First Drive: 2018 Audi TT RS and 2018 Audi RS3
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- The inline five-cylinder engine is one that should be quite familiar to fans of Audi's racing history. It will soon be familiar to fans of the latest that the German automaker has to offer and it arrives in two flavors; the new 2018 Audi TT RS and 2018 Audi RS3.
Each comes packing 400 horsepower courtesy of an inline five-cylinder engine that's backed up by 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox.
On the outside of both cars, you'll notice clues to the lively mill hiding between the fenders. The front fascia is more aggressive and the rear sport exhaust belches noise from a pair of large, black, oval exhaust tips.
Inside you have RS stitched into the sport seats and a bit of suede mingling with leather. If you opt for the slightly more sporty TT RS, you also get the steering wheel lifted straight out of the Audi R8.
Each car has lots of character, tremendous levels of performance, and serves up delightful noise. One has room for more to party while the other is fully focused on the task at hand.
You can't make a wrong choice here, because either path leads you into the Audi Sport family and you have an RS-badged machine parked in your garage.
We check both of the vehicles out on the turns of Lime Rock Park and the open road of rural Connecticut.
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Literally the toughest decision known to mankind.
the black optics package also makes the rs3 sedan look way more aggressive
Just a like for the beginning and how the sound of the rs3 was coming up. Amazing
The third gen TT RS is gorgeous. 400 horses from 5 cylinders? Remember when 250HP from an inline four was mind blowing? This is both mind blowing and unique in its sound. The roads around Lime Rock and Salisbury Connecticut are great. Just what you want on the East Coast - a winding rural two lane in the woods.
That rs3 is like putting on suit over full tactical gear.
RS3 is my dream daily driver !!!
amazing video with great quality. It is clear a lot of time and effort has been put into it.
TT RS Forever .
Yup it's practical alright, my wife commutes with this everyday with a baby seat in the back. Can't get anymore practical than that. Good review..the RS3 is a special car.
What was special about the 1st gen TTRS was the 6 sp manual transmission. At least some manufacturers are still giving us the option to row our own gears.
Really dig the moving shots on-track.
MORE OVAL TIPS PLEASE!
Worthy upgrade to the mk7 R?
Excellent review, thank you. The wife wants the TTRS while I prefer the RS3. I think we'll wait for the RS5 to arrive before we made our decision. Anyway......
Blake Swan Dude, are you serious. Why do you hate rich people? You need to go to a hospital to get evaluated. You should be on a watch list.
Ryan B I am on a watch list.....
We both earn money to buy our cars. We are far from rich. Your comment is disgraceful. I would never wish anybody to get involved in an accident and that includes you. We are buying one car not two.
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Big bad, Wisconsin boy. Waukesha is small enough... easy to find? Cute kid as well...
perhaps you should not threaten people on the internet like a fool. Be nice you egg head, give your son a true role model. You are so easily found!
Thanks Kenneth.
pro quality video my man
Manual transmission please
Mk2 TT RS on the track for comparison?
I love this cars
What does the following Audi abbreviations stands for, A,R,RS and S. An Audi fan from Namibia Windhoek.
Hashali Philemon RS is RennSport
such 2 beauty's!!
Man I like the rs way more than the tt. Just perfect
There’s me with a old 2.3 5 pot Volvo shoving 600bhp less then price of a engine from a ttrs
The RS3 is interesting to me. Seems like a WRX STi that went to finishing school. The seats look like giant maxi pads, but otherwise I'm digging it.
Interior kills the BMW's but man aren't they boring to look at for an RS model!
Chris Dorgan boring and pretty.... Like a grand seiko watch...........my cup of tea.......
People need to start using driving gloves again with all these alcantara steering wheels that are showing up these days. I bought and use some pleather half gloves I got off Amazon to protect my leather wheel in my Veloster N, and I've been enjoying not only wearing them, but knowing that my steering wheel will remain pristine. Nothing worse than a steering wheel that looks like it was polished with a Hershey's bar. Even if people wash their hands, the oils present on the hands will eventually wear the finish on them.
