The new Audi TT coupe will make its official debut at the Geneva motor show.
Audi has previewed its new third-generation TT coupe in a series of official sketches, revealing a car that continues to draw heavily on the original Bauhaus-inspired design of the original model launched in 1998. Reinterpreted detailing aims to provide the latest TT with a more technical look than ever before.
Key changes to the latest TT coupe focus on more angular detailing. These official sketches reveal newly shaped headlamps, a sharper looking single-frame grille and reformed air ducts, among other new styling elements. In a move aimed at providing it with a closer family resemblance to the mid-engined Audi R8, the four-ring Audi emblem has also been repositioned from the upper section of the grille to atop the leading edge of the signature clamshell-style hood.
Traditional cues include prominent wheel-arch flares, sizable wheel houses, a defined shoulder line running the entire length of the flanks from the headlamps through to the tail lamps, heavily curved roofline, liftback-style tailgate and a horizontal feature line bisecting the tail lamps to provide added visual width at the rear. As part of an effort to provide it with a more technical appearance, the headlamps and tail lamps carry intricate LED-imbued graphics.
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Details remain scarce ahead of the new two-door's official unveiling, but insiders confirm the TT coupe will continue to use a unique floorpan constructed out of a combination of hot-formed high-strength steel and aluminum -- a development first brought to the second-generation model launched in 2006.
The outer body of the new Audi, which Ingolstadt insiders describe as being close in size to the second-generation TT coupe, will also use a combination of steel and aluminum in an effort to bring it in below the 2,778-pound curb weight of its predecessor.
The suspension continues to use a combination of MacPherson struts up front and a multilink rear setup, although the adoption of a greater number of aluminum components and a newly developed electromechanical steering system is claimed to provide the new car with sharper responses.
The TT coupe will once again be powered by a range of transversely mounted turbocharged four-cylinder direct injection gasoline engines. Among them are 177-hp 1.8-liter and 217-hp 2.0-liter versions of the Audi-developed EA888.
Gearbox choices will include a standard six-speed manual or optional six-speed dual-clutch S-Tronic with steering wheel-mounted shift paddles. As with the outgoing second-generation model, buyers will also get the choice between standard front-wheel drive and optional four-wheel drive.
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Detail of the new Audi TT taillights.
Inside, the new TT coupe will receive a dashboard heavily inspired by the latest A3. Featuring a new 12.3-inch TFT instrument display that can be altered between a digital display and more traditional-looking analog layout, the new design was revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month.
The initial two-plus-two coupe version of the new third-generation TT will be followed by a two-seat roadster variant, which is tentatively planned for the Paris motor show in October.
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LED lighting accents will highlight the new TT front end.
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By: Greg Kable on 2/20/2014
New Audi TT coupe sketches revealed
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