 kW (224 PS) / 5900 | 280 Nm at 2200-5500 | 10 / 1998-06 / 2006 | quattro | Coupé, roadster |
1.8 T quattro sport | 1781 cc | R4 | 176 kW (240 PS) / 5700 | 320 Nm at 2300-5000 | 03/2005-06/2006 | quattro | Coupe |
3.2 quattro | 3189 cm³ | VR6 | 184 kW (250 PS) / 6300 | 320 Nm at 2800-3200 | 07/2003-06/2006 | quattro | Coupé, roadster |
Technical specifications
model | Audi TT | Audi TT quattro | Audi TT quattro | Audi TT quattro Sport | Audi TT 3.2 quattro | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Motor type | Gasoline engine | ||||||
Motor series | VW EA113 | VW EA390 | |||||
Engine code | AUM | BVP | AJQ, APP, ARY, AUQ | APX, BAM, BEA | BFV | BHE | |
Engine type | R4 | VR6 | |||||
Engine charging | Exhaust gas turbocharger (K03) and 1 charge air cooler | Exhaust gas turbocharger (K04) and 2 intercoolers | - | ||||
Mixture preparation | Manifold injection | ||||||
Displacement | 1781 cc | 3189 cm³ | |||||
Bore × stroke | 81.0 mm × 86.4 mm | 84.0 mm × 95.9 mm | |||||
Max. Power at 1 / min | 110 kW (150 PS) at 5700 | 120 kW (163 hp) at 5700 | 132 kW (180 hp) at 5500 | 165 kW (224 hp) at 5900 | 176 kW (240 hp) at 5700 | 184 kW (250 hp) at 6300 | |
Max. Torque at 1 / min | 210 Nm at 1750-4600 | 225 Nm in 1950-4700 | 235 Nm at 1950-5000 | 280 Nm at 2200-5500 | 320 Nm at 2300-5000 | 320 Nm at 2800-3200 | |
compression | 9.5: 1 | 9.0: 1 | 11.3: 1 | ||||
Max. Boost pressure | 0.6 bar | 0.85 bar | 1.00 bar | 1.20 bar | - | ||
Valve control | two overhead camshafts | ||||||
Valves per cylinder | 5 | 4th | |||||
Camshaft drive | Toothed belt drive | Timing chain | |||||
Valve actuation | Roller rocker arm | ||||||
cooling | Water (radiator fan thermostatically controlled) | ||||||
transmission | 5-speed manual transmission | 5-speed manual transmission 6-speed manual transmission (1) |
6-speed manual transmission | 6-speed manual gearbox, (6-speed direct shift gearbox DSG ) |
|||
Drive type | Front wheel drive | all wheel drive | |||||
Front suspension | Wishbone with MacPherson struts, shock absorbers and stabilizer |
||||||
Rear suspension | Twist beam axle with coil springs, shock absorbers and stabilizer | Longitudinal double wishbone rear axle, subframe, anti-roll bar, gas pressure damper |
|||||
Front track | 1528 mm | ||||||
Rear track | 1513 mm | 1505 mm | |||||
wheelbase | 2422 mm | 2429 mm | |||||
wheel size | 205/55 R 16 | 225/45 ZR 17 | 235/40 R 18 | 225/45 ZR 17 | |||
Length × width × height | 4041 mm × 1764 mm × 1345 mm | ||||||
Empty weight (2) | 1280 kg | 1240-1280 kg | 1340-1410 kg | 1395-1465 kg | 1390 kg | 1490 kg (1520 kg) | |
Acceleration, 0-100 km / h (2) | 8.6 s | 8.0 s | 7.5-7.8 s | 7.5-7.8 s | 6.4-6.6 s | 5.9 s | 6.5 s (6.4 s) |
Top speed (2) | 220 km / h | 224 km / h | 228 km / h | 226 km / h | 243 km / h | 250 km / h | 250 km / h (3) |
ECE consumption | 8.1 l / 100 km | 8.1 l / 100 km | 9.0-9.5 l / 100 km | 9.2-9.4 l / 100 km | 9.3 l / 100 km | 10.6 l / 100 km (9.8 l / 100 km) |
Motorsport
The tuner Abt Sportsline in Kempten used Audi TTR DTM models in the DTM for four years . In 2002 Laurent Aïello won the driver's title. After entering the factory in 2004, the A4 DTM replaced the TTR DTM.
Production site
The Audi TT of the 8N generation was completely manufactured in the Hungarian Audi factory in Győr from 1998 to 2006 .
literature
- Jürgen Lewandowski, David Staretz, Herbert Völker: The TT book. Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 1999, ISBN 3-7688-1117-4 .
- James Ruppert: Audi TT - The complete story. The Crowood Press, Marlborough 2003, ISBN 1-86126-585-9 (in English)
- Dirk Maxeiner, Jürgen Lewandowski, Peter Vann: Excittement - The new generation of the Audi TT. Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-7688-1881-0 .
- Folker Kraus-Weysser: Audi TT. Steiger, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-89652-189-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ euroncap.com
- ↑ Jürgen Lewandowski: Design - In the beginning there was the idea. In: Jürgen Lewandowski, David Staretz, Herbert Völker: The TT book. Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 1999, p. 20ff.
- ↑ doopie88: Audi TT. January 1, 2007, accessed September 18, 2016 .