New Audi TT Awarded 2007 World Car Design of the Year

Just recently the new Audi TT was proclaimed as the 2007 World Car Design of the Year toppling twenty-eight other candidates.

The judges comprised of renowned motoring journalists from 22 different countries around the world. The panel has reached its verdict and announced the award at the New York International Auto Show over the weekend.

The World Car of the Year jurors commended the TTÕs new flared wheel arches, sleek silhouette, and signature single frame grille. They said that Òwhile there is a clear connection to the original TTÕs Bauhaus styling, the second-generation model evolves it into a more modern formÓ. The panel of judges has also praised the efforts that Audi has exerted to create Òa more spacious, driver-focused cabin.Ó

The 2007 World Car Design of the Year is not the first award that the new Audi TT has received. Its blend of charming design and absolute dynamism has earned the TT awards from BBC Top Gear and What Car? Magazines in Great Britain and another award from ADAC Motorwelt and Auto Bild magazines in Germany.

The new Audi TT has also received recognition in Australia. It was awarded Drive Car of the Year by drive.com.au, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. The new TT is available with a 2.0 TFSI four cylinder engine or with a 3.2 liter six-cylinder engine and Quattro permanent all-wheel-drive.

The new Audi TT coupe is longer, wider, and much better equipped than its predecessor but despite its size it is very light. Such remarkable weight reduction is made possible through the use hybrid aluminum/steel ASF (Audi Space Frame) body. Aside from the Audi TT, the Audi RS 4 has also received an award as the 2007 World Performance Car of the Year while the Audi A6 was the inaugural World Car of the Year in 2005.

About Audi

Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer base in Ingolstadt, Bavaria and a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen the maker of quality VW water pumps with headquarters at Wolfsburg Germany.

Audi is renowned around the world for producing vehicles that donÕt only look good but also leads when it comes to performance and power. Audi is the luxury unit of Volkswagen and headed by CEO Rupert Stadler.

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The New Audi A5

With a complete and renewed range, audi makes it's entry in a new segment with high emotional value: Audi A5 combines the Audi design with a great dynamism, and combines refinement with the quality of completion specific to the mark. The modern design confers on the new A5 half-compartment an incomparable elegance and a dynamism. Sporting version of the new large half-compartment Audi, S5 will be available as of marketing in series of the range Audi A5.

The eight cylinders provides 260 kw (354 CH). Its stall torque of 440 Nm is available as of 3.500 tr/min. It hardly propels Audi S5 from 0 to 100 km/h in 5,1 seconds. V8 also draws its great power in new technology FSI with direct injection providing a high compression and an optimal formation of the mixture. The very precise gear box mechanical to six reports/ratios, with short clearances ets provided out of standard while the permanent integral transmission quattro with variable distribution of the couple and a basic distribution of the driving forces of 40 percent with before and 60 percent with the back guarantees a perfect motricity naturally. S5 is equipped in series with rims 18 inches to the new design S with tires 245/40 R 18, of headlights xenon more with the impressive stringcourse of fires of day LED and seats sport to electrical regulation.

The New Audi A5 would arrive on our roads in the 2007 summer. The new audi half-compartment convertible version would be a few months later available in and should possibly replace the convertible Audi A4.

By Charles Piche.