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'Popular Science' Selects Audi TT Coupe for 1999 Award

11 November 1999

'Popular Science' Selects Audi TT Coupe for 1999 'Best of What's New' Award

    NEW YORK, Nov. 10 -- "Popular Science", one of the
leading magazines in the nation for innovation in new products, the latest
technology developments, and scientific achievements, presented Audi with a
"Best of What's New" award for 1999.  Audi of America, Inc. is receiving this
award for the technical prowess and innovation represented by its new TT
Coupe.  Popular Science will be announcing Audi's achievement in their
December 1999 issue.  The formal awards luncheon and exhibition was held today
in New York at the Tavern on the Green restaurant in Central Park.
    The TT is amongst 100 winners out of the thousands of entries received by
the editors of Popular Science this year across a wide range of product
categories.  The new TT is the birth of an Audi sports car tradition.
    Pure.  Unabashed.  Authentic.  Attainable.  These are just some of the
simple, powerful words that describe Audi's new sports car.  The TT has all
the credentials of an authentic German sports car with its 180 horsepower 1.8
liter turbocharged five-valve engine, five-speed manual transmission, disc
brakes with ABS, and sophisticated sport suspension.  Riding on its standard
16-inch alloy wheels, the TT Coupe accelerates to 60 miles per hour in 7.4
seconds.
    This "Best of What's New" award adds to the TT's impressive list of
achievements.  Since its introduction this year, the TT has been recognized
for a number of awards, including a Consumers Digest's "Best Buy" award, one
of I.D. magazine's prestigious design awards and being recognized by
Metropolitan Home magazine for its outstanding design.