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Car of the Day : June 30, 2014; Matchbox '00 Audi TT Roadster,
Topic Started: Jun 29 2014, 11:51 PM (335 Views)
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Car of the Day for June 30, 2014 is the Matchbox 2000 Audi TT Roadster, from Firehawk's collection

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The Audi TT is a small two-door sports car marketed by Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi since 1998, both assembled by the Audi subsidiary Audi Hungaria Motor Kft. in Gyõr, Hungary, using bodyshells manufactured and painted at Audi's Ingolstadt plant.


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For each of its two generations, the TT has been available as a 2+2 Coupé and as a two-seater roadster employing consecutive generations of the Volkswagen Group A platform, starting with the A4 (PQ34). As a result of this platform-sharing, the Audi TT has identical powertrain and suspension layouts as its related platform-mates; including a front-mounted transversely oriented engine, front-wheel drive or quattro four-wheel drive system, and fully independent front suspension using MacPherson struts.


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The styling of the Audi TT began in the spring of 1994 at the Volkswagen Group Design Center in California. The TT was first shown as a concept car at the 1995 Frankfurt Motor Show. The design is credited to J Mays and Freeman Thomas, with Hartmut Warkuss, Peter Schreyer, Martin Smith and Romulus Rost contributing to the award-winning interior design.


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For more info see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_TT

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At the risk of seeming heretical, the Audi TT always struck me as the modern Karmann Ghia. As it turns out I'm not really so far off, as it is basically a stylish "squashed" bug, with a few go-fast goodies added. That's OK with me!

I like this model, I have a few in my collection.

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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
The wheels appear too big for the body, but that is all that I can see that I don't like. I think this is a very nice casting and have one. Although this car is not my coffee of choice, I think very highly of the casting.
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