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Audi's Final Edit ion of t he TT Is Only
Available in t he UK Market
Audi's TT sports car has been popular since its
worldwide debut as a prototype in 1995. Mo t o r s po r t
Enthusiasm from the Frankfurt Motor Show was News f r o m
sufficiently positive that three years later the first Her e a n d
TT hit the market, where it has remained a a c r o s s t h e
mainstay of the Audi brand for quarter of a
century. Po n d
Nothing good can last forever, or so it seems,
and Audi has reported that sales for the TT have
slowed. The decision has been taken by the
company to end the production run of the
internal combustion engined sports car. The next
edition of the TT will be an EV. But, before that Curious Where Traffic is t he Worst ? Now We Know.
happens, there will be one final well appointed
(Nashville hasn't made Top 10 yet , however.)
model. brought to market.
Thanks to recently published data produced
Audi has announced it will begin deliveries of
by Inrix's Global Traffic Scorecard 2022, we know
what it is calling the Audi TT Final Edition in April,
that Chicago has the worst traffic in the United
but the car will only be available in the UK
States. According to Inrix, traffic congestion cost
market. It will have exclusive interior and exterior
the US more than $81 billion dollars in 2022. Inrix
features, according to the company, and can be
is a transportation data company and also found
purchased as either a coupe or a roadster. It will
that the average driver in the US spent 51 hours
be priced starting from £41,910 ($50,000).
in traffic in 2022, up 15 hours over 2021, a COVID
Information and image courtesy of Audi pandemic year.
Because of inflation a typical American driver
also spent $134 extra in fuel costs, in addition to
the $869 each driver lost in wasted time because
of traffic. Actual miles driven , however, have
been reduced by 9% over the pandemic years,
even as they inched up by 1 % in 2022. Inrix
believes the overall reduction can be traced to
people who began working from home during
the pandemic years and have continued to work
at home. 17.9% of Americans now work at home,
compared to 5.7% before the COVID pandemic.
Inrix says that Americans use of public
tramsport has decreased 39% since 2019.
So, if you think traffic congestion is bad in the
United States, it isn't your imagination, but it
could be worse. You could live in London.
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