TT 2013 Audi TT Spy Pics & Info

[The Pretender]

2013 Audi TT Spy Pics & Info

 

[The Pretender]

 

[Levi68]

WOW, that looks super hot. A Targa version would be awesome. That with a 400 PS mid-rear I5....

 

[Levi68]

If not why wast time with that bloody TT? Just ditch that shit and make what is already available as concept, the Quattro and/or the E-tron.

 

[Human]

I cannot pretend, it's up to Audi and they have the chance and potential to make the new TT one hell-o-a sexy car. And it most probably will be just that.

 

[Levi68]

I cannot pretend, it's up to Audi and they have the chance and potential to make the new TT one hell-o-a sexy car. And it most probably will be just that.

It may have the looks, like most Alfas, but will be nothing than a mere (fast) Golf. It needs another platform. PERIOD.

 

[Human]

It may have the looks, like most Alfas, but will be nothing than a mere (fast) Golf. It needs another platform. PERIOD.

Oh indeed, I agree fully - just not logical or practical. IMO in perspective however this segment is shrinking. The MQB platform is IMO great. Thus having a light weight platform, great engines from both the VW+Audi parts bin and some chassis tweaks also Magn/ Damping etc. With last but not least killer looks @ the better price in this segement - "Golf sports coupe/GT" - whatever - it will sell and secure a future for the TT.

VAG has invested heavily into the MQB platform for cost saving, so it will be that. And it will be good enough, look at the new A3-series, nothing to complaim about...TT will be just that!

 

[The Pretender]

The TT Mk3 will get a hybrid MQB floor-plan with lot's of aluminium to make it lighter.

 

[Levi68]

Oh indeed, I agree fully - just not logical or practical. IMO in perspective however this segment is shrinking. The MQB platform is IMO great. Thus having a light weight platform, great engines from both the VW+Audi parts bin and some chassis tweaks also Magn/ Damping etc. With last but not least killer looks @ the better price in this segement - "Golf sports coupe/GT" - whatever - it will sell and secure a future for the TT.

VAG has invested heavily into the MQB platform for cost saving, so it will be that. And it will be good enough, look at the new A3-series, nothing to complaim about...TT will be just that!

The chassis is OK, but the TT is meant to be a sportscar, so for it the chassis is not the right one. Of course nobody has to agree with me, but for me it is wrong to have the engine axle in the same direction as the wheels axle. That goes for Lotus and the 4C too. I have a dislike for transversely mounted engine, when mid-rear mounted I can accept it.

 

[The Pretender]

The Audi Sport quattro S2 was the first mid engine Audi, it died along Group B rally and planned Group S rally.

 

[Gianclaudio]

Wonderful cutaways, Prentender

 

[JHF]

Q&A: Walter de Silva on MQB and the Next-Generation Audi TT Mk 3


It’s fair to say that Walter de Silva is heavily invested in the Audi TT. The Volkswagen Group design chief may have handed the reigns of the Audi brand over to Stefan Sielaff and now Wolfgang Egger, but the man still oversees the group of brands in its entirety, the second-generation TT came under his own reign at Audi and he’s an outspoken fan of the Warkuss era of design that saw the birth of the radical first-generation TT.
Given his obvious and ample bonafides when it comes to the subject of the Audi TT, we approached de Silva on the subject of the next-generation car while at the New York Auto Show. The designer was in town as part of the Volkswagen presentation of the new Golf 7, something he’s very directly involved in currently, but the TT is never far from his heart apparently and he was kind enough to chat just a bit on the subject of the upcoming Audi sports coupe.
4T: How does MQB effect the process of design?
de Silva: The platform is very interesting for us because in the future we can have a lot of derivatives. MQB is a great opportunity because it is a really modular platform. It means that you can move all of the components. You can move the wheelbase. You can move the track. You can move the seating position. You can move the pedal and the steering wheel in a modular way. This gives us more freedom in the limits. With this we can create much more derivatives than before and control the cost of the design.
We did a lot of proposals in parallel, not just for Volkswagen but for other brands within the marque. You have derivatives in the brand, interbrand and in the market. For us this is fantastic because we really don’t have any limit to do proportion.
With this platform we are also working a lot with concept models of the car to show within the group and to show to customers the future possibilities of this platform. In addition we have reduced a lot of weight of the car.

