Audi TT looked great as a concept. It looked great as a production car. It looked even better after its semi-big facelift. So that’s half the deal taken care of…

…but what about the other half? The main annoyance with the little sports car has always been its lack of a really hungry engine. It has gotten better and better with time, especially with the TTS, which takes you to a hundred km/h in 5.2 seconds. It still never quite hit the mark, though. That may soon change, with the Audi TT RS.

The RS version is rumoured to come with up to a tasty 350 HP, though 330-ish may be more probable. Still, we can hope. The 100 km/h run should thus take 4.something seconds, which we can’t but be quite pleased with.

It is believed that a 2.5-litre - perhaps the trusted VW 2.3-litre with a bit more space - will be the source of the intended power.

When it comes to the gearbox, Audi does not have any ‘boxes small enough for the TT’s tight fit and simultaneously strong enough to withstand all the torque, so we’ll have to wait and see what they come up with.

Quattro goes without saying. So I said it.

The sad bit of news is we will probably not see the TT with this much juice on the market until 2010, with a launch in 2009.

More photos after the jump!

(Source: dinside.no)