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Spy Shots: Audi TT RS... that won't be made, info pg.2

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Caught testing in Germany, this white prototype looks similar to the test hacks originally spied in Finnish cold-weather testing late last year. But under the skin, this machine features a more performance-focused package.

Details are still relatively scarce about the RS - but it is tipped to use a new twin-turbocharged version of the ubiquitous two-litre TSFI four-cylinder engine. No details on power output yet, but given that single-blower version of that unit already produce 250bhp, it's safe to expect a figure around, or in excess of, 300bhp. That will put the car at least 50bhp above the current range-topper, the 3.2-litre V6 model. The twin-turbo engine is likely to be mated to six-speed manual and S-tronic transmissions.

The TT RS is expected to break cover officially before the end of this year. It will be eagerly awaited by performance enthusiasts - unlike the original car, the new model has good enough driving dynamics to cope with the extra grunt.

-AutoCar.co.uk

a 4 cylinder with more hp then a V6! I like that 8)

i bet tuners will be all over it in no time! :twisted: :twisted:

A twin-turbo 4 cylinder? Never heard of that being used...I would have that they would have used the varible turbo design used on the 911 turbo to keep turbo lag at minimal. I guess two small turbos would reduce turbo lag. Whatever, i'm not an engineer but i do find it odd.

Yeah, twin turbo on an I4 sounds very strange. Maybe they're using a smaller turbo and a bigger turbo?

maybe it's the same system we find on the Golf GT(170 hp) which has a superchager and a turbo...

Should make for nice lag free fun. I wonder how hard the engine is being pushed...

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Originally Posted by nickthaskater

Should make for nice lag free fun. I wonder how hard the engine is being pushed...

Not hard, supposedly they have huge expectations for the engine that they have already made clutches rated at 600hp for the GTI. Not that that means a whole lot, but people seem to be really hyped about it.

Ah... the extreme hairdressing games pace car ;)

Could these be pictures of something like TT S-Line or something else, though?

there are also twinturbo subarus, with inline-4, there is nothing strange about that.

heh, a TT RS, and the new TT hasn't even come on sale in Switzerland yet...

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Originally Posted by RC45

Ah... the extreme hairdressing games pace car ;)

a 4 cylinder V4 would be coool .. 8) :lol: :lol:

i like the loks of this car .... wayyy better then the old one .. .

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Originally Posted by inso

there are also twinturbo subarus, with inline-4, there is nothing strange about that.

Suburus use Flat 4's...

either way, in any twin turbo system there is a small turbo that spins up very quickly, to minimize lag..

RC45, it's a pretty pace car though ain't it? ;)

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Originally Posted by RC45

Ah... the extreme hairdressing games pace car ;)

:lol: