Ta Ta for now: Audi TT bows out with Final Edition pricing confirmed for Australia after almost a quarter century on sale

Audi Australia has confirmed local pricing and specifications for the “strictly limited” swansong of its two-door sports car, the Audi TT.

Dubbed the Audi TT 45TFSI quattro Final Edition, the limited variant of the two-door is available now priced at $88,479 before on-road costs.

It runs the 180kW 45TFSI’s 180kW/370Nm turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, driving all four wheels and promising a 0-100km/h sprint in just 5.1 seconds.

Outside, a black styling pack adorns the model which comes in either Turbo blue, Glacier white metallic, Chronos grey metallic and Tango red metallic, and includes a rear wing and 19-inch wheels, also in black.

Inside, the TT “pays homage to the original TT design ethos with its minimalist layout”, according to Audi, while conversely also including a “wealth of additional comfort features”.

Black or blue stitching for its Nappa leather seats, red if you choose Slate grey as the interior, ambient lighting, brushed aluminium, and an eight-speaker sound system are included.

Director of Audi Australia Jeff Mannering has farewelled the coupe as a ‘modern classic’ and a ‘game-changer’.

The limited variant of the two-door is available now priced at $88,479 before on-road costs.

“Instantly recognisable, the Audi TT rightly enjoys its place as a modern classic,” says Mannering. 

“From the original concept car in 1995, through three generations and various specialist iterations over the years, it has struck a chord with customers and critics alike right around the world.

“Boasting all of the elements that have endeared the TT to a legion of customers over its 25-year production, the TT Final Edition is a fitting way to farewell this automotive icon. 

“It has all of the style of the original at its core, coupled with impressive performance and a high level of specification as befits this limited-edition release.”

The TT features red stitching for its Nappa leather seats if you choose Slate grey as the interior.

Locally, like many European sports cars, the Audi TT sold in relatively small numbers, often less than 200 annually, though spiked to a few hundred for a couple of years in the mid-2010s when the most recent generation saw its first full-year on sale in 2015.

In 1999, the TT’s first year on sale, a total of 399 were sold in Australia. 

The TT name is derived from the NSU Prinz TT - there was later a TTS - a two-door sports coupe built by German manufacturer NSU Motorenwerke, which merged with Auto Union to become Audi.