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Interior

1. Introduction
2. Background Info
3. How it Goes
4. How it Handles
5. Interior
6. The Look
7. Space, Storage and Practicality
8. Safety Features
9. Future TT’s

If the PR department at Audi had told me that they had commissioned premium Danish Hi-Fi Company Bang & Olufsen to design the interior of the TT, you wouldn’t doubt them for a moment.

Each and every piece of switchgear and trim panel appears to have been individually designed with the sole intention of producing an interior that is every bit as sensational as the exterior.

If the Rolls Royce Phantom is the pinnacle of automotive Luxury, and it is! Then the TT is the automotive definition of avant-guard.

It’s hard not to sound like a bleeding ad for Audi, but these guys put together interiors that border on bespoke.

There is brushed aluminium everywhere; door openers, door handles, dash, centre stack, AC vents etc, etc, etc. The non-metallic materials are top shelf and as good as I have seen.

The 911 Porsche series cars are universally regarded as having the best driver’s seat set up of any car ever made. The new TT is not far behind.

Similar to the 911, you are sitting in the car not on top of the car. And it helps, when you are encased in racing style seats trimmed in ultra soft Nappa leather. The hide quality is as good, if not better, than what Lexus use in their high-end models.

The F1 look, flat-bottomed steering wheel is a work of art. It’s similar if to that found in Audi’s rocket ship, the RS-4 and the Lamborghini Gallardo. There’s more brushed aluminium work on the wheel and the trademark scroll wheels (replacing buttons) for the audio controls. Beneath the Nappa leather rim, is a magnesium skeleton, which has reduced the total weight to a super light 2.8kg – and that’s with the airbag!

The standard features inventory on the 3.2 is reasonable, although not extensive. You get things like:

• auto dimming rear view mirror with rain sensing wipers and auto lights on,
• Bluetooth connectivity,
• Cruise control,
• climate control,
• Audi’s driver information system with a digital Speedo readout (mandatory in this speed camera rich environment),
• Automatic Climate Control,
• Electric sports seats,
• power windows

You also get a decent 6 disc CD changer with MP3 capability BUT no direct input to plug your MP3 player into. Audi have chosen to provide this option at a fairly steep $630 although, with this set-up your Ipod is hidden from sight in the glove box and you control music selection and volume, through the car’s audio system (that I like – but the cost is too high)What you don’t get is; Satellite Navigation, an alarm system, front and rear parking sensors, Bi-Xenon headlamps, heated seats – these features require you to tick a few options boxes.

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