Through twenty-five years, three generations, nd countless special editions, Audi TT beat off the doubters. After the debut in 1998, Auto Europe voted it the best new car of the year in 1999.

Following the arrival of the Audi A8 In the mid-1990s, a renaming followed.  The Audi 80 turned into Audi A4, and the Audi 100 into the Audi A6. The 1994 A4 was the first launched with the new design language. In 1996 the Audi A3 arrived, and the second generation of the Audi A6 followed in 1997. American designer Freeman Thomas worked under the then Head of Design Peter Schreyer, to pen the Audi TT Coupé concept. Audi displayed the TT concept  at the Frankfurt motor show in 1995. The “TT” nomenclature evoked memories of the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man, one of the oldest motorsports events in the world.

In December 1995, Audi TT Coupé was sent into production development.

Torsten Wenzel, said “To us, the greatest praise was when the trade press noted appreciatively that not much had changed from the study to series model, although we did, of course, have to adapt many details due to the technical specifications for the series version, including the proportions.” Most noticeable was the integration of a rear side window, which elongated the car’s profile and increased the sports car’s dynamics.

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ABOVE: Audi TT 25th Anniversary

Another design element contributes to the unmistakable silhouette of the Audi TT Coupé: the circle – “the perfect graphic shape,” as Wenzel describes it. Numerous circular elements inspired the sports car’s exterior and interior design. Inspired by Bauhaus, every line in the Audi TT has a purpose, every shape a function. “At Audi Design, we always follow the philosophy of ‘less is more’. Bringing out the Audi TT Coupé’s unique character by reducing it to the essentials was a challenging and special undertaking for us designers.”

In 1998, Audi TT Coupés began rolling off the line followed a year later, Audi launched the TT Roadster.

The TT featured the running gear shared with the 1996 Audi A3 that was based on the transverse engine platform of the VW Golf IV.

RS versions appeared in the second generation TT

The second-generation TT Coupé launched in 2006 and Roadster in 2007. They were based on the second-generation Audi A3 platform, complete with adaptive dampers and Audi magnetic ride in use for the first time.. In 2008, the TTS sports model was launched with a 2-liter turbo engine and 272 PS, followed a year later by the TT RS with a 2.5-liter five-cylinder turbo engine with 340 PS and 360 PS in the Audi TT RS plus. In 2008, the first TT 2.0 TDI quattro appeared. It was the world’s first production sports car to run on a diesel engine.

The third generation of the Audi TT was launched in 2014, with the 2.0 TFSI engine and manual transmission model weighing in at 1,230 kilograms. In 2016, Audi TT RS, began using OLED technology, for the first time. The engine range consisted of Audi TTS  with a 310 PS 2-liter turbo and in 2016 the TT RS with a 400 PS 2.5-liter five-cylinder turbo engine,

A special 25-year  celebration model, called the Audi TT RS Coupé iconic edition, comes in Nardo Gray, and is limited to 100 units. The anniversary year of 2023 will be a special one for those of us who love a sports car that is fun without being precious.

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