German Car Zone

Not easy finding fault
It's getting awfully difficult to criticize Audis these days. Take the TTS I'm driving this week. It's pretty on the outside, just as comely inside and, lo and behold, it's as sporty as its countenance suggests. Looking for warts in each successive Audi model rejuvenation is getting truly difficult.

I wasn't nearly so enamoured of the original. Oh, it was good looking - though I'm guessing I'm in the minority here by saying that I prefer the new to the old - but it was built on a Volkswagen Golf platform, which wasn't nearly rigid enough for Audi's sporting intentions, especially in roadster format. As well, the interior was not the most practical of seatings. I remember quite vividly banging my legs on those infernal aluminum bars that stretched from the dashboard to the centre console. Like I said, it wasn't my favourite car.
That made my first drive in the new TT, the top-of-the-line S model, all the more surprising. For one thing, it really is attractive even in the grey - officially dubbed "Meteor Gray" in Audi speak - version I drove. Not as aggressively styled as the original, the new TTS manages to be cute as a button and still be considered macho. BMW's Mini Cooper is one of the few other sporty cars that can pull off the same trick.

Full article: autos.canada