Audi TT RS Plus On Sale In Australia

Audi's scorching new TT RS Plus has stormed into Australia with a $139,900 price tag.

More powerful than the 'regular' TT RS, faster and more dynamic, the Plus model enters as a final run for the current TT range.

The Plus is driven by by the same 2.5 litre five-cylinder turbo engine that hauls the TT RS, but gains an extra 15kW and 15Nm to make 265kW and 465Nm of torque.

Audi's Quattro all-wheel-drive system is standard - as it is with all RS models - and a seven-speed S tronic dual-clutch automatic transmission is the only shifting option available.

Audi promises a blistering 0-100km/h time of 4.1 seconds, making the TT RS Plus around 0.5 seconds quicker than the TT RS.

Top speed is a heady 280km/h, and fuel consumption is listed at 8.5 l/100km.

The TT RS Plus weighs in at 1475 kilograms, giving a power-to-weight ratio of 5.6 kilograms per kilowatt.

Setting the RS Plus apart from its RS stablemate is a black-and-red design for the 19-inch five-spoke wheels, wrapped in 255/35 rubber at all four corners.

The car's face is largely unchanged, although it does gain a polished anthracite finish to the standard RS diamond-mesh grille.

The side-mirror caps are of a carbon fibre-reinforced polymer rather than the regular satin-finished versions on the RS, and the carbon highlights continue in the cabin and the engine bay.

Unlike overseas versions of the RS Plus, the Australian-delivered model also gets Audi's magnetic ride adaptive damping system as standard equipment.

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