Audi TT RS review

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Audi TT 2.5 RS Road Test

Test date 12 August 2009 Price as tested £44,775

For Performance, tractions, sports seats

Against Poor chassis finesse, steering, ride, price

With this latest TT, Audi has dared to shake the dust from the memory of one its greatest cars: the all-wheel-drive, five-cylinder Quattro. Dared, because in the 20-odd years since it disappeared, Ingolstadt has never quite managed to capture the magic of that 1980 trail-blazer – partly because Audi has never configured a car in quite the same way, but mainly because it has failed to deliver a driving experience quite as fulfilling. That may be about to change, though.

In this latest TT, much of the promise is there. True, it’s not the full four-seater that the original Quattro was, but it’s an all-wheel-drive, lightweight coupé powered by a turbocharged five-cylinder engine – a new addition to the Audi range.

This 335bhp confection, and its accompanying £42,985 price ticket, vault the TT into contention with some of the most powerful cars in this class, including one of the most accomplished in the Porsche Cayman S. But in evoking the famous Quattro, Audi is clearly confident that it has a worthy descendant.