Magnetic ride adaptive dampers optional.
Two-piece cross-drilled, radially vented front discs; ventilated rears.
The TT RS (type 8S) is the range-topper, and in the pre-facelift US run it was sold only as a 2018 model. It swaps the four cylinders of the base TT and TTS for a 2.5-liter EA855 evo turbocharged inline-five (engine code DAZA), 394 hp (400 PS) and 354 lb-ft, through a 7-speed S tronic dual-clutch and quattro all-wheel drive. The five-cylinder's unusual firing order gives it a warble no four-cylinder rival can match, and it's the whole point of the car.
It's the heavier car of the two hot TTs, about 43 lb over the TTS, since the longer five plus its bigger cooling and driveline hardware sit up front. What that mass buys is roughly 102 more horsepower than the TTS and nearly a second off 0-60, so it's an added-weight, much-faster trade rather than a lightweight special. Bigger two-piece front brakes back it up.
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No, it's heavier, by roughly 43 lb. The 2.5-liter inline-five and its larger cooling and driveline hardware add mass up front versus the TTS's four-cylinder. The payoff is about 102 more horsepower and nearly a second quicker to 60 mph, plus the five-cylinder sound. Think of it as an added-weight, much-faster car, not a diet.
Only 2018. Audi brought the pre-facelift 8S TT RS to the US for a single model year; the earlier 8S years here were the base TT and TTS. The facelifted TT RS returned for later years.
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