First Spy Photos: Audi TT-RS Roadster

SPIED: Audi TT-RS Roadster / Lehmann Photo-Syndication

We have brought you pictures of the Audi TT-RS before, supposedly with anywhere from 340 to 450 horsepower. What wasn't on our radar are these photos of what appears to be an Audi TT-RS Roadster.

The Roadster is a logical step for the automaker which is constantly fighting to rise above BMW and Porsche. A TT-RS rag top would surely compete against those manufacturers' Z4 M and Boxster S, respectively.

Our spy caught a glimpse of this car gassing up in Scandinavia. Riding on what appears to be 18" Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D tires, The photographer was notably taken aback by both the gigantic cross-drilled brake disks, and the surprisingly large exhaust pipes. Fog lights have been installed in a portion of the surprisingly big air intakes spotted on the TT-RS back in October.

Many things having to do with the Audi TT-RS Roadster looks to be enlarged, and we can't wait to get our hands on one.

Source: Lehmann Photo-Syndication

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dbehmoaras

a long time coming and finally it will arrive, thank you audi, but please, why not the 4.2 in the rs4

January 24, 2008 5:25 pm

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Bristol411S3

Because this is on the Golf platform, with a width mounted engine. The V8 is designed for length mounting.

January 24, 2008 7:40 pm

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ck314

Besides a heavy V8 would totally ruin the crisp agile handling characteristic of the DI 4 cyl turbo, and eventhough it shares some elements with the Golf, its paltform has been heavily modified with aluminium key components. In my opinion the TT-S is more than enough for everyday driving (and fun), especially under the increasing police state repression affecting most western countries nowadays. In other words, you'll hardly be able to exploit the extra power found on the RS version unless you drive daily on german autobahns, and will be wasting extra money on insurance, taxes, gas, etc.

January 24, 2008 11:02 pm

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ck314

oh and those wheels are 19" not 18" btw :o

January 24, 2008 11:07 pm

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smokeonit1

those extra lights in the front are not fog lights! they're driving lights! the give more light when high/low beam (depends on electrical wiring) are switched on. on public roads in europe low beam with driving lights are illegal....! and this is in/near arjeplog, sweden... scandinavia is norway, sweden an finnland...;-)

January 24, 2008 8:39 pm

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ck314

and iceland somehow lol

January 24, 2008 11:13 pm

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MARG

would it have MTM version ?

January 25, 2008 5:41 am

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MARG

is he going to use a boxer 6 porsche again ? or may be a chevy v8 ??

January 25, 2008 5:43 am

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ceven

Chevy V8 in a TT? O_O

January 25, 2008 9:49 am

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Roger

The TT no longer shares the platform with the Golf! It was the mk 1 that shared the platform and that has since been discarded with the mk 2. The RS would not have a 4.2 RS4 engine as weight would be a massive factor! The 2.0 and the 3.2 engines lead to very different characteristics in the TT.

January 25, 2008 11:29 am

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