Final Audi TT rolls off the line

The final Audi TT has rolled off the assembly line at the German car-maker’s Gyor factory in Hungary, marking the end of production for the compact sports coupe and roadster after more than a quarter of a century of production over three generations.

To celebrate the milestone, Audi Germany this week posted images of the last ever Audi TT coupe produced, flanked by coupes and roadsters from the first and second generation, following the release of swansong Audi TT Final Edition and Audi TT RS Iconic Edition specials in Europe over the past 12 months.

However, a similar Audi TT farewell edition will also be released Down Under, where the standard TT Coupe, TT S Coupe and TT RS Coupe all remain available – for now.

Details are yet to be announced, but Audi Australia product planning chief Matt Dale told carsales the local “end of lifecycle model” would be called the Competition Edition and based on the existing Audi TT 45 TFSI (priced from $84,000 in standard trim), equipped with a 180kW/370Nm 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine and all-wheel drive.

Unique features for the 2023 Audi TT Competition Edition are yet to be announced, but it will come standard with the S line competition plus package comprising black 20-inch Audi Sport alloy wheels, black exterior highlights, black decals, sport front seats with four-way lumbar, extended aluminium interior finishes and a leather package.

“The TT is a very iconic car for the brand, not just globally but in Australia as well, so we had that [a TT send-off special] in the plan to give it its rightful send-off in the Australian market, so we’ve got an S line Competition Edition that we’ve put together.

“It looks like a TT RS but it’s a 2.0 litre TFSI quattro. It still hones in on the overall iconic concept of being a very short wheelbase and dynamic, but it’s got the looks of a TT RS. Our customers will benefit from that look and feel on that special-edition, which we’ve done to rightfully send it off.”

The Gyor plant has produced an incredible 662,762 Audi TTs over the 25 years it has been in production, between February 1998 and November 2023.

The final example is a 235kW Audi TT S quattro finished in Chronos Grey Metallic paint with dark chrome accents, riding on 20-inch alloy wheels and featuring a sombre dark-chrome four-ring Audi bonnet emblem.

First introduced in Europe in 1998, the Audi TT has spanned three generations over 25 years, with the latest incarnation introduced way back in 2014.

Instead of being directly replaced, the TT will evolve into a sporty all-electric SUV, potentially previewed by the coupe-style Audi Activesphere crossover concept.

Audi Australia managing director Jeff Mannering confirmed the TT will “morph into another vehicle” and Dale indicated its replacement would ride on the same Volkswagen Group Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture that underpins the Audi A6 e-tron, Audi Q6 e-tron, Porsche Macan EV and, perhaps, the electric Porsche 718 Boxster/Cayman twins.

“We’ve got all new platforms coming through,” he said. “PPE is a very interesting one – Q6 is based on that. They have that asset globally. So that platform is very dynamic and what that amalgamates into… there’s a breadth of models that can be developed on that platform.”

Co-developed with Porsche for larger EVs unsuitable for the VW Group’s MEB platform, PPE shares two-thirds of its components with the MLB Evo platform, can accommodate rear- and all-wheel drive vehicles with power outputs of up to 450kW and incorporates an 800-volt electrical architecture and two 400V battery banks, allowing for DC fast-charging at up to 270kW and a WLTP range of up to 700km.

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