Forbes Lifestyle article and TTop ten drives
08-01-2001, 10:47 AM
#2
Elder Member
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 15,734
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The "Best TT Imitator" made me scream.
I think Forbes should stick to finance.
Where did they get the TT price from? I think ours were all about 10K more.
A relatively light car? Jenny Craig should stock their centers with the same scales.
Any real comparison b/w the TT and a WRX is nearly blasphemous.
Where did they get the TT price from? I think ours were all about 10K more.
A relatively light car? Jenny Craig should stock their centers with the same scales.
Any real comparison b/w the TT and a WRX is nearly blasphemous.
08-01-2001, 11:13 AM
#3
Member
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 2,507
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
are they implying that only the 225 comes with quattro ?
"Yes, we'd call this an ideal winter sports car--even without the five-grand sticker shock of quattro all-wheel drive (which also gets you an additional 45 horses over the stock 180-horsepower motor)..."<ul><li><a href="http://www.forbes.com/2001/07/30/0730feat_3.html">http://www.forbes.com/2001/07/30/0730feat_3.html</a</li></ul>
Trending Topics
08-01-2001, 11:35 AM
#8
AudiWorld Super User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 3,311
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
A modernist German design movement in the early 20th century...
which broke from the fussy architecture of the late 19th century toward a cleaner design.
Early Bauhaus was a welcome relief from the ornate styles that preceeded it; it spawned Art Deco and other modernist styles. However, it later came to emphasize "machine over man" in design, and ultimately became too cold for most people's comfort. The TT's design is definitely Bauhaus, in that its curves and machined details are consistent, complimentary and somewhat repetitive. Bauhaus is eminently suited to machines, but when taken to excess, doesn't suit people well (think Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis'). Bauhaus is often seen in as a design influence in early **** Germany architecture, art, and film, which occasionally causes an unintended association.
For more, check this website:
http://www.cs.umb.edu/~alilley/bauhaus.html Cheers!
Early Bauhaus was a welcome relief from the ornate styles that preceeded it; it spawned Art Deco and other modernist styles. However, it later came to emphasize "machine over man" in design, and ultimately became too cold for most people's comfort. The TT's design is definitely Bauhaus, in that its curves and machined details are consistent, complimentary and somewhat repetitive. Bauhaus is eminently suited to machines, but when taken to excess, doesn't suit people well (think Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis'). Bauhaus is often seen in as a design influence in early **** Germany architecture, art, and film, which occasionally causes an unintended association.
For more, check this website:
http://www.cs.umb.edu/~alilley/bauhaus.html Cheers!