The "2018 Audi TT RS" is built and sold since late 2016, "2018 Audi RS3" is also already carried to the customers. So why do you call them 2018 Models?
um.. because we live in the USA where they are finally being released to us.... assuming that is why you're confused.
Wish They offered it with RWD and stick shift. As is its an amazing engine note but not doing much for me. For that much money all I think about is Shelby 350GT. Also that brake wiggle would have me concerned
So in summary, I guess 70k is a good car. Good. No idea what that mean but Jeff is bringing it with the good. I guess a Cayman is good? Is one more good, Jeff?
Good
Same looking wheels that Nissan puts on all their cars
learn to drive b4 you pass on your lack of judgement. Novice review in my opinion as an RS3 owner for 5 years.
The seats look like ladybits...
Great cars but what an unimaginatively boring video presented by an accountant in his weekend outfit.
Please don't ever review a car again. This guy sounds so dull and boring and zero enthusiasm
Mmm... I want both. Great review, dude.
Would be nice to get the TT grill on the RS4 including the Audi rings on the hood
Someone please make a sound clip of Jeff saying lit
Hooniverse as a channel and Jeff as presenter are a great automotive pair I wish I had discovered much,much earlier
Thanks for your review.
Do you know if you will be TTRS in 2023 as well ?
I need to change my diapers after you said sporty like a German
would you take the rs3 or the s4, given they are the sameish price?
Depends on what you're looking for out of the car really. 95% of people would be happy enough in the S4.
RS3's a no brainier to me but you would be spending an average of probably 20% more on the RS maintenance costs.
So a cost to own is actually what you probably want to be researching to truly compare the two over just performance numbers.
Also 2 different engines, so 2 different paths of reliability and tune-ability...
The TTRS is not the RS entry model? It's actually one of the fastest... Get your facts right!!!
Both cars would be great to own. I would get the TT RS in forest green and the RS3 in the gun metal grey. Out of the 2 cars the TT RS is basically an affordable R8, if you wanna call about $80,000 affordable. Great review as always.
Both beautiful and fantastic performance cars.Do like the RS because it’s small and low sense of gravity.The RS has great power to weight ratio 🏁🍻
It appears they were letting people do hot laps in these cars, the shaking was probably because the brakes were worn out.
I’d get Audi s3 instead, can’t use all that powerful on rs3
Good reviews. You got me as a subscriber now. :)
Great review as usual!
I don’t write reviews about cars. But for 65k for an audi ttrs with 400 horsepower is not worth the price. I think the Infiniti Q60 red sport is better and cheaper. But the Audi does look good 👀
Drew Livinhislife yeah the q60 is a hell of a lot slower too. I don't understand your comparison.
This is a sponsored review don't care anymore
"RS stands for really schporty" seriously? At least show you know what it really stands for (RennSport)
After saying "really schporty" he said "well, this is not what it means"
I agree,
exactly, Renn Sport translates to Racing Sport, do your research.
It's called a joke
Must be Germans to be without a sense of humor that could pick up such a simple joke
Steve Dunce Cook
65k?????????????? Why not get a GTR with that king of money? Or something else? 65000????? Ming blown!!! I thing 5k of those is just the steering wheel from the r8 looool
Because it's a daily driver and practical which I can drive every day to work where I earn my money to buy a car and pay for its running costs instead of staying at home and talking shit on TH-cam about cars I've never owned.
When was the last time you checked GTR pricing? A bone stock GTR is 110k.
Really? The beauty of this is that you don't even know what car i own man! Why don't you just ask? I work like you do and also earn money like you do! If i like watching videos and commenting on some of them i doesn't mean that i don't have a life! It means that i am free now to do whatever i want on my free time!
I assume a person who can afford to buy a 65k car can also get a 110k car! Or any other car at that price! point being that i think is too overpriced for what you get!
Do you know what it costs to run a GTR? It might not cost as much as a supercar, but it sure as hell costs as much as one to maintain and service.
It's also not a car you want to be stuck in traffic with every day.