Get Inline: 2022 is Final Year for Audi TT RS in America

If you’re one of the moneyed set who enjoys a pint-sized car powered by a frantic five-cylinder engine, 2022 will be the last opportunity to pick up an Audi TT RS. With the 394 horsepower rocket set for its swan song next year, you know Audi will be offering some sort of special edition to mark the end of this era.

To be clear, the little imp isn’t totally going away, with the TT and TTS models scheduled to continue in both American and International markets. Meanwhile, the 2022 Audi TT RS Heritage Edition will be limited to just 50 copies; ten each of a specific color combination. Tizian Red metallic with Havanna Brown leather sounds like the overall winner to us.

Under the hood, one will find one of Audi’s more powerful engines, packing 394 horsepower and 354 lb-ft of torque. This five-cylinder mill brings the TT RS Coupe from 0 – 60 mph in just 3.6 seconds. Its unique firing order (1-2-4-5-3) provides the type of ripping roar at wide open throttle that simply has to be experienced to be believed. In other words, the girl’s got rhythm. If you simply must have your five-cylinder fix, Audi sales reps will be more than happy to point you towards the new RS 3 which goes on sale next summer in the American market.

The interior leather and contrast stitching combinations offered on these machines are leveraged from the current Audi exclusive portfolio of upholstery selections, including a bunch of first-time factory color combinations for our market. If that sounds like a trifling detail, you don’t know the lengths some of these exacting collectors will go to in order to secure a speedy machine that doesn’t look like the one driven by that finance bro in the next office. Other exterior visual cues include the expected Heritage Edition script jewelry, which will be followed by the engine firing order of the five-cylinder (be sure to point that out to all yer unimpressed gearhead buddies), underlined by a “quattro” script in the rear quarter glass on the right side of each car.

Pricing? As the saying goes: if you have to ask (and so forth). The unique Heritage Edition will sticker at $81,450 while the standard TT RS is going to bear a price of $73,200.

While 2022 is the last model year for the TT RS in the U.S., the model will live on in other international markets for now and probably one of the last powered solely by gasoline. With electrification just around the corner, you can bet your bratwurst Audi will be creating an all-electric TT RS (or at least a devastatingly powerful PHEV) within the next few years.

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