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2004 Audi TT Series Sports Coupe

New Car Profile of the 2004 Audi TT Sports Coupe

Description: Sports Coupe
Base MSRP Range: $33,250-$42,900
Invoice Price Range: $30,042-$38,719

Audi's compact two-door machines appear as a slinky sports coupe or daring convertible roadster with roly-poly styling and curvy skin stretched tautly over exaggerated wheels. The FWD TT 1.8T employs a 1.8-liter turbo four of long stroke design with dual overhead cams and five valves per cylinder. It's rated at 180 hp and connects to a five-speed manual transmission or optional six-speed manual.

The AWD quattro TT massages the same engine, although inter-coolers are also attached to pump up a juicy 225 hp. And a new quattro edition extracts 250 hp from that plant and sends it through a DSG shifter. This most powerful TT wears 17-inch wheels capped by performance tires and sports a taller tail spoiler, plus bigger brakes and a modified exhaust system. It also adds shifter paddles to the steering wheel. The TT cockpit is a creative exercise of form following function.

Machined aluminum rings dotted by eight circular indentions simulating screw marks show up in multiple locations, such as a clamp for the stick shifter's leather boot. Also, the silvery metallic theme continues with metal bezels ringing analog gauges in the instrument panel and dash control buttons, plus an aluminum cover over the face of audio controls and perforated stainless steel foot pedals studded in rubber. Xenon HID headlamps light a bright path for all TT models this year.