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.

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  Rear view

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  Audi TT Roadster (1999-2000)

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  inner space

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.

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  Audi TT Roadster (2000-2006)

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  Rear view

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  Audi TT Coupé (2000-2006)

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)

⁽¹⁾ 6-speed manual transmission from 02/2000

⁽²⁾Factory specifications refer to the coupé. Values ​​in brackets stand for DSG.

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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 .

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  Final inspection of the Audi TT (8N) in Győr

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  Audi TT ready for transport in Győr

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

Commons : Audi TT 8N  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Technical data of current and past models

Individual evidence

1. ↑ euroncap.com
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ doopie88: Audi TT. January 1, 2007, accessed September 18, 2016 .