The Audi TT bows out after the 2023 mannequin yr, and Audi is celebrating the sports activities automotive’s run with the TT Roadster Closing Version which was revealed this week.

Simply 50 examples are deliberate, all of them for the U.S., and the worth begins at $68,895, together with a $1,095 vacation spot cost.

The TT’s demise was introduced way back to 2019. A substitute is deliberate, although it is going to be an electrical automobile, and never essentially sit in the identical section as earlier generations. It won’t even go by the TT title which was taken from the Isle of Man TT race, the place historic manufacturers NSU and DKW, which have been later folded into Audi, noticed a number of successes with their bikes. NSU additionally beforehand used the title for a sporty model of its Prinz coupe.

This makes the TT Roadster Closing Version a really particular automotive, because it marks the top of a run that dates again to the unique TT whose launch in 1998 launched the clear, Bauhaus-inspired design that may function on Audi automobiles for the subsequent twenty years (and even additional in the event you depend the NSU mannequin). TTs additionally have been first to function key new applied sciences for the model together with an electronically deployable rear spoiler, a digital gauge cluster, and OLED taillights.

2023 Audi TT Roadster Closing Version

As a nod to that first era, the TT Roadster Closing Version is completed in a paint often called Goodwood Inexperienced, which was final provided on the unique TT. The automotive combines that hue with a Palomino Brown leather-based inside that encompasses a trendy interpretation of the unique TT’s baseball sew sample. Different particulars embrace a grey convertible roof, 20-inch wheels, the S Line exterior sport package deal, and carbon-fiber accents for the cabin.

The TT Roadster Closing Version is powered by the TT’s normal 2.0-liter turbo-4 which is rated at 228 hp. The engine is mated to a 7-speed dual-clutch automated transmission and all-wheel-drive system as normal. The mix will see the automotive dash from 0-60 mph in 5.5 seconds, in keeping with Audi.

There are additionally some efficiency upgrades borrowed from the TTS coupe. These embrace sports activities seats, 10-mm decrease suspension with magnetic journey dampers, and 255/30-size summer season tires.

Patrons can nonetheless buy the TT and TTS for the 2023 mannequin yr, although the hardcore TT RS was discontinued final yr. It bowed out with the 2022 TT RS Heritage Version.