Interesting if they really do end up positioning the R4 below the TT. I wonder if that indicates a move up a bit for the TT, or if the R4 will really be much more basic than most people were thinking before.

My gut says that is to leave room. Wolfgang Egger pointed out to me that the Detroit e-tron is essentially the same footprint as a Polo. It'd be hard to produce that 'above TT'. AND, Michael Dick has regularly pointed out that the "R8 needs a little brother" and that "there's room between TT and R8 (for such a car)". My guess is that this thing gets renamed R3 by the time it comes to market. That it's an evolution of MQB (basically a mid-engine version of the transverse architecture) this or R1 since A1 will go to MQB in second gen makes most sense within the naming structure. R4 or any number above up to 8 should likely be reserved for a mid-engine longitudinal setup and the next-gen Boxster/Cayman have yet to be defined. You see where I'm going with this....