2023 Audi TT RS Iconic Version celebrates 25 years of the TT

The Audi TT turns 25 subsequent yr and Audi is celebrating with the launch of the TT RS Iconic Version.

Resulting from begin gross sales in early 2023, the TT RS Iconic Version is restricted to 100 items, all of them for Europe the place the TT RS stays on sale. The hardcore coupe bowed out of the U.S. earlier this yr with the 2022 TT RS Heritage Version.

The TT RS Iconic Version will probably be provided solely in Nardo Grey, as a nod to the unique Bauhaus-inspired TT which was first previewed as an idea on the 1995 Frankfurt auto present after which put into manufacturing in 1998 with an nearly equivalent design.

Efficiency upgrades embrace the brand new aerodynamic bundle which was developed within the wind tunnel. The entrance fascia sports activities an prolonged splitter and flics, whereas on the rear there is a fastened wing comprised of carbon fiber and supported by swan-neck struts.

The automotive may even come commonplace with the TT’s matrix LED headlight possibility, and black accents across the physique. The black accents lengthen to the wheels, on this case a novel 20-inch set, inside which sit black brake calipers.

For the inside, the designers have relied on a mix of Nappa leather-based and Alcantara for the trim, each of that are accented with yellow distinction stitching. An “iconic version” script additionally dots the cabin in a number of locations. Yellow can be used for the 12 o’clock mark on the steering wheel, and a numbered badge on the gear lever marks every of the 100 autos.

Like all TT RS fashions, the TT RS Iconic Version is powered by a 2.5-liter turbo-5 that generates a most 400 hp and spins all 4 wheels by way of a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. Efficiency figures embrace 0-62 mph acceleration in 3.7 seconds and a prime pace of 174 mph.

The TT is presently into its third technology, however there might not be a fourth, at the least within the format we have change into accustomed to. Audi is regarded as planning an electrical successor for the TT, although it could not essentially be a sports activities automotive providing coupe and convertible physique types.