The 600 HP APR Stage 3 Audi TTRS - /TUNED

[@jameshale4243]

man who ever thinks the TTRS is a girly car isnt a man this car is beautiful and powerful

[@AKhellbindeR]

First generation TT has always been seen as a hairdressers car.

[@AKhellbindeR]

Themayseffect TT 8N driver confirmed.

[@1820AL]

Anders Kristensen This obviously is not the first generation TT.............

[@AKhellbindeR]

1820AL You dont say?

[@1820AL]

I do say because you are the one who said that the first generation TT was a "hairdresser's car". Obviously, this is the first generation, so why bring it up..............

[@vwkris]

I love coming back to this video periodically, it really shows what APR is capable of. It’s also what inspired me to work there for 2.5yrs Thanks for putting together a great video all those years back Matt 🤘🏼

[@iconicstance2994]

Watching this video also inspired me to clean the apr toilets for several years

[@LightsCameraJake]

I know this video is old, but even today I want the 2013 TT Rs. it is my dream car. I am saving my money for this car no matter how long it takes me.

[@gyula6516]

PhysicsPixel good job my dad did the same he had a coupe a RS2 and a RS6 but he sold both the coupe and the RS2 still hate it

[@valkyrieedit]

The 2017 is gorgeous. It is my dream car, of course with it including APR's Stage 3 tune on it once it is developed.

[@quentonmillstid850]

PhysicsPixel awful daily car!

[@griltig]

Did you get one eventually?

[@loou26]

Did you get one?

[@garrettklein8549]

I watched this video a million times before I flew out to Virginia and bought a Misano Red APR Stage 3 TTRS. Best 9 hr drive back ever

[@dollahdollah]

i always come back to rewatch this video here and there. =D

[@jesusmedina4021]

Me to mate i have an audi urs4 same silver one they showed in the shop

[@DrStrange1000]

Wow! Me too.

[@mrrailgun6440]

The TTRS was my dream car in college, and still is.

[@calebparker50]

I live about 2 minutes from this place. APR R8 that drives through town is crazy awesome.

[@KineticR]

I am an older person who occassionally watches fast cars tested & eval'd & never having driven anything fast, I sometimes get excited, imagining myself in one. But this little (I have seen them) car, with this power & sweet sound, may be better than the manly Mustang 302 sound, does have me excited. I like the guy from APR talking quality. I want 1.

[@vivalaphill]

2.8 sec to 100 not bad.

[@antoniostefangabriel9829]

you can do it even better.

[@InTTruder]

I took delivery of my APR Stage 2 + RSC Audi TT RS just a few weeks back. Incredible! With their racing program, APR are building data, reliability, and performance into a great package!

[@TheSmokingTire]

We drove the RennTech CLS63 stage 2 and HOLY SHIT is it good. My list of priorities for a luxury car now include "Must be able to do rolling burnouts at 60 mph"

[@CrossWindsPat]

I love it too Matt! The new TT looks great and 600HP is exactly what the doctor ordered!

[@TheSmokingTire]

As this is a prototype kit, pricing hasn't been announced yet, which is why we didn't say it. Based on recent information, it's going to be "give or take" $10,000 for the upgrade, which is a hell of a bargain if you ask me.

[@Zwikster]

I have a MK1 Audi TT Quattro with the 6 speed with the stage 1 APR upgrade. Ive had if for a year and its been awesome. Drove halfway across Canada last summer and no problems! Pretty fun fast used car for a pretty good price nowadays. I watch this review once a week and dream of owning one of these newer TTs with that stage 3 APR upgrade! Thanks Matt and The Smoking Tire for these amazing inspiring videos! Drive On!

[@realtywithseankemp9704]

the new ones look so brute. I would actually buy one

[@realtywithseankemp9704]

Maybe...if my amg broke....if amg started producing shitty cars, or if the M3s stopped driving like they are on tracks

[@JimmyPtheman]

The Audi TT RS is an amazing car. Test drove one recently, amazing drive and easy!!!

[@jordanthompson1211]

This thing would be an absolute sleeper!

[@KING0SISQO]

You can’t make an Audi badge a sleeper especially when the badge says “R.S.”

[@MrLorenczo]

@@KING0SISQO Well if you make it "Lambo killer", you might call it kinda sleeper"ish

[@TheSmokingTire]

it will, for a while. APR recommends (and sells) a clutch upgrade if you plan on launching the car at all.

[@cavemandan543210]

Corvettes should always come in 'nutsack red'.

