The Audi TT Thread

At $8,995, Does This 2001 Audi TT Leave You Green With Envy?

This two-seat roadster offers modest miles, a stick shift, and enough green to make even the most jaded leprechaun jealous.

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice TT has metallic green paint, a green top, and a green leather interior. Let’s see how much of your green you might be willing to part with in order to buy it.

The responses to yesterday’s astonishingly clean 1979 Ford Fairmont Futura were all very interesting. Almost all the comments seemed in one way or another to laud the car’s mere existence while at the very same time not really showing much excitement for that existence. In light of that, it’s unsurprising that even less enthusiasm was mustered for the car’s $13,500 asking price. That generated an overwhelming 80 percent No Dice loss and solidified the Fairmont’s position in the zeitgeist as a polished turd.

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Nearly new buying guide: Audi TT (Mk3)

Roadster or coupé, the latest version of Audi's iconic sports car is a stylish buy. We sniff out the deals

The current Audi TT was launched in 2014 so, if its forebears are anything to go by, it still has another three years to go before it’s replaced. Except that there are worrying noises that it may be the last of the line as Audi turns its attention to electric cars and SUVs.

That would be a tragedy because, in the 21 years that the TT has been on sale, it has carved out a special place in the used car market as an exciting but affordable motor built on solid foundations. Fiery versions of the Mk1 can’t be far off classic status now. It’s unlikely that the Mk2 and this Mk3 will be quite so revered but that only means they’ll be even better bargains as used cars in years to come.

In fact, already you can pick up a 2015-reg Mk3 TT with 75,000 miles from as little as £13,500. It’ll be a 182bhp 2.0 TDI Ultra Sport diesel, which means that, happily, such mileage is only average. Audi build quality being what it is, it should be free of squeaks and rattles, too. If petrol’s more your thing, there’s the underrated but impressive 1.8 TFSI. A 2016-reg one of these with 20,000 miles is around £18,000.


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Audi TT RS Heritage Edition revealed as farewell to five-pot sportscar

Five Audi TT RS Heritage Edition colours have been introduced to celebrate the legendary five-cylinder engine and bids farewell to pinnacle performance of a design icon in the North American market.

A limited number of just 50 (10 of each) colour combinations will be available. These finishes once adorned the Audi Ur-quattro. The car will still available outside of the U.S., such as our local market, but the 2022 Audi TT RS Heritage Edition signals the appropriate farewell to the remarkable high-performance coupe following the 2022 model year. The TT and TTS models will continue to be available in international markets and in the U.S. market.

For the 2022 model year, a limited number of just 50 highly collectible TT RS models will be available with the Heritage Edition nomenclature that blends five different exterior paints of the past that celebrate the heritage of the Audi Ur-quattro. The legendary Ur-quattro was powered by the storied Audi five-cylinder engine of its time with the modern version supporting the high performance Audi TT RS today. The limited TT RS Heritage Edition is available in five different color combinations, listed below in the five-cylinder firing order, and is limited to only 10 units of each.


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Americans – you can now buy a green and tan TT RS Heritage Edition


But this is your last chance to get an RS before the hottest TT goes off sale…


Bad news for fans of the Audi TT RS in the USA – the 2022 model year will mark the end for the five-cylinder coupe on your shores. Sorry.


There’s good news too though, because with the end of the line comes a new limited run TT RS Heritage Edition. And you can have it with green paint and a tan leather interior – the holy grail of specs.


In fact, there are five different colours available, each of which once adorned the Ur-quattro. There’ll only be 10 of each built though, so best be quick if there’s one you’ve got your eye on.


Audi describes the colour combos as follows: Alpine White with Ocean Blue leather, Helios Blue metallic with Diamond Silver leather, Stone Gray metallic with Crimson Red leather, Tizian Red metallic with Havanna Brown leather and Malachite Green metallic with Cognac Brown leather. Lovely.



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Nearly new buying guide: Audi TT

The TT may be long in the tooth, but it still has a suave, high-tech mojo

It may have been around since God was a child, but the Audi TT is still a real force to be reckoned with, especially if you’re talking used cars.

Take the latest version, the Mk3, thrilling us skinny since 2014. You can expect lively performance and eager handling, of course, but you will recoil in pleasure at the modest sticker price. Where else can you get something so suave and premium in feel for a smidgen over £10,000?

