daveb91
09-14-2010, 11:56 AM
Filed under: Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/), Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/category/audi/)
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Audi TT RS - Click above for high-res image gallery
Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi/) has just announced that it will begin importing the hottest version of its little sports car, the TT-RS, in the third quarter of next year.
The product move comes after Audi whipped up a Facebook petition page (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/08/audi-creates-petition-to-bring-the-tt-rs-to-the-u-s/) that gathered in excess of 11,500 signatures in just a month's time.
The move to import the 360-horsepower Porsche Boxster and Mercedes-Benz SLK AMG-fighter isn't much of a surprise - after all, Audi has been courting the media with test drives (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/15/2010-audi-tt-rs-quick-spin/) for months, and an Audi executive at last week's launch of the A7 Sportback (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/14/audi-a7-first-drive-review/) in Sardinia hinted that a decision was to be revealed (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/audi-s7-likely-headed-for-paris-tt-rs-for-u-s-decision-imminen/) in a few days.
No word yet on what pricing or the options list will look like, but only the hard-hatted coupe will make it to these shores - the Roadster will remain forbidden fruit.
Gallery: Quick Spin: 2010 Audi TT RS (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/quick-spin-2010-audi-tt-rs)
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Photos by Drew Phillips (http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/) / Copyright (C)2010 AOL
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Audi TT RS - Click above for high-res image gallery
Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi/) has just announced that it will begin importing the hottest version of its little sports car, the TT-RS, in the third quarter of next year.
The product move comes after Audi whipped up a Facebook petition page (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/08/audi-creates-petition-to-bring-the-tt-rs-to-the-u-s/) that gathered in excess of 11,500 signatures in just a month's time.
The move to import the 360-horsepower Porsche Boxster and Mercedes-Benz SLK AMG-fighter isn't much of a surprise - after all, Audi has been courting the media with test drives (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/15/2010-audi-tt-rs-quick-spin/) for months, and an Audi executive at last week's launch of the A7 Sportback (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/14/audi-a7-first-drive-review/) in Sardinia hinted that a decision was to be revealed (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/audi-s7-likely-headed-for-paris-tt-rs-for-u-s-decision-imminen/) in a few days.
No word yet on what pricing or the options list will look like, but only the hard-hatted coupe will make it to these shores - the Roadster will remain forbidden fruit.
Gallery: Quick Spin: 2010 Audi TT RS (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/quick-spin-2010-audi-tt-rs)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/01audittrsqs2010_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/quick-spin-2010-audi-tt-rs/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/02audittrsqs2010_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/quick-spin-2010-audi-tt-rs/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/03audittrsqs2010_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/quick-spin-2010-audi-tt-rs/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/04audittrsqs2010_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/quick-spin-2010-audi-tt-rs/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/05audittrsqs2010_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/quick-spin-2010-audi-tt-rs/)
Photos by Drew Phillips (http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/) / Copyright (C)2010 AOL
[Source: Audi]Continue reading Audi TT RS headed to America after Facebook petition success (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/14/audi-tt-rs-headed-to-america-after-facebook-petition-success/)
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