Short Take Road Test - Car and Driver (blog)
Some say the Audi TT is fine—for the male hairdresser—but argue that it’s just not a real sports car. So here’s the more powerful, 265-hp Audi TTS, and we say who cares what those guys say. Our TTS Quattro test coupe sprinted to 60 mph in 4. 8 seconds and turned the quarter-mile in 13. 5 at 104 mph. Perspective: The 200-hp, front-drive TT 2. 0T in our “Four of a Kind” comparo [June 2007] hit those marks in 6. 0 and 14. 6 at 97 mph, respectively, even though it weighed in 304 pounds lighter (2960 pounds versus 3264). More perspective: Check... Both cars ran to 60 in 4. 8 seconds, with the Cayman prevailing in the quarter: 13. 3 seconds at 107 mph versus 13. 4 at 105. Both cars have significantly more horsepower than the TTS, and both were equipped with six-speed manual transmissions. The TTS comes with Audi’s six-speed DSG automated manual. ) And from a standing start, all-wheel drive offsets the TTS’s power-to-weight disadvantage versus the rear-drive Z4 and Cayman (we have yet to test an updated Cayman S, which received a 25-hp bump). Source: www.caranddriver.com
