I caught a glimpse of this particular screaming Solar Orange TTS out in the canyons of Malibu a couple of months back and immediately made the request to get my mitts on her. The S-Line body kit , fat 19 inch alloys and an inch or so of drop combined with the aforementioned arrest-me orange paint really make for the ultimate TT in the looks department. It’s backed up by bespoke engine internals in the VW/Audi corporate do-it-all 2 liter four pumped up with more boost from a new turbo, a free flowing throaty exhaust, and an ECU remap. Tweaked and switcheable sport suspension mated to an S-Tronic double-clutch automanual round out the package. A premium package, navigation and silky (Audi’s term not mine) nappa leather bump the $45.5k base price into the low 50s—seemingly big money for an AWD GTI in drag. But a couple of commutes and a school run already are making me think this, at least for the US, Uber TT could be worth the scratch. Look for further thoughts when the week is out.
