IT’S THE SERIOUSNESS OF IT THAT’S TAKEN me by surprise. It’s been about a decade since I last drove a TT RS and in my head I had it filed as ‘a posh TT’ – the one people choose if their pockets are deep enough and they want Audi’s smallest coupe with all the bells and whistles and an engine that sounds expensive.
So I hadn’t expected to firm ride – that has the car, and therefore its occupants, jiggling up and down in tune with every little imperfection of the road.