This is the end of the TT, and Audi is giving it a proper send off with a Final Edition. The Audi TT Final Edition has exclusive interior and exterior features and is available as a coupe or roadster. It will be priced from £41,910 ($50,000), and customer deliveries will begin in April, but only in the United Kingdom.
The TT made its worldwide debut at the 1995 Frankfurt Motor Show as a prototype and, three years later, it was in production. In the ensuing 25 years, the TT has been a stalwart of the Audi brand but, after a quarter century, sales have begun to drop and the next incarnation of the TT will be an EV.
“Few models have lasted the test of time as well as the Audi TT,” says Andrew Doyle, Director Audi UK. “The crisp, Bauhaus-inspired lines of the sports coupé look as fresh today as they did back in 1998 and to mark the model’s incredible success here in the UK our Final Edition combines everything our customers love about this iconic model.”
The TT Final Edition is available in Tango Red, Glacier White and Chronos Grey metallic with the exterior featuring a black styling pack with black Audi rings and badging, black door mirrors, black tailpipes and fixed rear spoiler (also finished in black, naturally). Further exclusive appointments on the TT Final Edition include 20-inch five-spoke Y-style, matte grey diamond-cut alloy wheels with red brake calipers. Roadsters have rollover bars and a wind diffuser finished in black.
The exclusivity extends to the cabin, with an Alcantara steering wheel with red stitching and 12 o’clock marker, plus Tango red inserts on the seats, air vents and center console (coupé only). Alcantara-trimmed seats with decorative red stitching and red piping on the floor mat add further accents to the interior of the TT Final Edition.
I am a fan of the Audi TT and it’s on my automotive bucket list of cars I want to own in my lifetime. It’s had a helluva run in the last 25 years, with a simple design that never looked dated. While I’m not sad that the TT’s reign is over, I’m glad it happened.
Never drove one but loved the look. Another 2 door car bites the dust.