Audi TT MTM Bimoto

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Anyone who thought the previous generation
Audi TT was a bit, well, effeminate will need to
swallow their male pride as one has just hit
245mph.
OK, so this particular TT has benefited from a
couple of teeny-tiny revision by Audi tune-
meisters MTM, including a second engine where
the rear seats normally fit, six-point race
harnesses and a whacking great air intake on the
roof.
You might remember Jeremy test-driving it yonks
ago on TGTV, but MTM have been working on
the engines since then and getting closer to their
eventual aim - a speed of 250mph.
The pair of tuned 1.8-litre turbo engines each
gives 370bhp, helping the bimoto TT see off
0-62mph in 3.7 seconds. However, the MTM
engineers reckon each of the engines could be
uprated to 501bhp - giving a combined power
output of, yes, 1002bhp.
Scary, especially given MTM's admission that the
TT has a slight tendency to oversteer. Eep.
But forget handling: top speed is the TT's real
goal and the team behind the car, which includes
driver Florian Gruber who normally races in the
Porsche Carrera Cup series, is still aiming for
400kph, or 250mph.
The twin-engined TT will try to set the 250mph
marker at the Nardo track in Italy, which has a
massive banked circuit ideal for this sort of high
speed highjinks.
If the Bimoto TT takes your fancy, MTM says it's
planning to build a limited run of 10 cars. No
prices as yet, but given the TT's 600,000 Euro
development costs we fear it won't be cheap.
At least you'll never be accused of driving a
hairdresser's car.
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