Audi has revealed its refreshed TT RS Coupe and Roadster models that are now available to order at dedicated Audi Sport dealerships in South Africa.
On the outside, the facelifted models spawn a redesigned front and rear ends. The front now features a quattro logo in a matt titanium-look, enlarged air inlets that have been divided by vertical stripes on the inside and outside.
Audi fitted extra radiators for cooling purpose and all are embodied in the familiar RS honeycomb grille.
The refreshed Audi TT RS gets a continuous front spoiler that is painted in body colour as standard but is also available in a matt aluminium look or gloss black.
The RS model has a gloss black inlay in the newly designed side sill.
The exterior mirror housings are available in matte aluminium look and gloss black. The rear comes fitted with a newly designed fixed rear wing with side winglets as well as a new RS-specific diffusor.
The TT RS still comes with two oval exhaust tips.
LED headlights come standard as well as matrix OLED reversing lights (organic light-emitting diode) with a 3D design. The new TT RS is available in nine different colours, including the new RS-specific colour Kyalami Green.
Upon request, matt aluminium and gloss black styling packages highlight the blade and rear wing.
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The extended gloss black styling package includes the Audi rings and the TT RS model logo in black on the front and rear as an option.
The fabric top of the TT RS Roadster is only available in black.
The Audi exclusive program offers various additional possibilities for individualization of the exterior paint finish. It runs on 20-inch wheels that are kitted out in a gloss black finish as standard.
The brake callipers are painted red as standard. As an option, the RS sport suspension plus is available with adaptive dampers in Audi magnetic ride technology.
Inside, there are RS sport seats with a honeycomb pattern in Fine Nappa leather (with blue, red or black stitching) as well as RS logos on the seats, steering wheel, door sill trims, and selector levers.
There is also a 12.3-inch screen as well as special RS displays.
In addition to multifunction buttons, the RS sport leather steering wheel with shift paddles features two satellite controls for turning the engine on and off as well as the Audi drive select dynamic handling system.
The new RS design package adds Tango Red or Turbo Blue highlights to the car on the air vent doors, the seat belts, and the floor mats with the RS logo.
Audi’s MMI navigation plus with MMI touch including free text search and natural language voice control comes standard.
Power comes from a 2.5-litre TFSI five-pot petrol engine with 294 kW of power and 480 Nm of torque plus a seven-speed S tronic system that sends power to all four wheels using the quattro system.
The TT RS Coupe hurtles from a standstill to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds en route to a limited top speed of 250 km/h and if you think that is not enough, Audi can remove the limiter to enable the models to top at 280 km/h.
The Coupé and Roadster are now available at Audi Sport Dealerships in South Africa. The price for the Coupé is R1,062,000.
The Roadster starts at R1,113,500, inclusive of VAT and all taxes and standard with a five year and/or 100 000 KM Audi Freeway Plan.
Source: Audi