4T: The upcoming Audi TT is based on MQB. What can you tell us of that?
de Silva: The (design of) the new TT is done. I think 2014 is when it will be released.
With Wolfgang Egger they have done a great job. It looks 100% like a TT in a modern way. Everything, as you can see, is moving more toward attention of details and quality. The TT is a clever evolution.

4T: With the first TT you had this very aggressive car. With the second it was more of an Audi and less distinct. Where do you go with the third?
We have done a combination between the first and the second. We have come back to some stronger elements of the first but at the same time we do not lose the elegance of the second one. The car is coming along really very nicely.
The first was too much. The second was maybe too little. This one will be just right.
The new one for me is better because we improved the personality, especially in the front. It is really different from the other Audis, also following with the single frame. From the side and from the rear we have maintained the character of the TT.
I can say only this. No more. (smiles)

http://fourtitude.com/news/Audi_New...-on-mqb-and-the-next-generation-audi-tt-mk-3/

 

[The Pretender]

 

[Tumbo]

Official drawings?

 

[JHF]

Intel: Sources Say Mk 3 TT to Break New Ground in Use of Video Instrumentation


We’ve got some more information regarding the upcoming third-generation Audi TT and this time it focuses on the car’s interior. A new source to us, but one we’re classifying as very credible hints the TT will break new ground in the driver information experience.
In our chat with Volkswagen Group design boss Walter de Silva, the executive stated, “Everything is moving toward attention to details and quality.” When we mentioned this comment to a new source, the conversation turned to the car’s dashboard and namely the instrument cluster.

According to our source, the TT will make much more use of graphics and its information screen. While our source wouldn’t be specific, we at first envisioned something expected as has been seen in the between-the-dials large info screens executed in the A6, A7 and A8. And though those systems are worlds ahead of the current-generation TT’s driver information and infotainment, they’re not exactly breaking new ground as our source insinuated.
Of course the A3 with its touch wheel and iPhone thin titanium skinned pop-up screen are already very impressive. Would Audi just move these other components over to the new TT, it will surely be a winner. But our source, while not being specific, suggested the new TT will break new ground.

Trying to figure this out, we did a little research into concept cars. Audi often veils new and upcoming features or design cues as or within concept cars and the most recent design-leading full-on concept car we know of is the Paris Motor Show’s crosslane coupe concept.
Photos of that car’s systems were used to illustrate this story and more shots of this system can be seen in our photo gallery linked below and to the right.
While representing a crossover, the crosslane showed an interesting new full-video instrument cluster. The setup offered full functionality of multiple engine modes, integration of navigation, infotainment and more. Via suppliers like INVIDIA and their Tegra chips along with software partnerships like the one with Elektrobit, Audi is well positioned to bring such a system very impressively to market and the TT would offer a an excellent basis on which to launch such a system.

While it will launch the new A3 with INVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chip, Audi already confirmed at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show that it planned to move forward and implement the company’s newer and more powerful Tegra 3. Such a complex system might offer the opportunity for the first such implementation.
Imagine the new TT using the same touch wheel with its ‘safe click’ haptics, Google maps and search with a 4G LTE Audi connect system and it is very easy to get excited about those aforementioned details planned for this car.
As mentioned, our source on this information is a new one. Time will tell if he/she proves accurate, but we floated the idea past a senior Audi executive and were met with a smile – that kind of smile that makes you think you’re on to something.
Bring on the next-generation TT.

http://fourtitude.com/news/audi-rum...k-new-ground-in-use-of-video-instrumentation/

 

[The Pretender]

Official drawings?

Nope.

 

[tristatez28lt1]

Roadster render:

 

[klier]

Swooping sidelines. Like the Z4. Or A5 if you will..

 

[Deckhook]

^^Looks nothing like a TT in my eyes which is a step backward in my opinion. Hope this render is nothing like the finished article.

 

[Kilcrohane]

Going by the today announced Ultra lightweight TT and the already known lighter MQB underpinnings, the 2014 third gen. TT will drop at least 100 kgs. A TT S with 300 hp and 1,300 kg kerbweight for £37k/$48k will be a game-changer.

Audi TT Ultra Quattro Concept Photos and Info – News – Car and Driver