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History
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Audi TT page on 2 November 2015, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Audi TT is a small two-door sports car marketed by Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi since 1998, assembled by the Audi subsidiary Audi Hungaria Motor Kft. in Győr, Hungary, using bodyshells manufactured and painted at Audi's Ingolstadt plant. This changed with the third generation model that uses parts made entirely by the Hungarian factory.
For each of its two generations, the TT has been available as a 2+2 Coupé and as a two-seater roadster employing consecutive generations of the Volkswagen Group A platform, starting with the A4 (PQ34). As a result of this platform-sharing, the Audi TT has identical powertrain and suspension layouts as its related platform-mates; including a front-mounted transversely oriented engine, front-wheel drive or quattro four-wheel drive system, and fully independent front suspension using MacPherson struts.
Origins
The styling of the Audi TT began in the spring of 1994 at the Volkswagen Group Design Center in California. The TT was first shown as a concept car at the 1995 Frankfurt Motor Show. The design is credited to J Mays and Freeman Thomas, with Hartmut Warkuss, Peter Schreyer, Martin Smith and Romulus Rost contributing to the award-winning interior design.
A previously unused laser beam welding adaptation, which enabled seamless design features on the first-generation TT, delayed its introduction. Audi did not initially offer any type of automatic transmission option for the TT. However, from 2003, a dual clutch six-speed Direct-Shift Gearbox (DSG) became available, with the United Kingdom TT variants becoming the world's first user of a dual clutch transmission configured for a right-hand drive vehicle, although the outright world first for a road car equipped with a dual clutch transmission was claimed earlier by a Volkswagen Group platform-mate, the left hand drive Volkswagen Golf Mk4 R32.
Name
The Audi TT takes its name from the successful motor racing tradition of NSU in the British Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) motorcycle race. NSU began competing in the TT in 1911, and later merged into the company now known as Audi.
The Audi TT also follows the NSU 1000TT, 1200TT and TTS cars of the 1960s in taking their names from the race.
The TT name has also been attributed to the phrase "Technology & Tradition".
Multimedia
Audi TT 3.2 V6 quattro
Film Year: 2007
Producer: Martin Lukanz, Luxmedia, MotorNewsTV
Duration: 1:22
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| 18 April 2014 | Audi TT Mk1 3.2 V6 Review Matt Hubbard for Speedmonkey |  Article Page - 11.5MB - 2:27 |
| 7 May 2014 | Digital Radio And Bluetooth In Audi TT Mk1 Matt Hubbard for Speedmonkey | Article Page - 56.6MB - 3:10 |
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2013 TTS Coupe quattro S tronic in Somoa Orange Metallic Photo ©2013 Bill Crittenden View photo of 2013 Audi TTS Coupe quattro S tronic - 4.3MB |
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2013 TTS Coupe quattro S tronic in Somoa Orange Metallic Photo ©2013 Bill Crittenden View photo of 2013 Audi TTS Coupe quattro S tronic - 4.0MB |
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2013 TTS Coupe quattro S tronic in Somoa Orange Metallic Photo ©2013 Bill Crittenden View photo of 2013 Audi TTS Coupe quattro S tronic - 4.0MB |
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2013 TTS Coupe quattro S tronic in Somoa Orange Metallic Photo ©2013 Bill Crittenden View photo of 2013 Audi TTS Coupe quattro S tronic - 3.3MB |
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2013 TTS Coupe quattro S tronic in Somoa Orange Metallic Photo ©2013 Bill Crittenden View photo of 2013 Audi TTS Coupe quattro S tronic - 3.1MB |
| Date | Document Name & Details | Documents |
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| November 1999 | Remote, Redesigned Air Bag Special Study 2000 Audi TT 3-door hatchback National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |  PDF - 435KB - 10 pages |
| January 2001 | Remote Advanced Occupant Protection Systems Investigation SCI Technical Summary Report 2001 Audi TT National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 225KB - 12 pages |
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| Die Cast Car - Matchbox 96331-0910 | Audi TT | 1:57 scale; Show Cars; Blue w/"TT Coupé" |
