Audi kills TT as it bids to emerge as a premium EV brand

Audi TT 14 web.jpg — Audi CEO Bram Schot said a strategy focused so heavily on sustainability meant that the brand would have to cut a number of models that no longer made economic sense. This included the compact TT.

May 23, 2019 01:37 PM

NECKARSULM, Germany -- Audi will kill its iconic TT sports car and replace it with an electric vehicle as part of a plan to emerge as a premium electric-car maker.

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