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"         Ingolstadt, Germany \u2014 &amp;quot;Win on Sunday, sell on Monday&amp;quot; was the adage that justified a manufacturer&amp;#039;s involvement in motorsport. A claim that is difficult to justify in the rarefied world of Formula 1, but it&amp;#039;s certainly one that Audi can apply to its mainstream products in several ways.   Not only has its participation in the ALMS and the 24 Hours of Le Mans heightened the German manufacturer&amp;#039;s global presence, but it has successfully transferred technology pioneered in competition to its road-going cars \u2014 and nowhere is this more evident than in the latest pair of TTs I drove over streaming wet roads in and around Ingolstadt in southern Germany.   The latest TT, with its new hybrid aluminum/steel structure and revised Quattro all-wheel-drive system that shuffles torque seamlessly fore and aft depending on grip (rather than splitting it 50/50 as in the old model), is dynamically far ahead of the original. But even with the old car, there was always the feeling that the chassis was crying out for more power. The new TTS model now has that power, in the form of a new 2.0-liter turbocharged direct-injection engine (TFSI). DI technology was first used by Audi in the V-8 gasoline engines campaigned so successfully at Le Mans.   The headline figures for this new 4-cylinder are: 265 bhp at 6000 rpm and a diesel-like 258 lb.-ft. of torque on tap from 2500 to 5000 rpm. With Audi&amp;#039;s latest 6-speed dual-clutch transmission (developed from the shifters used in Audi&amp;#039;s Quattro rally cars and Porsche&amp;#039;s 962 endurance racer) and magneto-rheological adaptive suspension, the TTS has a dream recipe of specifications.   But does it deliver? The simple answer is &amp;quot;yes,&amp;quot; and in spades. Top speed is limited to 155 mph, 0\u201362 mph (0\u2013100 km/h) achieved in 5.4 seconds, yet the car still returns an average of 29.3 mpg. With the adaptive suspension set to Sport mode, the ride gets jittery even on excellent German blacktop. There&amp;#039;s a bit more body roll, but the car flows fast and evenly through bends with just a hint of understeer. Reset the ESP and you can drift the rear wheels slightly, balanced with a touch of opposite lock. Add to that a rorty exhaust note and beautiful auto-blip downshifts, and the grin was difficult to wipe from my face. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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