With a focus on honing handling and suspension, the Audi TT and R8 Performance Parts kits mean fresh, but angrier faces for some of Audi’s top sports models.

As part of a ‘retrofit range’, the VW Group brand will launch aftermarket Performance Parts “in Germany and other markets for the current Audi R8 and Audi TT models only”, though it says additional model packs will follow over time.

The four main areas improved by the packs are suspension, exhaust, exterior fittings, and interior components.

AWD TTs also can be fitted with a rear axle cross-member reinforcement bar, which increases the car’s rigidity and improves handling.

TT RS owners can also increase their cars’ top speed to 280km/h.

Audi says the most “spectacular” items in the range are those of the aero kits, which Audi itself specifically wind tested and developed. This kit increases downforce on the R8 by over 100kg at 330km/h.

The carbon fiber-reinforced polymer parts are also available for the TT.

Audi Sport MD Stephan Winkelmann says the introduction of these aftermarket parts adds a new element to the Audi Sport brand.

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“With the Audi Sport Performance Parts, we are tapping into a new business segment,” says Winkelmann.

“Our wealth of experience garnered over many years of building sports cars is incorporated into every component we offer, along with our expertise from motor racing, which is still the best test bed for volume production.”