The New Audi TT RS Is A 395bhp Turbo Five-Pot Hero That Wants To Give The Cayman A Kicking

Audi has revealed the latest car to wear the TT RS badge at the Beijing motorshow, powered by a new 2.5-litre turbocharged five-cylinder engine
The New Audi TT RS Is A 395bhp Turbo Five-Pot Hero That Wants To Give The Cayman A Kicking

Remember the old V8 Audi R8? Here’s a TT which is almost as powerful. And significantly faster. It’s the new TT RS, and under the bonnet it’s packing a mostly new version of Audi’s warbly 2.5-litre, turbocharged five-cylinder engine.

The New Audi TT RS Is A 395bhp Turbo Five-Pot Hero That Wants To Give The Cayman A Kicking

It’s putting out an incredible 395bhp, sent to all four wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Mash your foot down hard enough, and 0-62mph is done and dusted in 3.7 seconds. That makes it 0.5sec quicker than the new Porsche 718 Cayman S, and identical to the new Audi R8 V10 Spyder, believe it or not.

At the top end meanwhile, you’ll hit the usual electronic buffers at 155mph. Unless you get the limiter raised, in which case it’s 174mph.

The New Audi TT RS Is A 395bhp Turbo Five-Pot Hero That Wants To Give The Cayman A Kicking

For the chassis, we’re looking at lower, stiffer springs plus firmer dampers. The whole lot tips the scales at 1440kg, although you need to up that to 1530kg for the roadster.

There’s a fixed spoiler at the back, although if you want to get rid of it in favour of an automatically raising one, that’s a no-cost option. And on the subject of spec, this is the first TT to have the option of carbon ceramic brakes. Taking a look at the inside, proceedings are spiced up by a steering wheel lifted straight from the R8, and some rather lovely quilted leather.

The New Audi TT RS Is A 395bhp Turbo Five-Pot Hero That Wants To Give The Cayman A Kicking

Prices haven’t been revealed, but with the TT S costing just over £40,000, expect the RS to be closer to the £50,000 mark. It’ll go on sale in the UK this Autumn.

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Comments

JenstheGTIfreak (pizza)

I strongly start to believe they will put the straight 5 in the Golf R420 too

04/25/2016 - 09:27 |
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That would be great 👌

04/25/2016 - 11:41 |
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Dat muscle guy (Sam Stone)(Camaro Squad)(Die augen leader)(E

Hopefully manual will be a thing here

04/25/2016 - 09:34 |
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Anonymous
04/25/2016 - 09:53 |
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Mike Jones

Yay! A 5 cylinder! That makes it a proper Audi in my opinion.

04/25/2016 - 09:56 |
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Rich F

That’s all good…but does it handle as good as a Caymen GT4?

04/25/2016 - 10:43 |
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CroatianCarGuy

If it was only a 2.2 20V Turbo… if you know what I mean.

04/25/2016 - 12:31 |
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[Flux]

Compared to other Audis, it looks so….dull.

04/25/2016 - 12:31 |
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Ian11soccer

I heard they are making a Audi TTRS Plus

04/25/2016 - 13:52 |
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Deeksey

Very nice, but I’m still waiting for the rs3 saloon…

04/25/2016 - 14:20 |
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Thomas Gizas

I’m just wondering what the top speed would be if you just deleted the speed limiter completely

04/25/2016 - 14:39 |
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180+ guaranteed.

04/25/2016 - 18:56 |
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My guess would be 290-300 kph

04/26/2016 - 09:04 |
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