The Audi TT bows out after the 2023 mannequin 12 months, and Audi is celebrating the sports activities automotive’s run with the TT Roadster Last 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 alternative is deliberate, although it will likely be an electrical automobile, and never essentially sit in the identical phase 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 Last 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 might characteristic on Audi autos for the subsequent 20 years (and even additional when you rely the NSU mannequin). TTs additionally have been first to characteristic 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 Last Version

As a nod to that first era, the TT Roadster Last Version is completed in a paint often known as Goodwood Inexperienced, which was final supplied 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 Last Version is powered by the TT’s customary 2.0-liter turbo-4 which is rated at 228 hp. The engine is mated to a 7-speed dual-clutch computerized transmission and all-wheel-drive system as customary. The mix will see the automotive dash from 0-60 mph in 5.5 seconds, in line with Audi.

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

Patrons can nonetheless buy the TT and TTS for the 2023 mannequin 12 months, although the hardcore TT RS was discontinued final 12 months. It bowed out with the 2022 TT RS Heritage Version.