Audi is beginning to rival DaimlerChrysler for the title of most eye-catching debuts in all of autodom. While DCX hired desperate housewife Eva Longoria to intro its Imperial Concept at the Detroit Auto Show and buried the new Jeep Wrangler Unlimited in a mound of dirt at the New York Auto Show, Audi hooked up with the German government to debut the TT alongside an oversized sculpture called The Automobile and now has introduced the new coupe in the U.K. with the help of burlesque beauty Dita Von Teese. The TT will go on sale in Britain in October with the 2.0T priced at priced at £24,625 ($45,423 US) and the 3.2 quattro at £29,285 ($54,109 US), Dita Von Teese not included.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
James Fabin @ May 11th 2006 5:14PM
Took Audi a while to bring out the next TT, but I think it was worth the wait.
Here is a links to a video of the 2007 Audi TT (It looks even better on video then in the photo):
http://www.cartv.com/content/research/channels/index.cfm/channel/cartv_video/action/showvideo/vcat/Review/vid/e_0273/make/Audi/MAKE_VCH/Audi/MODEL_VCH/TT/
Pablo @ May 11th 2006 5:53PM
Take a look around Dita's website for some... ahem... revealing pics!
Oh... and the car looks good too! I always save final judgement for seeing it in the flesh... ;)
Lithous @ May 11th 2006 6:32PM
Never heard of her but from her name I'm guessing she is royal tease.
Auto usate @ May 11th 2006 7:20PM
Royal tease the car or the girl? Lol
Milos @ May 11th 2006 8:24PM
i should buy audi TT cause it's been promoted with the help of the girl who's dating marilyn manson ?!? She sure is tease, but i don't think i would ask her for any kind of opinion
John @ May 11th 2006 8:24PM
Hertz needs to carry Dita Von Teese for rent.
Drop that Mustang and put Dita Von Teeses in stock.
The car? who cares about the car. Any car would look just as good in that picture.
Stoneman @ May 11th 2006 10:15PM
I just see an Audi in the picture. Oh wait, yes, there's some older lady standing next to the car - perhaps there to get the dust off it?
Stoneman
Tom Design @ May 11th 2006 10:39PM
I'm glad to see the TT retain it's classic, inverted bathtub shape, copied from the elegant porsche 356.
http://www.356registry.org/History/1951_Porsche_356_cabriolet_2.jpg
however, the monstrous black plastic nose grille, and the black plastic below the bumper line on each side look very cheap. Design is in the details, and these grille effects look like early 90's boom box speakers from K-mart.
The side view mirrors look like mushrooms, clumsy and non-flowing, detracting from the gorgeous, arch of the car.
The color is magnificent, rich and bold. The lite bezels are rich and jewel-like. The rims are very sexy, as is the pose on the sexy spokesmodel.
Chris @ May 11th 2006 11:57PM
Yeah, she's married to Marilyn Manson!!!
tom @ May 12th 2006 12:34AM
This fashion cr*p destroys the TT image as a serious car. Audi should focus on the sporty style and drive.
S1500 @ May 12th 2006 9:58AM
I think it's funny Eva Longoria is doing that car bit, since she once did that in an episode of Desperate Housewives to make ends meet. Life imitates art?
Dita = teh hot. Love her Betty Paige-like work.
Uncle Jerry @ May 12th 2006 3:30PM
I'd like to see Dita Vone teese on my TT....
syndicate league @ May 15th 2006 4:27PM
The car is absolutlry BEAUTIFUL... Now if only that trash that posing in front of it wasn't there, you could see it all, in it's magnnificent glory....