adg44

It is MLB vs MQB.

p912guy

I'm considering Mk. 3 TT Roadster vs 981 Boxster (low mileage CPO) and I keep going back and forth. I won't be deciding until late 16 or early 17 so I haven't driven either yet, but I am sure that will definitely influence which way I go. All that said, if it's the TT, Vegas Yellow or possibly Tango Red is the color choice. My MINI Cooper is Pepper White and I want my next care to be something other than Black, White or a shade of grey or silver. If the TTS were to be available as a reasonably priced Roadster, that could tip the scales toward Audi. The A5 isn't a consideration for me - just too big and too heavy. Good luck with your shopping and deciding.

Balthazar-B

Sadly, it's too much to hope that the new GTI Clubsport S engine will ever make its way into a US TT variant.

Gbob

The Mk3 TTS handles much better than the Mk2, in my opinion. The extra power is nice, too.
As I said on another thread, the Bang and Olufsen stereo is abysmal.
I also have the car in Silver. Not a color I would normally pick, but it was on the showroom floor and coupled with the red leather interior, it was stunning.
Though I agree, Audi has a lousy color palate to choose from. I was almost thinking of springing for the custom color option (+$4K)

adg44

What exactly do you not like about the stereo? In my opinion compared to the mk2 Bose, this one is much better.

Which other colors would you like to see? There is red, blue, and even yellow. Green?

Vegas-roadster

There are 7 monochromatic shades from white to black, and one red, one blue, and one yellow. You want some other color options, go to the TTS with yet two more shades of gray and one more blue. I'd like to see a candy apple red and a light steel blue. I was also a big fan of the denim blue offered for a few years on the Mk 1. I'll bet that the TT has the smallest color palette of any Audi model. When I bought my Mk 2, they were offering a volcano red on the TT which I wanted. There were ZERO TTs in volcano red in the entire US and it could no longer be ordered.

Can_Quattro

While we are on the subject, there's also the frustration with the interior choices. If I buy a red, blue, or yellow TTS, I get too choose between grey and black leather. No brown leather, no tan leather, can't get the express red etc. Audi is obsessed with black interiors at the best of time but Audi in North America makes it much worse, And Audi Canada is even worse than Audi USA on this matter. With the price point of the TTS those kind of restrictions are rather ridiculous.

Huey52

This was a peeve of mine as well. The Mk2 TTS offered a baseball glove stitched brown but not even the TT Palomino offered on the Mk3 TTS.

21tesla

I would love to order a TT with the Murillo Brown seats you can get in the USA and Germany. Maybe it will be a package when the model year flips to 2017. Hello everyone ! First post from Toronto !

Vegas-roadster

Being a roadster fan and living in the desert, having black seats is like driving in frying pan. I have not owned a convertible with black seats in 30 years. Finding a TT that does not have black or dark gray paint nor a black interior eliminates about 90% of the TTs for sale.

I agree that the Mk 3 interior color choices suck too and why they do not allow certain interiors with certain paint stuns me since it costs them nothing to put any interior into any car. The Audi "fashion police" seem to be clueless and incredibly restrictive. Case in point, the roadster offers an optional Admiral Blue" interior that looks almost identical to the custom interior I have in my Mk 2. Yet it is not offered if you buy blue paint!!!!! It looks stunning in my Scuba Blue Mk 2. IMO it should be offered in almost every TT color. I would not get it with Yellow or red paint, but who cares. If I want it and it is available at the factory, why can't I order it????

If I could order the Mk 1 amber baseball seats on a Mk 3 roadster, I'd probably buy one today. The lack of a TTS roadster nor any compelling colors in the base roadster is letting me keep my perfectly serviceable Mk 2 for a few more years before I spring for a Mk 3.

It would seem that Audi is trying to hold us hostage on paint colors to try to get more of us pay the $4K for custom colors. The fact that sales of factory custom color TTs are so rare tells me the ploy is not working.