Audi TT: Two performance Audi TTs will highlight second-gen

The rumors about the Audi TT S and Audi TT RS keep on flowing around. Let's see if they are true! Time will tell. Great engine news if it's true!

The TT-S and TT-RS, as the new models will be badged, are currently undergoing development at Audi's Ingolstadt headquarters in Southern Germany. They are scheduled to go on sale in 2007 and 2008 respectively, throwing down the gauntlet to rival go-fast coupes such as the BMW Z4 M coupe and Porsche Cayman S with a combination of improved performance. The pair also has a series of visual upgrades over the standard 200-horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder and 250-hp 3.2-liter V6 models due to go on sale in the U.S. in early 2007.

Heading the charge will be the TT-S, with the "S" designating Sport. The more affordable of the two, it is planned to run an updated version of the turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine recently launched in the German carmaker's rapid S3.


Rather than the 3.6-liter V6 engine as widely rumored, Inside Line can confirm the range-topping TT is set to become the first Audi model to receive a new turbocharged version of parent company Volkswagen's long running 2.5-liter five-cylinder — as found in North American versions of the Jetta.

Updated to accept the same cylinder head configuration as the 5.2-liter V10 used in the S8 along with the latest direct-injection technology from German specialist Bosch, the new Audi engine is said to deliver in the region of 365 hp. That's some 22 hp more than the Z4 M Coupe.

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Source: Inside Line

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