New Audi TT Coupé and Roadster: more power and equipment and... goodbye to diesel?

Audi updates its TT Coupé and TT Roadster range with slight design changes, more equipment and more powerful engines.

From next October, the new Audi TT can be ordered, with a starting price of 39,050 euros for the TT Coupé and 43,270 euros for the TT Roadster. A model that arrives with a few relevant aesthetic changes, although the most important evolution lies within. The engines are more powerful and efficient, the TDI version disappears from the range, at least for now, and the standard equipment is now more complete. Audi does not give further details.

What changes in style and design in the new Audi TT

The Audi TT that was on sale until now was presented in 2014. The update of this third generation keeps the features that characterise this model, with small changes to further accentuate its sporty image. It has larger air intakes and a wider grille inspired by the Audi R8, and it can be fitted with an optional exterior S line package that gives it an even more “racing” look.

At the rear, the retractable rear spoiler – it deploys electrically at 120 km/h and retracts below 80 km/h – can generate up to 50 kg of downforce on the rear axle at a speed of 250 km/h. The headlights can be LED or Matrix LED, with dynamic indicators. And the body colour range has new options, with new blue, grey and orange tones.

The TT Roadster remains faithful, like all Audi convertibles, to the fabric roof. It is available in black or grey, with an acoustic insulation layer, and can be operated on the move at speeds of up to 50 km/h. It takes just 10 seconds to open or close the Audi TT Roadster.

Engines: petrol only, and with particulate filter

At least for now, there is no sign of the 2.0 TDI version that was offered until now in the Audi TT. Both engines of the TT Coupé and TT Roadster are petrol, an evolution of the existing ones, with a particulate filter and more power.

The entry version is the 2.0 40 TFSI, with 197 CV and 320 Nm of torque from 1,500 rpm. It allows the Coupé to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.6 seconds, and reach 250 km/h (6.9 s and 247 km/h in the Roadster). It can be chosen with a 6-speed manual gearbox or the S tronic dual-clutch gearbox with 7 speeds, as with the 45 TFSI. This second version of the 2.0 engine reaches 245 CV, which raises performance: the top speed remains limited to 250 km/h, but acceleration drops to 5.9 seconds in the TT Coupé, and to 6.1 in the TT Roadster. Above it sits the 45 TFSI quattro, paired exclusively with the S tronic gearbox.

The range will be gradually completed with more sporty versions. For now there is no news of future RS models, but the TTS will arrive shortly after with the 2.0 TFSI engine delivering 306 CV and a maximum torque of 400 Nm. Like the rest, this petrol engine also incorporates a particulate filter.

Both the Audi TTS Coupé and the TTS Roadster come as standard with quattro all-wheel drive and the seven-speed S tronic gearbox. The Coupé does the sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds, and the Roadster in 4.8. For both, there will be a special edition called TTS competition, with no changes to the engine but with exclusive equipment and design details, such as 20-inch wheels, interior leather packages with contrast stitching or carbon fibre inserts.

Interior of the new Audi TT: more equipment

In the cabin of the new Audi TT Coupé and TT Roadster it is harder to notice design changes unless you directly compare the previous model with the new one. Now, the Audi virtual cockpit digital instrumentation, the Audi drive select dynamic driving system, the rain and light sensor, the top-spec multifunction steering wheel, the air conditioning and the interior LED lighting package are standard on all versions.

The TTS versions add to all of this the Audi active lane assist system and the Audi sound system. The TTS Coupé will start from 62,680 euros, and about 3,800 euros more for the TTS Roadster. It is also expected that the special edition Audi TT 20 years, limited to 999 units will arrive in our market. A tribute to the first-generation Audi TT, it features distinctive elements such as exclusive 19-inch wheels, identifying logos, brown nappa leather interior, Matrix OLED rear lights and pearl grey paint.

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