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Pictures of details on Audi’s hottest ever TT have broken cover four days before the new car is due to be unveiled. This is the range-topping TTS, and it’ll be introduced to the world at the Detroit Motor Show next week before hitting the showrooms later this year.

Lower, sharper and quicker

The TTS gets a mildly overhauled version of the four-cylinder 2.0-litre turbo TFSI engine from the S3, coupled with Audi’s legendary all-wheel Quattro drive. That means, in both Read the full article

Autocar:

On the continent, prices will start from the equivalent of £33,500 for the TTS coupe and £35,600 for the roadster. Brits should expect to pay a slight premium over continental prices when the TTS goes on sale here in the autumn though

Why is that? I cant see why that should be at all! its not like they've had to make changes to accomadate it for RHD as the car is already set up for this. Will we get a better spec than those across the water??

 And does anyone else think the daylight running lights are awful? I have a big dislike to them on the A5 and R8. I think they are brash and slightly tacky!

Sounds good, but I'm not sure about some of the stats... 17" brake discs inside 18" wheels? Is this possible? That's huge! Also, 0-62 in 5.2 seems very fast for 270hp and 260ftlb...? That's 0.5sec quicker than S3 with only an extra 7hp? Must be very similar weight and gearing I'd have thought?

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The TT has always been a nice, if slightly dull little alternative to a porsche.  This only strengthens its appeal, though these sort of prices are starting to push a bit too high.

DradusContact:

though these sort of prices are starting to push a bit too high.

To be honest, I can't get that excited about this.  It already feels old to me and the idea of paying £45k for the "range topper" at 340bhp seems a joke.  It will need to be leagues ahead of it's rivals, say the BMW Z4M Coupe/Roadster, to justify that price tag, and the SLK 55 would still seem like good value, even at a premium over the TT.

These prices seem to be a massive premium over the entry level 2.0Tfsi model which with a simple remap will produce 350 nm (258 ib/ft) which is exactly the same as the new TT S. I had my new TT 2.0 Tfsi remapped recently and it was the best eur 400 I've ever spent on a car.

 The only thing that would make me want the 2.0 TT S over the regular 2.0 TT is the 4wd which is not the quattro system but a more conventional cheaper 4 motion system necessitated by the TT's engine layout which cannot accommodate the quattro drivetrain.

I agree that the TT RS will have to be very special to tempt buyres away form BMW and Porsche but all the ingredients are there and just remember what a great job Quattro GMBH did on the RS4. All things being equal I would buy a TT RS over the Porsche Cayman and BMW Z4M as it will be so much better looking than either of those two awkwardly styled cars and have the all weather grip afforded by AWD which given our none too sunny climate offers the best balance between fun, grip and safety.

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Hope they've put in some decent sized seats, went for a test drive in the standard car and got fed up sitting on the side bolsters, and I'm not overweight!  Even the salesman admitted they are a little narrow.  Doesn't matter how good the car is if the fundamental touch point - your bum is uncomfortable.

Estate agents will love this.

Brash, overweight, pointless and obnoxious - much like the target audience in my opinion.

pointless and obnoxious - much like your posts in my opinion.

 

:-p

C'est la vie.

This little outburst has been building for a while I reckon Kee Law.

Oh well....

It is far too much money for a car which can barely cope with the power it has got anyhow.

scummyplum:

Estate agents will love this.

I think it is compulsory to have owned one to be accepted in this job - tries far too hard.

SpecB:

It is far too much money for a car which can barely cope with the power it has got anyhow.

scummyplum:

Estate agents will love this.

I think it is compulsory to have owned one to be accepted in this job - tries far too hard.

I saw a TT yesterday.

 All lit up like a CHRISTMAS TREE.

Brash, aggressive and somewhat redundent on the slip road of the M42 in sustained drizzle and visability to 200 metres.

Those front lights are hilarious.