Back in July, Car Magazine had the scoop on official design sketches of an Audi R8 spider and now Audi enthusiast site Fourtitude.com have produced the same image without the CarOnline watermark. But this time, Fourtitude.com, with their long time inside connections with Audi/VW of America officials, have divulged Audi's game plan for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this January. With an emphasis on “performance”, Audi intends to display some sort of R8 variant, either R8 V10 or R8 Spider in concept form. Also to take a bow in full production trim is the Audi TTS, which Fourtitude confirms is approved for the North American market. The 265 hp 2.0-liter from the European Audi S3 will find its way into the TTS which is lighter and more agile than the S3 hatch.
Audi Plans TTS and R8 Variant Debuts for Detroit
Audi R8 spider design sketch
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GeeDougg
November 28, 2007 3:33 PM
If Audi built something that looked like across between the new TT and the R8 and the sketch above they'd have a ridiculously pretty car. Hell, they'd be able to call the car the Sex and get away with it. If they left me and the car alone in a room I might try to mate with it.
thamzn
November 28, 2007 5:14 PM
The interior of the current TT needs lots of improvement in the dashboard area. It looks and feels cheap to the eye and touch respectively.
radmeister
November 29, 2007 7:51 AM
Blah wrong show for a convertible, detroit has only 5-6months of top down weather. If they unvailed this at the Los Angeles show i would put my life on the prediction that they would sell enough of them to keep their plant running at full speed for a whole year. Hell it worked with the gallardo spyder, you had to pay an extra 100,000$ to get 1 and even then you couldnt pick the colour it was what the dealer had pre-ordered and had in the showroom is what you got.
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