What: 2004 Audi TT 3.2 quattro Coupé
Color: Glacier Blue Metallic (gletscherblau; pearl effect UNI; 1H; Audi)
Interior: Blue
VIN: unknown
Mileage: 129,150 km / 80,250 mi
Price: € 24,000
Location: Lyon FRANCE
Listing: AutoScout24.de
Folks familiar with importation – what’s already been sold in the USA and the 25 year rule for easy importation… even on a car already federalized here… are probably scratching their heads at why we’d include it. Glacier Blue Pearl may not have been sold here… sure… but it was a standard color.
Also standard was the drivetrain. A TT Coupé with 3.2 VR6 engine and DSG automatic isn’t anything special in North America. Unlike the über rare manual models that match the drivetrain spec of the first-generation Audi R32 (the only difference here being the manual tranmission), this one’s got the ubiquitous and at times mechanically questionable first-generation DSG.
I hear you, but we need to dig further.
I also hear you that this is a 1/2004 first-registration date. That means that even if the rest of the pitch (coming next) as to why you should buy this car convinces you that you should buy it, you’ll have to wait to import it if you’re American until 1/2029. That’s a pain… yes, but it might be worth it.
Why? It’s the rest of the spec that gets us. Blue leather in these later Audi TTs is rare, but not unheard of. Where the car moves to more of an impossible spec is its seats.
You see, factory Recaro Pole Positions were a thing during the Audi TT Mk1 production years. Yes, the same Pole Position fitted in cars like the Porsche 964 Carrera RS and Speedster days were fitted by Audi from the factory by quattro GmBH. They’re weren’t even altogether uncommon in special edition models like the quattro Sport, or the 25-unit run French market Audi TT Le Mans roadster.
We know certain markets favored this expensive option more than others. You definitely see them more commonly in the UK than you do in Germany. This being a French market car, maybe more TT enthusiasts in that market remember the Le Mans edition and wanted to follow suit. That might explain this car. What we know for sure is that these seats weren’t offered in North American market cars.
We’ve never seen them in blue and we’re definitely here for it. For that, we’d live with the DSG and/or swap in a manual from the rich Volkswagen Group parts bin and have a car so much more stylish than any R32 has a right to lay claim to.
