Monster in Disguise
BBC TopGear India|November 2016

If you thought the TT was just a cute little sportscar, think again.The new TT rs has enough venom to scare the living daylights out of you.

Agasti Kaulgi
Monster in Disguise

Volkswagen group, the company that owns Audi, is the biggest automotive giant of all time. It has bought the right brands, made the best cars and swollen its bank accounts like no other carmaker has ever managed. With eight passenger vehicle brands in its portfolio, it has a car for every need, quite literally. To keep R&D costs low and to flood the market with a variety of models, the mantra of success for VW group has been technology sharing. There’s been a lot of sharing of underpinnings, engines and other tech across titles; for instance, the previous-gen TT was actually based on the VW Golf Mk IV. And so was the Skoda Octavia. And now, most modern VW group cars are based on same flexible platforms such as the MQB and the MLB.

 

This, the new TT RS, is a bit of an exception to that trend though. Yes, it’s based on the same MQB platform that the TT S uses, but it has one crucial element that’ll not be shared with any other brand but Audi – its all-new, all-aluminium, five cylinder 2.5-litre turbocharged engine. The two other probable cars that might get this heart would be the RS Q3 and the RS3. Two primary reasons for this are that it’s been made to keep the motorsport heritage of five-cyl Audis alive and that the management at VW Group thinks there’s no other model that’s fit for this engine.

Esta historia es de la edición November 2016 de BBC TopGear India.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

Esta historia es de la edición November 2016 de BBC TopGear India.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

MÁS HISTORIAS DE BBC TOPGEAR INDIAVer todo
MG COMET
BBC TopGear India

MG COMET

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD THOUGHT THIS CAR TO BE COMPLETELY useless when it came out.

time-read
1 min  |
November 2024
BMW i7
BBC TopGear India

BMW i7

WHEN THE i7 PULLED INTO MY GARAGE AND PARKED ITSELF next to the Mercedes EQA and the MG Comet, it just struck me that this is how the future will be.

time-read
2 minutos  |
November 2024
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
BBC TopGear India

SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP

McLaren's finest faces off Corvette's nat-asp swansong as the Brits and the Americans square up... in a Spanish playground. Expect fireworks

time-read
6 minutos  |
November 2024
NEXT LEVEL
BBC TopGear India

NEXT LEVEL

Thought the 750S was fast? The McLaren P1's successor - the W1 is ready to spread its wings

time-read
6 minutos  |
November 2024
MANUAL LABOUR
BBC TopGear India

MANUAL LABOUR

Two cars from opposite ends of the performance spectrum with one crucial thing in common...

time-read
5 minutos  |
November 2024
PRO VS SLOW
BBC TopGear India

PRO VS SLOW

At last, we have our hands on the Valkyrie. But is its performance only accessible for the pros... or can anyone enjoy it?

time-read
5 minutos  |
November 2024
THE OUTBURST OF OFFROADING
BBC TopGear India

THE OUTBURST OF OFFROADING

The high-volume market is a point of interest for all manufacturers here in India.

time-read
4 minutos  |
November 2024
THE BATTLE OF CRUISER-COMMUTERS
BBC TopGear India

THE BATTLE OF CRUISER-COMMUTERS

WHO DOES THE BEST COMMUTER WORK WHILE NOT BEING A TRUE COMMUTER MOTORCYCLE?

time-read
7 minutos  |
November 2024
LEAVING EVERYTHING ON THE TRACK
BBC TopGear India

LEAVING EVERYTHING ON THE TRACK

FT. YMRP ROUND 3 From being second, I DNF'd from the race on the last corner

time-read
4 minutos  |
November 2024
BEHIND THE BARS,
BBC TopGear India

BEHIND THE BARS,

THE DIFFERENT KIND

time-read
3 minutos  |
November 2024