[@jesusmedina4021]

I always dreamed of a shop that wud specialize on audi performance now i know it exists and thank you APR FOR HAVING SAME PASSION FOR AUDIS AS WE AUDI FANS DO

[@TheSmokingTire]

Here's the test: using only this video as evidence, prove the time, date, location, and exact speed I was going. If you can't do that, neither can the cops. We film in a certain way specifically to get around certain things. But at the end of the day I still have a ton of tickets and my insurance rates are insane.

[@Ajallday1010]

I love how everything looks so uniform under the hood

[@ZachATL]

Practical R8?

[@ireallylovegod]

but faster :)

[@SURO90]

Fred Bloggs It‘s not faster stock vs. stock and neither is it tuned vs. tuned. If anything it is a budget R8.

[@mikesmith5375]

This car just is flying, like MACH 5 at 2.8 seconds, WOW! at 5 seconds you are enjoying the road, 4 seconds just unbelievable to be in the car without loosing CONTROL! 2.8 seconds NOT sliding, crashing well:) DONT forget UNITRONIC tunes for FORD, CHEVY, all others and local too in most big cities stage 3 is offered!

[@hitmanhite]

8:13 on says it all, owned VWs and Audi's my whole life. Love these things. Maintain and stick with APR, you will love life and not have to drive a Mustang with Chrome plated switches, 😆

[@TexanApollyon]

I might be picking up a used one of these. I really appreciate this video, thanks man

[@nightarrow7473]

Man the video Editor of this video is PROFESSIONAL

[@Briggsian]

That strip decal APR has added to the car looks nice. Very tastefully done.

[@parptarf]

When I heard the TTRS didn't have Quattro but haldex I died a little inside.

[@Markanaldo]

still 4wd? iv got an s3 and its brill

[@parptarf]

Markanaldo I don't doubt for a second that it's brilliant. But this(And the S3) deserves a constant 40/60 rear-bias Quattro system, I think all Audis do. No haldex, no FWD, just Quattro.

[@MegaSavay]

parptarf so the R8 doesn`t have a quattro either?! that one uses an totally "oldschool" visco clutch (you know...the awd system that was used in the VW Golf 2 Synchro and T3 Syncro e.g. back in the 80s and early 90s ;) ) ...with a torsen system it wouldn`t have been as RWD biased as it is btw. "quattro" is just a brand...it doesn`t really say anything relevant about the tech underneath it. even during the 80s when they started that brand it was used for relatively different AWD systems over the years. i think the haldex system works really well...i own an 3.2L TT (8J) and it drives absolutely great! the only "disadvantage" (if really you want to call it that way) is that without software mods on the haldex system and fiddling with the overall balancing you can`t power-oversteer the car on dry roads. though you can easly do that on snow, gravel and also to a certain degree on wet roads. on the other hands...besides doing donuts, continuously drifting an torsen-quattro isn`t all that easy on _dry_ roads too...you need to tune the shit out of the car and even then it isn`t as fluid as in an RWD. ;) PS the 40/60whatever bias of an torsen system is by no means _constant_! in fact it wouldn`t make sense if it`d be that way. :-P

[@parptarf]

But still, with all that writing you did. No haldex system, regardless how expensive the car is, isn't the same as the Quattro system that the old Audis had. That's sort of my point, I was hoping Audi put the old 40/60 RW bias into the car they put a straight five in.

[@parptarf]

Also another thing, I don't say the fwd bias haldex sucks, I've drivien it and it's great. But the 40/60 rear biased Quattro is just better.

[@pauljohnson724]

Love the stage 3 turbo kit on this car. im a huge fan of german cars and I have a turbo Audi TT RS. It is awesome.

[@LandSharkRES]

In a memory of Group B...

[@dyllondodd5091]

Man I live in Alabama about an hour from APR & I still couldnt believe it.

[@markej4801]

Thanks for this review. I know it's over 3 years old, but my TT is well over that, too ('08). Think I'll have to contact APR to see what good things might happen with the 3.2L engine. Hmmm...

[@mudslider20]

Mark Johnson Unfortunately not much, its a real struggle to get anything substantial out of the naturally aspirated cars. The 3.2 does sound nice with an exhaust though.

[@jjsorenavki7005]

+Mark Johnson ecu upgrade , intake an exhaust. however you can go to places that make custom turbo kits for any car dude same results

[@Pete762]

+Mark Johnson ECU,exhaust and filter will make a difference for you car but it would have made much bigger difference if it was turbocharged... But go for it :)

[@montystevens1949]

There is a company out of the UK named jdsautodesigns that make turbo kits for your model tt. The stage 4 is their top kit producing 650hp with 550 on the torque. Beware tho, it is extremely pricey! If I remember correctly, it's like 24k for the stage 4 and that's not including beefing up the clutch disc on the dsg or clutch assembly itself on the manual tranny. IMHO, you have to really love that particular car to spend that kind of money on it. In reality tho, it still beats spending 100k+ on a car with way less power/fun, minus the extreme luxuries and refinement.

