Audi TT-S news - TT-S for steep - 2008

Prices are out on the hottest Audi TT ever - the 268bhp TT-S, and as you'd guess, it's no steal.

We brought you all the details on the lower, harder TT just before Christmas, and today Audi has opened the order book, with prices starting at £33,380 for the coupe.

That puts it on the steep side of a three-litre BMW Z4, and that's before you've specced the S-tronic flappy-paddle gearbox, which'll take you beyond 35 grand.

Fancy the convertible? That'll be two grand over the coupe, sir.

Steep stuff, but don't forget that the TT-S will be quick enough to eat the Cayman S or Boxster S from the lights. It's a fight we look forward to staging later this year.