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"Of course we did similar things in the past, the R8 GT for example. I could think of projects where you"d have the visible connection between the race car and the road car."These are the promising words of Stephan Reil, head of Audi"s Quattro gmbh division. Except he"s not, because it"s just changed name to Audi Sport, a revamped sub-brand that covers RS models, the R8 supercar, and all of Audi"s motorsport projects.After seeing how successful the VW Golf GTI Clubsport S has been, we put it to him that Audi could take a similar approach by stripping out its RS cars."There"s no actual project at the moment, but why not? With the RS3, maybe with another car." The TT RS, we suggest. "Maybe. There are a lot of possibilities. You will just have to see. This is always an impulse in the life cycle of the car. You won"t bring that in an early time of the life cycle, though."A hint that a road-going interpretation of the mighty TT Clubsport (main image) will land in the future? We do hope so.TG also asked Reil what chance electrification has of making it into RS models, especially given the VW group"s big EV push at this year"s Paris show.
Date written: 30 Sep 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5240
"Of course we did similar things in the past, the R8 GT for example. I could think of projects where you"d have the visible connection between the race car and the road car."These are the promising words of Stephan Reil, head of Audi"s Quattro gmbh division. Except he"s not, because it"s just changed name to Audi Sport, a revamped sub-brand that covers RS models, the R8 supercar, and all of Audi"s motorsport projects.After seeing how successful the VW Golf GTI Clubsport S has been, we put it to him that Audi could take a similar approach by stripping out its RS cars."There"s no actual project at the moment, but why not? With the RS3, maybe with another car." The TT RS, we suggest. "Maybe. There are a lot of possibilities. You will just have to see. This is always an impulse in the life cycle of the car. You won"t bring that in an early time of the life cycle, though."A hint that a road-going interpretation of the mighty TT Clubsport (main image) will land in the future? We do hope so.TG also asked Reil what chance electrification has of making it into RS models, especially given the VW group"s big EV push at this year"s Paris show.
Date written: 30 Sep 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5240