New baby Audi TT - Lotus Elise rival
05 April 2006, 07:47 PM
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New baby Audi TT - Lotus Elise rival
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/66...ing_stops.html
Pics in the new Autoexpress - cant find any pics online, but it looks mint!!!
Ive never been tempted to buy a new car before, but I might have to put an order in for one of these!!
Lightweight 2 seater roadster - 0-60 in under 6 and 50mpg+!! Under 750kg too!
Pics in the new Autoexpress - cant find any pics online, but it looks mint!!!
Ive never been tempted to buy a new car before, but I might have to put an order in for one of these!!
Lightweight 2 seater roadster - 0-60 in under 6 and 50mpg+!! Under 750kg too!
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05 April 2006, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Duck_Pond
It's a very good looking car. Just had a flick through the mag myself.
I cant find any pics of it online, but no doubt Audilover will turn up soon and be able to find some
05 April 2006, 10:05 PM
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Artist interpretations.
The Austrian "Kleine Zeitung" is reporting that Audi is preparing a secret car together with Austrian motorcycle company KTM.
The secret car is said to arrive 2007 and will be a "puristic roadster".
The project has "the sympathy" of Audi's boss Dr. Winterkorn, but will be decided in 2 to 3 months time by Audi.
The roadster's role model is the legendary Lotus Super Seven, but with all characteristics of a motorcycle. It's already clear that you have to wear a helmet inside the two-seater which is weighting only 700 kg.
It's also already clarified that it will receive its powertrain from Audi. Currently discussed is a 4-cylinder engine with 250 bhp.
A prototype shall be produced soon and the world premiere of the roadster could be at the Bologna motor show end of 2006. Start of the production, which will be in Austria, could be in 2007.
Estimated price is around 35.000 Euro.
Source: Kleine Zeitung
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According to an Austrian magazine, Audi and KTM are jointly and secretly developing a sporty roadster.
The Audi-KTM roadster would take inspiration from the Caterham Seven, but would be more motorbike-like (it seems that a helmet will be necessary to drive it).
The weight of the roadster would be around 700 kg. If it's true that the 260 hp 4 cylinder TFSI engine of the next S3 is under consideration for this car, it'll have a power/weight ratio similar to that of the Ferrari 599 GTB!
Audi CEO Martin Winterkorn is said to like the project, but a definite decision will be taken only in the next 2-3 months. If positive, we might see this roadster at the next Bologna Motor Show. It'll be produced in Austria and it might be on sale as soon as the start of 2007, with a price of about 35,000 €. I wonder if it'll be nearer to the Volkswagen GX3 tricycle or to the Ecoracer concept ... [Via German Car Blog].
The secret car is said to arrive 2007 and will be a "puristic roadster".
The project has "the sympathy" of Audi's boss Dr. Winterkorn, but will be decided in 2 to 3 months time by Audi.
The roadster's role model is the legendary Lotus Super Seven, but with all characteristics of a motorcycle. It's already clear that you have to wear a helmet inside the two-seater which is weighting only 700 kg.
It's also already clarified that it will receive its powertrain from Audi. Currently discussed is a 4-cylinder engine with 250 bhp.
A prototype shall be produced soon and the world premiere of the roadster could be at the Bologna motor show end of 2006. Start of the production, which will be in Austria, could be in 2007.
Estimated price is around 35.000 Euro.
Source: Kleine Zeitung
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According to an Austrian magazine, Audi and KTM are jointly and secretly developing a sporty roadster.
The Audi-KTM roadster would take inspiration from the Caterham Seven, but would be more motorbike-like (it seems that a helmet will be necessary to drive it).
The weight of the roadster would be around 700 kg. If it's true that the 260 hp 4 cylinder TFSI engine of the next S3 is under consideration for this car, it'll have a power/weight ratio similar to that of the Ferrari 599 GTB!
Audi CEO Martin Winterkorn is said to like the project, but a definite decision will be taken only in the next 2-3 months. If positive, we might see this roadster at the next Bologna Motor Show. It'll be produced in Austria and it might be on sale as soon as the start of 2007, with a price of about 35,000 €. I wonder if it'll be nearer to the Volkswagen GX3 tricycle or to the Ecoracer concept ... [Via German Car Blog].
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06 April 2006, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Duck_Pond
Originally Posted by Audilover
The weight of the roadster would be around 700 kg. If it's true that the 260 hp 4 cylinder TFSI engine of the next S3 is under consideration for this car, it'll have a power/weight ratio similar to that of the Ferrari 599 GTB!
0-60 probably in around 4 seconds then!! 
06 April 2006, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Duck_Pond
Is as much of it available from AE's site online at the mo. I expect more will be shown soon, or someone will have scanned it by now perhaps.
Havent seen this before. Sounds like it could be an excellent car. I always wanted to know what audi would be capable of with a RWD car.
06 April 2006, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by dpb
350z rip-off
To be honest I think I prefer the cleaner styling of the old TT - the new one looks like theyve reached the point where they have to update it simply because its been around for ~8years - but the new shape isnt an improvement IMO - its nice, but the styling looks fussy compared to the old one.
I'll have the little roadster thing instead thanks
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07 April 2006, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by oreA
Thats not good - WTF's going on Audi?!!
07 April 2006, 09:38 PM
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Looks dull to me, like all Audis these days
Quite like the look of that roadster, but to be honest if I wanted a car like that I'd have the Ariel Atom any day of the week
Quite like the look of that roadster, but to be honest if I wanted a car like that I'd have the Ariel Atom any day of the week
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