Audi Motorsport has announced the 2012 TT RS race version is now available for order.
Unlike the production car, the race-ready TT RS is a front-wheel driver car. Power comes from a modified 2.5 liter, 5-cylinder unit with an output of 380 PS (279 kW / 375 hp) coupled to a sequential, 6-speed racing transmission. The car was developed by the Technical Development division of Audi together with the automaker's Quattro GmbH unit.
The racer is specified for the SP4T class of the VLN Endurance Championship series and the TT RS won a class victory at the 24-hour endurance race at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife this past June.
The 2012 Audi TT RS race version is available to racing teams for a net price of €180,000.
2011/09/08
Racing version of Audi TT RS now available for ordering
- New Audi customer sport race car available for 2012
- Nürburgring victory marked successful completion of testing phase
- Production-derived five-cylinder engine makes high mileage possible
Ingolstadt, September 8, 2011 - Alongside the successful R8 LMS, Audi Sport customer racing is now offering another attractive customer sport race car: the racing version of the Audi TT RS can be ordered effective immediately.
The front-wheel drive TT RS powered by an engine with an output of about 279 kW (380 HP) has been developed by quattro GmbH in collaboration with Technical Development of AUDI AG for the SP4T class of the VLN Endurance Championship and extensively tested for about one year. After class victory at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in June, the testing phase culminated in an impressive performance at the 6-hour race on the world's toughest race track at the end of August: the first pole position of a front-wheel drive vehicle in the history of the VLN and overall victory ahead of rivals with higher power ratings.
"In the TT RS Audi is making the next attractive customer sport race car available to interested teams," says Romolo Liebchen, Head of Audi Sport customer racing. "In line with the products our customers have come to expect of us, the TT RS is another car that has been designed for a wide range of racing conditions and easy handling. The TT RS perfectly mastered the load at the 24-hour race while being able to prove its exceptionally forgiving handling characteristics at the 6-hour race in the unpredictable conditions of constantly changing weather."
As a production-derived unit the 2.5-liter five-cylinder turbo engine is designed for extremely high mileage. Its power drives the front wheels via a sequential six-speed racing transmission. Paddle shifters allow customers to fully concentrate on the action on the race track.
Audi has developed a race car body for the TT RS that is designed for maximum safety and high aerodynamic efficiency. But downforce is not the only thing that helps to put the power on the road. A sophisticated racing suspension with a wide range of adjustment options that are easy to operate assures supreme road-holding and particularly good balance.
Audi Sport customer racing offers the ready-to-race TT RS to its customers at the price of 180,000 euros (net). "For this model we also provide optimal support to our customers," says Werner Frowein, Managing Director of quattro GmbH who is responsible for the customer activities at Audi. "They benefit from our experience with the R8 LMS and the extensive testing program we have completed with the TT RS. Customers can look forward to a reliable, easy-to-drive and affordable high-tech sports car plus the Audi service to which they have become accustomed."
