New Audi TT-RS Stops Playing Coy, Gives Us The Full Monty
Quickly abandoning the strip tease initiated earlier this week, Audi has graced us with full-frontal TT-RS nudity in a series of new high-res pics. Scheduled to debut officially next week at the Geneva Motor Show, the brand new Audi TT-RS isn’t approved for U.S. launch, but that doesn’t put a damper on our spirits. Equipped with a direct-inject, turbocharged 2.5L 5-banger, Audi claims the TT-RS is capable of producing well over 300 bhp and white-knuckle performance on the road. Electronically limited to 250 kmh/h (155 mph), Audi also boasts the new TT-RS is capable of accelerating from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in “nowhere near five seconds,” but we’ll let the real-world testing be the official judge of that.
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Audi’s 2009-2-21 press release says:
340 PS/250 kW
450 Nm
6-speed manual transmission
electronically limited to 280 kmh
Words by St@f on February 24, 2009 at 7:59 pm | #
Meanwhile, Audi’s 2009-2-24 press release reads:
“…Its turbocharged 2.5-liter engine produces well above 300 bhp…and needs nowhere near five seconds to reach 100 km/h (62.14 mph); overtaking is child’s play; and 250 km/h (155.34 mph) is the limited top speed only on paper.”
Words by Suzanne Denbow on February 25, 2009 at 12:27 pm | #