Category: Affordable Sports 
Price Range: £25,420 to £42,985
Explosive performance, all-wheel-drive traction, added visual menace, 2.5-litre engine's sound.
Not quite involving enough, concerns over stiff ride, awful rear spoiler, tasteless styling details.
Audi's baby R8 outguns all its rivals against the clock but ultimately misses out on the levels of engagement delivered by competitors.
Audi hasn't volunteered a TT for the Euro NCAP crash tests, but if it did four airbags, life-saving ESP and the added security of four-wheel drive in slippery conditions would all help it pass with flying colours.
The RS is fitted with a Thatcham approved Category 1 alarm and immobiliser as standard.
