Racing version of Audi TT RS now available for ordering

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.”

Audi Sport / For Acreditated and Autorized Media.