What’s hot?

• Punchy diesel suits the manual transmission and the car.
•  Sounds better than you’d expect, with a gruff but not harsh note.
•  Lowest running costs of any TT in the new range, with VED band B and a BIK of 18%.
•  Class leading predicted residual values of 50%.
• Lighter than the outgoing Mk 2 TT due to sophisticated construction, enhances handling.
• External styling apes elements of the R8 super car and looks suitably ‘premium’.
• Interior is the real revolution here, with sophisticated haptic rotary control, ‘virtual cockpit’ 12.3 inch screen that is customisable, and clever heating controls in the vents.
• Fit and finish superb, as you’d expect.

What’s not?

• Sat-nav is currently optional and can only be bought as part of a £1,700 tech package, which is unacceptable.
• Considerably more expensive than the outgoing model.
• Tyres are extremely sensitive to road surfaces and the noise can be intrusive on UK roads.
• Evolutionary external changes are so subtle (some) of your neighbours won’t notice it’s a new TT.
• Sat-Nav mapping disappeared during our test drive, and the touch sensitive rotary control interface makes it easy to change the destination without meaning to.
• Front wheels can be overwhelmed by diesel torque, especially in the wet