Order up a new Audi TTS and you can choose between
ten exterior paint options – most of them shades of greyscale, with a few more
vibrant colors thrown in for good measure. Viper Green isn't one of those
colors, but Audi will gladly paint yours in an array of additional “exclusive”
colors (for an extra US$ 3,900). That's the route this car's buyer in the UK has
gone.
The eye-catching paintjob isn't the only thing that
sets this coupe apart, though. It also marks a major milestone for the plant at
which it was built. The unique TT happens to be the 500,000th vehicle made at
Audi's factory in Győr, Hungary, over the past two decades. The plant was
inaugurated in 1998, and today handles production of the TT coupe and roadster
as well as the A3 sedan and cabriolet. Soon it will add the Q3 and Q4
crossovers as well, so don't be surprised if it takes less than another 20
years for the plant to reach the million mark.
The plant nearly celebrated a similar milestone last
year with another TT (an RS coupe), but that was counting from the earliest
days of the plant when the painted bodies were trucked in from the main site in
Ingolstadt. The new tally represents the facility's complete manufacturing
capabilities, including bodywork and engines.