[@Chaoutzu]

+Mark Johnson Just buy a TTRS and be very happy with what that 5 cylinder is capable of.

[@Chaoutzu]

That thing's exhaust note is soo nice.. Reminds me of the first time I test drove some mk4 R32 with an exhaust flap mod..

[@JoeJacksonGT3]

Wish I had 10k to put into my S4..

[@brod2504]

Jetta plus APR =bullet proof performance

[@zemekiel]

You talk about the clutch, but what about the gear box? Can it really handle that much power? And what would an Audi dealer say if you bring it in for a service?

[@ITsIMP0RT4NT]

What warranty?

[@nabeelmohi4Rings]

+zemekiel if youve gone so far as putting upgraded turbos and changing all the cooling in the car you shouldnt be worried about warranty. Pay to play.

[@adamcollingburn430]

+zemekiel The manual can't really, the 2nd/3rd syncros are rather weak and will often smash if you drive it have at increased power - need to have them superfinished/ converted to titanium

[@KujGaming]

Coming back to this old video to see more 5 cylinder content. That silver urS4 is gorgeous! When are you guys going to have an urS on the channel?

[@2159money]

i freaking wish i was rich after watching this. wow

[@993ts]

You probably wish you were rich every day.

[@pavettto]

Or just move to America, that car is cheap there. In Europe on the other hand...

[@993ts]

That's a $60,000 car in America plus whatever the stage 3 upgrade costs.

[@pavettto]

Joey Kissinger As I said, cars are cheap in America. Audi TTRS is about 120 000 dollars in EU and that's just the base model plus whatever the stage 3 upgrade costs...

[@993ts]

pavettto still not exactly cheap

[@C4Lust]

APR develops everything themselves. This is why I believe they offer good value. Sure, there are other parts that can be had for cheaper but the quality of the APR (and certainly Stasis as their's is warrantied) is what makes them well priced. You can mod cheap or you can mod well, rarely can you do both.

[@ipwndrums]

lmaooo I died at "nutsack red"

[@conniekai]

I live in New Zealand and South Africa, and there are dealers in both of this countries. I don't work for APR, but most of the VW and Audi drivers would recommend APR mod because its very reliable and safe.

[@durty337]

APR!!! I'm a stage 3+ owner... brings a smile to my face allllllllll the time

[@QuintenBuyckx]

German cars al the way

[@EDKsurly]

I just got a new S4. I love this thing!!!! Not going to tune it for a while though.

[@vivalaphill]

the most famous audi tuner is ABT or MTM

[@if6was929]

What are you basing that on?

[@vivalaphill]

if6was929 the amount of guys having stickers on the back of their audis ^^ very scientific, i know

[@if6was929]

LOL! Anecdotal evidence is the source for most opinions (based on my observation, which is...you guessed it - anecdotal evidence!)! All joking aside, APR is US based and MTM is European so their popularity is regional.

[@vivalaphill]

true words..

[@vivalaphill]

im from EU so thats seems right for me

[@djchris8520]

After reading previous reviews about this car,I'm speechless. That's why I like this guy.he.knows everything. Looks like I need to safe my pennies

[@Tommy-yx8ch]

57.000usd is the price in the us??

[@WhoTfIsMark]

Yup.

[@pavettto]

TheVman551 Cheap as butter.

[@Rudenbehr]

Tommy G We don't use periods, we use commas. It's $40,000 I believe actually.

[@AestheticMedia]

***** In your dreams its 40k$ new..

[@markej4801]

Tommy G I think that's for the base TT. Once the TTRS is available, it's actually more like $80K++. Great cars, but you have to REALLY want it.

[@TheSmokingTire]

We won't be filming with Underground. When scheduling filming for this season, they did not make it a priority to return our calls, so we did not make it a priority to give free publicity to their company and their cars. We filmed a Heffner TT Gallardo instead, which makes sense, since he did a TT kit in the Gallardo 2 years before UGR did anyway.

[@onixxx1984]

Haldex slows the car, with a proper quattro transfer case it would launch faster. I can`t tell how much I hate haldex, I drove sti`s, evos, I own an X, and a proper awd system can make a car handle better and be more forgiving for mistakes, but a haldex is just a load of horseshit compared to these.

