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Valuation · Audi · 8J · 2010-14
Audi TT RS quattro
2.5L turbo inline five · 250 kW / 450 Nm · 6sp manual/S tronic · AWD
CONSIDERRated within the $30k to $100k band · 71 of 94 at this money
Model value
$40,000
Must gain each year to break even
+11.9%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
51/100
Scored against the $30k to $100k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Thin
One to three recorded Australian sales
$40,000
$21,467 lowhigh $45,083
Modelled estimate
No recorded Australian sale stands behind this figure. Treat the level as indicative and the structure as the analysis.
Measured across this library, a value resting on a single Australian result runs high about six times in ten, by a median of five per cent.
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Put in the asking price and the odometer reading. You will see what this model should make at that reading.
Should make, typical example
$40,000
At about 120,000 km. Enter an asking price to compare.
Odometer only. Colour, options, history, condition and the photographs move it further, and that is what the report reads.
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Price history
Today $40,000 · modelled median at five years $33,275
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $27,064 to $39,486
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($21,467 to $45,083). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.
The verdict
A defensible case with reservations. Scores 51/100, ranking 71 of 94 in the $30k to $100k band. Scarcity is the strongest input, liquidity the weakest.
Running it costs about $5,250 a year (13.1% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $7,175 a year.
The model's five year median is $33,275, a -16.8% move, with the tenth percentile at $21,467.
Value calibrated to a thin record. Treat the level as provisional.
Evidence
Thin1 recorded sale
Off its peak
-26%
Value band
wide
No external evidence. A modelled estimate whose structure is more useful than its level.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$7,175 a year all in, -16.8% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$40,000
Recorded sales
Every recorded observation, and when
1 row on recordEvery row, with its price and note (1) ↓
Jul 2024Collecting Cars$32,251Sold
SOLD. 31 Jul 2024, Rowville VIC, 122,348km, MANUAL. 2011 AUSTRALIAN-DELIVERED car, Daytona Grey over black with the Recaro wingback seats, MagRide, sports exhaust. Wagner downpipe and intercooler, 034 fuel pump and intake, tuned to 254kW, DBA discs. Twelve dated entries from 5,452km at Audi Centre Sydney in May 2012; a gearbox leak repaired in 2023. At almost exactly this record's expected distance
1 completed Australian sale of 1 rows. Rows marked asking, no sale, or context are shown for honesty but do not count toward the evidence grade: an ask is not a transaction, a pass-in is a refusal, and a provenance or overseas result does not price the ordinary local car. The badge on every row is computed by the same rule as the grade, so the two cannot drift apart.
Score breakdown
Against the $30k to $100k band median
94 cars in band · ink tick marks the medianOwnership economics30% of total
47/100-8
Scarcity25% of total
66/100+13
Demand durability20% of total
54/100-12
Liquidity15% of total
28/100-24
Risk resilience10% of total
56/100+20
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 51/100. Medians are computed live from the 94 cars currently in the $30k to $100k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
47/100Baseline80 pts
− 13.1% of value a year to run-33 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)47 pts
Scarcity25% weight
66/100Baseline48 pts
+ Only around 700 estimated AU deliveries+12 pts
+ Five-cylinder turbo layout, a distinctive Audi RS signature+6 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)66 pts
Demand durability20% weight
54/100Baseline42 pts
+ Five-cylinder soundtrack and quattro grip have a dedicated following+12 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)54 pts
Liquidity15% weight
28/100Baseline20 pts
+ Niche market, 42 days on market+8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)28 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
56/100Baseline50 pts
+ EA855 five-cylinder well proven, timing chain needs monitoring+6 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)56 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.
What it costs to own · about 8,571 km a year
Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$5,250a year
Share of value per year
13.1%
Scheduled servicing$1,25024%
Tyres, annualised$95018%
Registration and CTP$80015%
Insurance$1,45028%
Sinking fund (failure table)$80015%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$41,600
Running costs × 5 years$26,250
Median exit, net of selling cost$31,975
All-in annualised over 5 years$7,175/yr
Share of value per year17.9%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
11.9%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
-3.6%a year
The projection falls 15.5 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$40,000
Stamp duty$1,600
Running costs x 5 years$26,250
Selling cost at exit, 3.3% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$70,129
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.
Specification
Engine2.5L turbo inline five
Power / torque250 kW / 450 Nm
0-100 km/h4.6 s
Transmission6sp manual/S tronic
DriveAWD
Kerb weight1,450 kg
Built worldwide25,000
Delivered to Australia700
Effective AU survivors500
Australian sales / year40
Typical days on market42 days
Launch price$138,900
What moves the price on this model
Colour hierarchy
Daytona Grey+4%
Misano Red+5%
Black-1%
Options
Manual over S tronic+8%
Matte paint editions+3%
Magnetic ride+1%
Odometer sensitivity±1.5% per 10,000 km vs 120,000 km
Applied on top of these
Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.
Projected value in five years
Projected value at five years
$33,275
-16.8% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $40,000.
Even odds it lands between $27,064 and $39,486.
$21,467 lowhigh $45,083
The shaded range is even money and 46% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A weaker five year outlook than 91% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: -$6,725 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $26,250.
Duty and expected selling costs: $2,900.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $35,875, or $7,175 a year.
The projected value fall is added to the running cost. Depreciation is the larger number here.
The case for and against
The case for
The five-cylinder turbo layout is a distinctive Audi RS signature and only around 700 examples are estimated to have reached Australia. Values have held steady since 2016 rather than declining, unusual for a car of this age and mileage profile.
The case against
It is a niche market at 42 days on market, and quattro five-cylinder servicing costs more than a comparable four-cylinder hatch. It has never developed the same collector momentum as its RS3 successor despite arguably stronger character.
Known faults and risks
Risk 1Timing chain wear on early examples
Risk 2Carbon buildup on intake valves
Risk 3S tronic mechatronic service history
Timing chain kit$1,800
Intake valve carbon clean$700
S tronic service$850
Similar cars, and what they cost to run
Evidence behind this valueThin · 1 recorded sale
Carried value
$40,000
Historical price
2016 · $46,0002026 · $40,000
Thin
No external evidence. A modelled estimate whose structure is more useful than its level.
One Australian result and it landed a long way under this record
A 2011 TT RS manual with 122,348 kilometres made $32,251 at Rowville, Victoria in July 2024 - almost exactly the 120,000 this record expects, and against a carried $55,000. The value moves to $40,000 rather than to $32,251: one result two years old cannot reset a record on its own, and the manual TT RS is the sought version.
Read the rest of the evidence notes (1 more)
But the gap is too large to ignore
And a second Australian result is the most useful thing that could be added here. SOURCING: aggregator-surfaced results, unconfirmed against the auction house, the weakest evidence grade here.
This page prices the model.
The report prices the car in the advertisement.
The report prices the car in the advertisement.
Send the link. A person reads the advertisement and its photographs and sends back what that Audi TT RS quattro is worth, what to offer and when to walk away, with five years of costs at the distance you drive.
The evidence on this model is thin and the report says so on its cover. Read a complete one on a real car first. Seventeen sections, no account, nothing to pay.
This model, today$40,000
Half of sales are further out than$4,472
The report$249
18×
the price of the report: what half of real sales of this model sit further from this page's number than, on this car
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