Gallery after the jump!Enter the Audi TT RS plus. Audi has unleashed the TT RS’s “big” brother. They’ve given him the same 2.5L TFSI engine but the turbo-charged engine now delivers 360hp and 343 lb-ft torque. The TT RS plus Coupe with S tronic will nail 0-62 in 4.2sec. Top speed is up to 174mph (limited). If you have fuel concerns, the same version will net just under 28 US mpg. An Audi Space Frame (ASF) keeps weight at 3200lb for the manual + quattro drive. Look for its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Continue reading ‘The 2012 Audi TT RS plus’
Gallery after the jump!The return of the heralded Audi RS line to the American performance car scene officially launched when Forth Worth Audi in Texas delivered the first 2012 Audi TT RS in the U.S. to veteran race car driver Don Istook.
Last year, Istook was one of more than 11,500 fans to sign the Audi TT RS Facebook petition drive, which helped convince Audi to introduce the 360-hp coupe in the U.S. But Istook’s connection to Audi and to the TT performance car line runs far deeper. The Fort Worth native was one of the first drivers to race an Audi Quattro in the U.S. in 1985 and he drove Audi S4 models in the Motorola Cup, which became the Grand-Am Cup. More recently he has raced Audi TT quattro coupes. Continue reading ‘Don Istook takes delivery of first Audi TT RS in U.S.’
Gallery after the jump!MTM also presented thier new TT RS in the classic orange, black and white livery in Geneva. With 472 hp / 347 kW, a top speed of 312 km/h was reached in Nardo. Continue reading ‘MTM Audi TT RS Clubsport’
The Audi IT department and Brandl Motorsport GmbH, Walldürn (Germany), have jointly launched the new “Audi IT – Fascination Motorsport” project. By fielding a production-based Audi TT RS in races on the Nürburgring-Norschleife the Audi IT team, consisting of members of Audi departments and Audi IT plus strategic partners, aims to strengthen the cooperation with external partners in the IT environment across departmental and external boundaries.
You can help make it happen! For the past year, the Audi TT RS – a car initially developed for high-speed European roads like the Autobahn – has tantalized performance drivers living outside of the US. Now Audi is seriously rethinking its original plans for the range-topping TT model and wants to hear from you! (continue reading…)
