Watch The Audi TT RS Give A Nissan GT-R A Serious Run For Its Money

It’s a tried and tested formula: want to prove a particular car is quick? Race it against a Nissan GT-R, and post the results on YouTube.

However, an Audi TT RS shouldn’t stand a chance against an R35 in a straight-line battle, should it? That’s what we thought, but it in this drag race from Top Gear, the pint-sized Audi initially gets the jump on the Nissan, and isn’t reeled in until much further down the runway.

The 3.26sec 0-60mph time clocked by the Nissan strikes us as a below-par performance for the V6-powered beast - for whatever reason, it just doesn’t look to have hooked up so well at the start. We don’t want to take anything away from the Audi’s mighty performance, though, and even with the GT-R more on-form, the little RS still wouldn’t have been far behind.