[@mrjdgibbs]

Nagy Szilard I don't think the Haldex slows it down in a straight line. It just means it handles more like a fwd car.

[@370zAlex]

I couldn´t really grasp that fact either. I would have seen it at a mid to low 3. Under 3 is absolutely phenomenal! And you just have to love that 5-cylinder engine!

[@seahorsecaptain1019]

Just think! It would have been even faster if he wasn't so fat. Amazing!

[@eastjack]

Great video. I was a huge fan of Hans Stuck and Walter Rohrl in the IMSA GTO and Trans Am 5-cylinder quattros back in the day. My TT RS is set to arrive next month. Anyway, one correction -- on the Audi USA website, if you type haldex into the search box you get a link to a glossary entry that says "it is able to transmit as much as 100 percent of the forces to one of the two axles."

[@Will3ist]

Too bad Audi put the engine in a fucking hairdressers car, it should be in A4/A6 chassis.

[@Will3ist]

***** That is no more than a toy with almost zero cargospace, the A4/A6 are usable...

[@adamcollingburn430]

William Dieke You've obviously never been in a TT - enough 'cargospace' to fit a large mountain bike. And as I say to every other moron who calls its a hairdresser's car... You car is obviously a lot shitter and slower than a hairdressers car then.

[@trossk]

Adam Collingburn i agree. I have a tt and i drive bulldozers for work. Ill see their crappy cars in my rearviews

[@brianniven3444]

No cargospace? I fitted a dismantled greenhouse in the back of my mk1 TT coupe. :-) you could probably sleep in it.

[@MrCarpetHead2010]

brian niven LOL I've slept in mine, and I wasn't alone ;)

[@TheSmokingTire]

it probably isn't. But the fact that the little Audi can run the kind of numbers normally reserved for a 911 Turbo with a bolt-on kit that costs around $10,000 is very impressive.

[@DJSETEMOFF]

I have stage 1 APR on my volkswagen, it's literally upped it 60 hp and about 100 tq just from a ecu upgrade, absolutely amazing. better milage (as long as you don't punch it) and it's still as reliable as the day I bought the car. I recommend APR to any audi/volkswagen owner.

[@TheSmokingTire]

I doubt it would take more than a few days to install the parts, or they could ship them to a local tuner shop to do the install work if you didn't feel like going to Alabama.

[@TheSmokingTire]

@sawyerbobby Several cars employ this system, but usually 6 or 8 cylinder cars. This car has a single turbo

[@BlackOps023]

I drove one of these today with the apr tune 420hp 430 Torque. Awesome car for the money! Very fun car to drive :)

[@PastelitoPapi]

I've been living in Opelika for the last 9 months and just realized APR is here

[@TheSmokingTire]

Like i said, it was on a stock clutch because they haven't installed the new, upgraded on yet, as this is a prototype vehicle. There's hard and then there's "sidestep it from redline" hard. I released the clutch from about 4,000 RPM, which is as abusive as I was willing to get with a borrowed car.

[@SofaKingTouge]

we have really been going back and forth. so many cool cars. but i think me and my wife have decided on the 2017 tt rs. gonna go nuts, get a custom color and do the European delivery. just have a ton of fun with it.

[@gabrielflores1149]

OutlawUniverse lol are you still waiting?

[@Bertoffski86]

Good review. Your spot on with the low end lag of the I5, same issue with my AAN running 26 pounds through the stock turbo,,, but when it goes, it goes :D So good to hear the 20v rumble again!

[@trick384]

I'm still trying to get over the 0-60 time of this car. Am I the only one that is blown away

[@PzPicklez1]

OMG I've seen that blue Audi WAGEN 00:07 near me in Mobile, AL. Makes me happy to see fellow APR enthusiast around. I don't see it to often. I must meet this mystery WAGEN man.

[@jesusmedina4021]

I love how APR IS inspired by the 5cyl and loves this engine cus thats wat got me into audis asswell i love those audi 80s rally days with the S1 quattro

[@jesterokjones4954]

Man, I know this video is old, but GD! This thing sounds nasty! I've liked the TT since it came out, I drove the very first one at a dealership in our tri-state area, it was the 180hp 1.8 turbo and it was fairly impressive, I've respected them since then. I ended up with a S2000 after also driving the IS300.

[@TheSmokingTire]

@jackweisenburger It's called taking care of the stock clutch I was asked to take care of

[@mikesmith5375]

Wait until you see the next generation shortly! WOW and interior even BETTER in the USA!

