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Jonny Lieberman, Frank Markus

“Is there a cooler engine on planet earth than the TT RS’ burping, snarling, turbo five-cylinder?” Talk about a contrast in style—America’s Corvette blusters with noise, tire smoke, fear, and slightly disappointing track numbers, while Germany’s technical Audi TT RS delivers assured competence, sensible understeer, and surprisingly quick lap times. Multiple editors on Route 198 wondered aloud whether all 400 horses were hitched up and pulling (answer: yep). After his lapping session, Randy Pobst was shocked to hear he’d run within about a second of the Porsche 718 Cayman GTS “sweep vehicle” (page 43). Although its lap times were quicker than they felt from the driver’s seat (within 1.5 seconds of the Aston and almost 4.0 seconds ahead of the next-quickest Alfa), they’d have been quicker still with better brakes and more…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2018

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