Changing priorities, partly driven by the slowing market and partly by VW’s diesel emissions scandal, Volkswagen Group made the call to discontinue the Audi TT sports coupe after 20 years on the market. A few months later, though, Audi resurrected the TT as an all-electric sports car.
Still several years out, the reborn TT will fill a sporty niche in an Audi lineup rapidly embracing electrification. Like the gas-powered TT, the electric TT will use a common Volkswagen Group platform designed for consumer vehicles, not luxury cars, per se. Built on the MEB electric vehicle platform, the TT E-Tron—as it will likely be called given Audi’s electric naming convention—will lean on styling, performance, and a fancy, high-tech interior to separate it from more pedestrian vehicles built on the same hardware.
Like most electric vehicles, the MEB platform is a “skateboard” with a central battery under the floor between the axles. Although many MEB models will come with front or rear drive standard and all-wheel drive optional, expect the TT E-Tron to come with standard all-wheel drive and Quattro badging. Unlike most other MEB models, the TT E-Tron is expected to offer a convertible variant.
With product plans in flux across the industry right now, we hope to see the TT E-Tron in 2023. Given the cost of EV batteries and its niche market, we think the base price will climb from $46,000 today to at least $50,000 (more for the convertible when it eventually reaches the market).
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Source: Future - motortrend.com
