Audi's not hanging around with its new sporting offspring; it's already preparing the hotter TT RS, caught here undergoing high-speed tests at the Nürburgring race track. There are a few telltale giving away its identity. Like the fact that it's got Audi's larger, wave-patterned and drilled brake, RS brake callipers and - our man with the long lens observed - RS-spec dampers under the mostly aluminium bodywork.

Our information is that the new RS will be positioned above its predecessor. We understand it'll run the 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbocharged up to 380 hp, making for one very rapid TT. One rivalling the Porsche 911 Carrera S for 40 per cent less cash.

Expect a styling and aero package to differentiate the TT RS further from the bread-and-butter models coupes and roadsters. The last fast TT featured a fixed rear wing, regular RS twin oval exhausts and some pretty scintillating performance figures: it could sprint to 100 km/h in just 4.1sec – and we'd anticipate the new one being faster by a margin.

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