[@CoolCarlos310]

Damn love that this TT-RS is all wheel drive

[@sounddd]

Being an audi owner this makes me so happy haha, even though I don't have an APR tune I do have APR products! They are great, but for my car (b7 a4) the tune just wasn't aggressive enough :D

[@Bigejc2009]

03:04 - my curent favourite moment in any drive video so far, when this turbo spols up and peels the tarmac, lol. Love it!!!

[@shaunald]

Loving my APR tuned S4. Huge fan

[@ghostofChrist]

this guy is incredibly entertaining

[@TheSmokingTire]

yeah we just finished our east coast filming trip in that thing.

[@mccwho]

I was one of the lucky people that actually got to daily drive the homogenization 1985 Audi Sport Quarto cars, Charcoal Gray. IT was an out of the world experience, faster and handled better then my 911 of that same year. I miss that car so bad, should have kept it, there worth a fortune now. Have been somewhat disappointed in Audi's over the years this is the first time I am considering my new car to be the TT RS. :-)

[@deanjet]

Great show Matt!

[@coppersv1000]

APR rocks!! thanks for doing this episode! hope to see something on an APR stage 3+ gti!!!!

[@agapewatkins]

i love their tunes on my s4 avant and my allaroad... cant wait to do more

[@djb1607]

It was 18 years ago (from 2012) not 8 years the last S4 with a 5 cylinder turbo was in the U.S. If you want to be really specific the last Audi with a 5 cylinder turbo was the S6 in 1995 and some where sold in 1996 as 1995s.

[@Rudenbehr]

I'm getting this car for my 16th birthday. Is it any good? I think I'll get the older model with the motorized spoiler. So cool!

[@TheJOELcam]

I love APR so much... talk about dream job.

[@OCX600RR]

235hp / 275lb-ft is what could have been! I felt the pain inside me when I read your post!

[@sexy350Zowner]

Since it's a 5 cylinder, it souds a little bit like a viper v10, I love that!

[@TheSmokingTire]

Titan Supra will be in a few weeks, we filmed it last Wednesday.

[@booksak]

Those roads really fit the TTRS

[@huntsmd]

I can understand that, hell I even used to think like that. But you would be surprised how much more people listen and believe you when you can spell and punctuate. Again, knowing that english is not your first language, you have my respect. And you are right... 2.8 seconds 0-60 in just under 600hp is hard to believe, even though the car is AWD. I'd believe like a 3.2-3.3, seeing as the car isn't stripped out or anything like that.

[@TheSmokingTire]

I mean, I went wide open quite a few times with traction control off, and never got any wheelspin at all. If you are building a full race car, you go flat out every time. If you drive like an asshole, you go flat out every time. In either of those circumstances you have to be prepared to break stuff. But this is a daily driver / fun weekend car. If you drive it as such, I don't see anything being too over stressed. Just don't drive the car like you hate it.

[@dannymcewen7008]

Hey Matt love the smoking tire!! How was the pull and power of the stage 3 kit? Compared to 458, mclaren, zo6, hell cat, viper? I know turbo spool is diff than them but how does it compare as far as the pull, can it compete against them ? Thanks!!

[@EDIAutoChannel]

Love how hes straight up and not cocky about his vette and hes honest that it will eat his big boy toy.. Awesome most guys will totally bull shit about that cause their heads too far up their ass.. Right on man APR #1 champ.

[@Shane_Raw]

I never liked the earlier Audi TT's mainly because of the design, but I love the design of the TTRS!

[@3O2MuStAnG]

Most badass engine of all time

[@TheMagicalBikeCrew]

BECAUSE HE'S A CAR GUY, and we can level with him. He's one of the best presenters online to me, because he is JUST a normal guy. We aren't going to be able to handle a car like Nedell, so we can't take his driving impressions completely seriously.

[@nbrigdan]

If that's only Stage 3 turbo system... then the Stage 3+ system must be INSANE!!!! :)

[@StingerFSX]

A man of my own beliefs... Deeply appreciate it...

[@amgheaven9831]

their website is actually really well built

[@grahamek86]

The TT-RS uses the Gen4 Haldex (Golf R20/RS3 as well) and can send up to 90% to the rear, not only 50%.

[@Zwikster]

We can ALL relate to THAT!! You guys should do a LASER JAMMER / RADAR DETECTOR episode!! Whaddaya think? Good Idea??? Good Idea??? I know Alex Roy has talked about detectors and his famous M5, but how about a whole episode?? Tips..pros/cons..etc?? DO IT!!! DO IT!!

[@anonymzs]

such an epic ending to a dope video

[@MuNCiieZ]

That Exhaust >>>>>