Audi to build extreme TT Hardcore 414bhp concept is set to go into production with a Club Sport badge; 0-62mph in 3.7sec

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The new Audi TT was joined at its launch in Geneva by a hardcore Quattro Sport concept variant. This version is an "extreme driving machine" that is set to make production as a range-topping Club Sport variant. Ulrich Hackenberg, Audi's chief technical officer, said: "We shall use it to achieve a new position for the TT, and also for racing. The car will be a track-focused Quattro GmbH product, but it will not be RS badged. It's designed as an affordable Club Sport version of the TT rather than something like a GT3 car." Audi's concept packs a 2.0-litre turbo engine that produces 414bhp and 332lb ft. This means that the engine - which features a forged crankshaft, newly developed turbocharger and gas-flowed cylinder head - produces 207bhp per litre, eclipsing the Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG's 178bhp per litre. "When I arrived at Audi, I asked the engineers for more power from the 2.0 TFSI engine," said Hackenberg.