With a new 400 - hp 5 - cylinder engine, the TT RS is the most powerful
production TT Audi has ever produced.
To that end, and with any luck, expectations this is a forerunner to
a production TT RS are lost when it's revealed the concept car is powered by a heavily worked engine based on the familiar EA888 2.0 litre turbocharged four cylinder and not an inline five cylinder.
Its hybrid concept represents the latest evolution of the Audi Space Frame (ASF) and further lowers the car's center of gravity compared with the second - generation series -
production TT.
The same as in the series -
production TT, the controls are designed purely for the driver.
In addition to the evocative «S» insignia, the most extreme
production TT to date highlights its capabilities from the front through newly designed bi-xenon headlamps incorporating trademark Audi LED strip daytime running lights, a redesigned front apron incorporating larger air intakes and aluminium - look door mirror housings.
On the outside
the production TT may not match this concept panel for panel, but you can expect the front grille, headlight treatment and general shape of the TT to be directly descended from the shooting brake concept.
Unlike
the production TT, which is bound to be compliant and forgiving, the Sport Concept wants to be a racecar that shines on the track, not during the commute.
Also attacking the eardrums much more profoundly than in
a production TT are the secondary working noises.
Inside, similarities to
the production TT are even more stark.
«And this means there has to be power and performance,» says CEO Hans - Jürgen Abt: «With this exhibition model we show how much potential there is even in the 2.0 TFSI quattro, which we have upgraded to the level of
the production TTS.
Not exact matches
This isn't the first time Audi has extended the
TT's features to a form other than that of the traditional coupe, but the
production - ready look of the concept and Audi's recent suggestions that other models could be added to the
TT line means a car like the
TT Sportback could be quite close to reality.
Once it entered
production, the
TT was best described as a sporty car — it is, after all, based on the Volkswagen Golf.
Alongside the
production - ready 2016
TT Roadster, Audi is showing off a four - door
TT concept at this year's Paris auto show.
Saleen S7 /
TT Top speed: 200 - 248 mph Dubbed «America's first
production supercar,» the Saleen S7 used a 351 Windsor V - 8 engine that had been bored out and stroked.
This Audi
TT coupe appears to be no different than any other
production model, but the folks at Motor Trend suggest it could actually be a mule built upon Volkswagen's new MQB modular architecure.
A
production - ready Toyota GT86 cabriolet would command a premium over the coupe, pricing it at around # 27,000, with its key rivals ranging from top spec Mazda MX - 5s to basic Nissan 370Z and Audi
TT roadsters.
Rumored to reach
production as a future Audi
TT e-tron, an all - wheel - drive e-tron formula was featured prominently on the Audi Allroad Shooting Brake concept that debuted at the 2014 Detroit auto show.
Audi finally brought the
TT RS to the North American market for the 2012 model year, meaning the car is in its first generation of
production.
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The
TTS line from Audi will be celebrating a
production milestone by releasing a limited edition model.
A design sketch of the upcoming Audi
TT Sportback concept has been leaked suggesting a future
production model
The distinctive rhythm of the 1 — 2 — 4 — 5 — 3 five - cylinder ignition sequence — the classic Audi soundtrack played out since the 1980s by rally cars, touring cars and
production models such as the Ur quattro, the RS 2 and the
TT RS — washes over the cabin as the new RS 3 Sportback gathers momentum.
The fact it was caught testing with a
production RS3 and
TT RS lends further credence to that idea.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — A special edition of the world - renowned Audi
TT will be offered in its final year of
production.
With representatives of the Guinness Book of Records and German Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) on hand, Raphanel made passes around the big oval in both directions achieving an average maximum speed of 431.072 km / h (267.856 mph), thus taking back the title from the SSC Ultimate Aero
TT as the fastest
production vehicle of all time.
Unsurprisingly then, there's never been a faster
TT production variant.
Audi clearly wasn't content with unveiling the new
production - spec
TT in Geneva, so they brought along this 420hp (309kW)
TT quattro sport concept as well.
But Audi aren't going to miss a niche if they can possibly help it, so don't bank against the
Tt Off - Road making
production in the next couple of years.
In June 2006,
production of the Series 1
TT ended.
It is very likely that the Audi
TT Sportback concept will make it to
production.
But only if the officials from Ingolstadt want a
production Audi
TT Sporback — if they do, we expect the first real contender for the CLA to be on the market as soon as 2016.
There have been rumors about a new Q4 coupe - like crossover, so the
TT Offroad concept could enter
production as the Q4 if it doesn't get the
TT badge.
Yet, the Model
TT used the Model T's cab and engine, helping cut costs while streamlining Ford's genius of an assembly line
production.
We're used to seeing calmer concept cars make it to
production more or less intact (the Audi
TT and the Peugeot RCZ, for example), but the Juke seems to have made it from free - form design sketch to solid metal without passing through any credibility filters en route.
Audi presented this Audi
TT quattro sport concept alongside the
production third generation Audi
TT and
TTS at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show.
According to Volkswagen, the Golf R420 will be the first
production car to feature the 2.0 litre turbocharged engine from the Audi
TT quattro sport concept.
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The
TT, developed by the Technical Development and the
Production divisions plus quattro GmbH, is intended to extend Audi's new modular customer sport program from 2012 forward.
Until the introduction of the Audi
TT RS in 2009, the 1997 S6 was the last
production Audi fitted with the famous 5 - cylinder turbo engine that first came to prominence in Audi Quattro rally cars in the 1980s.
The
TT RS is the highest
production variant of all
TT models and will come with a 2.5 - liter five - cylinder supercharged engine that produces around 340 horsepower.
Body Like many of the brand's new
production models, the Audi
TT offroad concept is also based on the versatile modular transverse matrix (MQB).
The most powerful ever
production Audi
TT coupe to date has been chosen by the
TT organisers as the prestigious «Official Car» at this year's world - famous event which runs from 24 May - 6 June.
The first
TT remained in
production until 2006 and one year later, Audi released the second generation.
To say that Kindle's
TTS feature might somehow replace professionally produced audiobook is an insult to the art of audiobook
production.
Comic book writer and artist Gibbons is joined by Jonathan Smith, head of
production at
TT Games Publishing and game director on Lego Batman 2 and Lego Lord of the Rings.
In LEGO ® Worlds, players will go on an exciting journey to become a Master Builder, in an open - world made completely of LEGO ® - built environments,» said Jonathan Smith, Head of
Production,
TT Games.