The all-turbocharged engine range is pretty straightforward. Initially, the Audi TT came with a 178bhp 1.8-litre four-cylinder petrol, a 227bhp 2.0- litre four-cylinder petrol (or 306bhp in the extra-sporty TTS), a 395bhp 2.5-litre five-cylinder petrol (exclusive to the super-sporty TT RS) or a 181bhp 2.0-litre diesel, with either front or four-wheel drive.

In 2019, the TT was updated, with the diesel being dropped, the petrols revised and new nomenclature introduced. Now the line-up consists of three 2.0-litre petrols: one with 194bhp, badged the 40 TFSI, and another with 241bhp, called the 45 TFSI. The TTS remained but had its output dropped to 302bhp, while the TT RS carried on much as before.

The trim levels on standard TTs are Sport and S Line. Sport gets you xenon headlights, air conditioning, Alcantara seats, DAB radio and Bluetooth; S Line adds LED headlights.

 
Audi TT RS Coupe Iconic Edition

Exclusive and performance-focused: the market launch of the Audi TT RS Coupé iconic edition, limited to 100 units in Europe with 11 examples bound for the UK, will celebrate the success story of a quarter-century for the Audi TT Coupé. This iconic sports car has been an inspiration the world over since its premiere in 1998 due to its pure driving dynamics and timeless design. The limited-edition Audi TT RS Coupé iconic edition stands out with its legendary five-cylinder performance combined with sporty design elements, both in the exterior and interior. In the UK, the Audi TT RS Coupé iconic edition will be priced from £87,650 (OTR), with customer deliveries beginning in the first quarter of 2023.

Timeless through time: the TT has been Audi's design icon for almost a quarter of a century. Now the Audi TT RS Coupé iconic edition is continuing the trend into the future - a sports car with new innovations whilst retaining the typical TT RS properties: design and dynamics.

"The name of the Audi TT RS Coupé iconic edition says it all," says Sebastian Grams, Managing Director of Audi Sport GmbH. "The edition model is reminiscent of the iconic TT design language, which at the same time stands for courage and elegance in uncompromising form. Thanks to the exclusive exterior and interior highlights, the much-loved performance of our ultimate sports coupé, with its multiple award-winning five-cylinder engine, is not only palpable, but also visible to fans."


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The Audi TT RS ‘iconic edition’ is a five-cylinder celebration of the TT

And the £87k limited edition will be one of the rarest cars in Britain

This is the new Audi TT RS ‘iconic edition’, a turbocharged coupe that apparently celebrates one of Audi’s finest ever designs and its ‘less is more’ philosophy.

Which of course explains why the new car’s got a motorsport-inspired aero kit bolted onto every visible flank and comes with a fixed carbon rear wing. Perhaps we don’t understand ‘Bauhaus’ after all.

We do understand the award-winning five-cylinder under the bonnet though. That 2.5-litre unit won the International Engine of the Year award nine times on the trot. It’s been gradually updated over the years and in today’s iteration produces a very healthy 395bhp and 354lb ft of torque.

And aside from its great turn of speed (0-62mph in just 3.7s via a seven-speed S tronic ‘box and Audi’s permanent all-wheel-drive setup, the name escapes us for the moment), sounds fantastic thanks to a 1-2-4-5-3 firing order.

 
Audi TT RS Iconic Edition is five-pot finale for sports coupe

Special edition is 395bhp, £87k celebration of Audi TT as it enters its 25th and final year

The third-generation Audi TT is to exit with the highly exclusive RS Iconic Edition, landing next year during the final months of production.

It arrives at the same time as the Audi R8 RWD GT - a 612bhp swansong for the TT's V10-engined sibling, which will also bow out in 2023.

It is marked out from the standard Audi TT RS by bespoke badging and trim inside and out and standard fitment of the usually optional aerodynamic package, which brings bespoke side flics, air intakes and front and rear diffusers and a prominent rear spoiler for boosted downforce.

The mechanics are unchanged, though, so the Iconic Edition draws 395bhp and 354lb ft from Audi’s 2.5-litre turbocharged five-cylinder engine (driving both axles through a seven-speed DSG gearbox) to sprint from 0-62mph in 3.7sec and reach a top speed of 174mph.

Its extremely limited availability and commemorative billing mean it commands a hefty premium over the standard car at £87,650 – slightly more than the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4, for reference. Just 11 of the 100 cars are bound for UK customers.

 
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