Audi TT RS Coupe Roadster 340HP: High-Res Photo Gallery and all the Details
At the 2009 Geneva Motor Display that runs from Parade 5th to 15th, Audi pulled the covers away the most powerful form of the TT, the RS which revives the anima of the Audi quattro coupes of the 1980s with its 340-horsepower five-cylinder turbocharged motor. At to arrange in Europe -but unfortunately, not in the States- in Coupe and Roadster forms from tardy Parade, Audi ’s novel tall execution sports cars desire reach their foremost customers this summer.
The modern-day successor to the 200HP-plus quattro coupes of the Eighties gets a turbocharged 2.5-liter five-cylinder motor derived from the U.S.-market Jetta that develops 340-horsepower and 450 Nm (331.90 lb.-ft.) of torque. Power is channeled to all four wheels because of a close proportion six-speed handbook gearbox.
In the instance of the Coupe, which weighs in at 1,450 kilograms (3,197 pounds), the power-to-weight proportion is 4.3 kilograms per HP while the Roadster that weighs in at 1,510 kilograms (3,329 pounds) is 4.4 kilograms per HP.
The TT RS Coupe sprints from 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62mph) in 4.6 seconds while the Roadster needs a tenth of a subsequent longer (4.7 sec). In both cases the summit rapidity is circumscribed electronically at 250 km/h or 155 but Audi does proffer buyers the choice to grow it to 280 km/h or 174mph.
The criterion TT’s aluminum McPherson swagger face and four-link back part debarring has been retuned while at an additional price the fundamental sports chassis can also be equipped with Audi ’s attractive sit on adaptive damping organized whole. Braking power is provided near sizeable ventilated disc brakes with jet four-piston aluminum calipers and diameters of 370mm at the face and 310mm at the rear.
With the exclusion of a hardly details such as the high-gloss jet solo grille with a framework in matt aluminum look and the fastened back part wing and, the RS does not diverge much from the TTS models. Interior, the sports inside is finished exclusively in jet, with brushed aluminium inlays and aluminium footrests and pedals, Silk Nappa leather sports seats and a thickly-rimmed flat-bottomed steering wheel.
For those looking for most differentiation, Audi offers 19-inch or 20-inch wheels, pail seats with folding backrests and smooth of Ibis Snow-white or Apparition jet painted inside inlays at additional cost.
