How FAST is the 2020 Audi TTRS? | Standing 1/2 Mile Acceleration Review

Sam, Sometimes you get a car so good you have to review it twice. So this is the 2020 Audi TTRS in Mythos Black Metallic. It's got the legendary 2.5 liter, five cylinder turbo. We already know how much potential it has because, well, we reviewed a stage 2 TTRS a little while back. Luckily though, today we have a bone stock version. In its unmodified form, the car makes a healthy 394 brake horsepower and 354 pounds of torque. But don't let those numbers and that bubbly body delude you. Even though we're living in the middle of a horsepower war, this car is still plenty quick. They claim a 0.60mph time of 3.6 seconds in an 11 second quarter. But of course, we still want to see the real world acceleration for ourselves. And that's exactly what we're going to do today. In our usual fashion, we're going to run it down our 3500 foot long airstrip for the standing half mile, as well as some of our other popular racing metrics. But before we begin, I do want to talk about the car just a little bit more. The first TTRS I reviewed was a 2018. But for the 2019 model year, there were a few subtle changes, mainly cosmetic. Bigger air intake scoops, a slightly redesigned front bumper, a more aggressive fixed rear spoiler, and some bits and pieces in the cabin. All these little things do help to make the car just a little bit more masculine. But I do stand by what I said the first time around, and it's that the overall shape of the vehicle is just a little bit on the effeminate side. Not necessarily a bad thing, just more cute than aggressive. Anyway, the TTR starts at just over $67,000. But honestly, the way you'd be optioned, you're probably closer to 75. This particular car is 77. Now, because this is an RS model, you're going to be going up against some pretty stiff competition. I'm talking mainly about the BMW M2 Comp. Regardless, this car puts down pretty impressive stats for something claiming to have less than 400 horsepower. And I think that's because it's relatively light for a sports car in this day and age. This listed curb weight is just a hair over £3,300. And even if you believe the horsepower claims the 394, you're looking at a power to weight ratio of roughly 8.4 to 1. That makes it more aggressive than the BMW M2's 8.91. And it's actually much closer to an M3 or M4. So without further ado, let's find out how fast this TT RS is. Sam. So we actually learned quite a lot about Audi's five cylinder RS engine in stock form during our performance test of the airstrip. The first thing is that it's really really picky with fuel. Even more so than my C7Z06 which demanded pretty much the best 93 octane or else it would start to pull timing. In our case we had some Exxon 93 in the car the first time around and it wasn't winter blend or anything like that because because it's frickin July right now and it's hot as balls. But anyway the times were just complete garbage. It actually ended up being slower than my wife's X6 M50. So then I thought this can't be right even after doing our DA correction. So I then connected with the owner Kyle and went about doing some more data logging. Eventually we found that the car needed just a bit more ethanol to raise the octane to about 95 octane, or in our case adding roughly an E20 mixture 93. That was the only way we were able to get close to the times that were claimed by Audi and the magazines. Apparently this is an issue across the board with both RS3s and TT RSS a little bit silly but not completely obscene I guess because they're pushing quite a lot of power out of only 2.5 liters. The second thing is that the car is actually faster when you shift the gears manually with the paddles. That's only odd because the first time around when we tested the stage 2 TTRS Sport Automotive faster. But that's also probably because the tune optimized the shift points. Anyway, just so you know, you can beat the computer in a stock ttrs by about 2/10 of a second if you shift yourself and those will be the times that we show in a bit. The last thing we learned is that the car is pretty damn quick stock. But you probably already guessed that. In the beginning of the video I talked about how it should be competing with an M2 competition and honestly it looks like it would have been a really good fight if we put them head to head. Let's take a look. Lets start with our in house 40 100. The stock TT RS ran that in 6.65 seconds which is almost identical to the M2 competition here. But we made this metric for easygoing highway punches or slower cars, so it's not the best measure of speed. Things get a little bit more interesting with the 6013 where the TT RS pulls ahead with an 11.58 second time which is a good 4/10 faster than the M2 comp and frankly it's in some pretty healthy company. Next up we have the half mile which is where the big kits and here trap speed is what matters. The ttr sitting in 141.77mph which is pretty damn quick and that means it's got a lot of top end for a small displacement car with all wheel drive. We don't have data for the M2 comp here because we weren't as thorough with our testing back then. Keep in mind that these times are with the E20 93 mix, so it's as good as it gets. You don't want to see the ones on straight 93 because it's pretty embarrassing. Anyway, let's move on. The quarter mile happened at 11.76 at a little bit over 117 miles per hour which is right on par with car and driver's time, so I feel comfortable with that. Interesting that the ET is identical to the 718 GT4. The Porsche definitely has more top end though. Real Life Zero60 happened in 3.61 and keep in mind that we don't do the one foot rollout, so it's about a few times slower than magazine time, but it's cool that it's among some of the fastest cars we've tested. 060 so far. Real life 0100 is the same story, no one foot rollout, but it's still hella fast at 8.76. Hard to beat these all wheel drive cars and their perfect launches up to 100 miles per hour. If you want to see a more detailed analysis of the data or see the whole fast list, check out a link in the description below. I know that the TTRS is a few years old now, but I really just wanted to see the capabilities for myself. Moral of the story is the TTRS is still a crazy performance value. You can get them for around 6570 grand on the used market as of today, but even new it's still holding its own. Once you start throwing mods on the car though, that's where it really shines because I think a stage 2 car actually dusts my old C7Z06 from a standstill and maybe from a roll to 130. Only one way to find out, but unfortunately we can't because I sold my old car hope you all enjoyed this video and I'll catch you on the next one. Hey guys, if you liked this video, help your brother out by giving it a thumbs up. If you have any questions or if I said something weird, let me know in the comments below. You can also support the channel by sharing our stuff or maybe shop in the merch store. And if this is your first time here, don't forget to check out some of my other stuff. I produce all sorts of cool cinematic car content, so if that's your jam, hit that subscribe button and ring that bell. Icon for new episodes every week. Thanks for watching.