TT New Audi TT for Tokyo show in November?

[Deckhook]

[h=1]New Audi TT sketch[/h] [h=2]Sketch offers first glimpse of new TT, ahead of its anticipated debut at the Tokyo Motor Show[/h]




The new Audi TT could be set to debut at the Tokyo Motor Show at the end of November, according to the latest rumours. The story has been given a further boost by the appearance of a single sketch on a Dutch blog website that claims to show the car’s rear.


Our exclusive main image is based on that picture, and shows more clearly what TT fans can expect from the new coupe. If the original image proves accurate, the rear of the car will combine shapes from the acclaimed 2010 Audi quattro concept, mixed in with more up-to-date detailing from the recent e-tron electric concepts. Audi is denying that it knows anything about the car, hinting that the focus at Tokyo will be on a five-door version of the A1. Yet Audi chose the Japanese show to reveal a previous TT concept, the Shooting Brake, in 2005.


Under the latest plan, the TT is set to move upmarket. While the current car uses chassis and engine components from the VW Golf, the new model is expected to feature an advanced mixed steel and aluminium chassis. The original’s front-engined, four-wheel-drive layout would remain, but this move would develop the TT as a Porsche Boxster and Mercedes SLK rival.

Bigger, more powerful engines are planned, including a twin-charged 2.0-litre, offering up to 300bhp. A fully electric version is also under development. Moving the TT upmarket would allow the VW Group to develop a smaller two-seat roadster, based on the BlueSport concept, which could eventually wear Skoda, SEAT, VW and Audi badges.

 

[Zafiro]

Are there even any testcars driving around in the world?

 

[Deckhook]

Are there even any testcars driving around in the world?

Good question, but then again if it were dressed in the body of something else at the moment would we even notice it? Even if it were to be shown at toyko this November as a concept preview of the next TT that doesn't mean the car will be arriving next year, I reckon mid 2013 at the earliest.

 

[Centurion]

Are there even any testcars driving around in the world?

Yeah. But this is nothing new. Before the R8 was out we only saw like one batch of spy shots. And that was sort of a month before debut.

 

[JLBM]

It's 18 months too soon. No way this car only has a 4.5 year lifecycle

 

[Centurion]

It's 18 months too soon. No way this car only has a 4.5 year lifecycle

Add to the sensationalised title that the image represents a concept, rather than a product car.

 

[donkeykong]

The Quattro concept rear lights would look amazing on a production model.

 

[tristatez28lt1]

Too early.

 

[Deckhook]

It talks about the TT moving more upmarket to allow room for a two seater to sit below it but already the TTRS with S-Tronic is already less than £10k shy of the much bigger RS5, is there really room to push its price much beyond what it's top model is at?

 

[donkeykong]

Too early.

Who knows,maybe a concept gets shown in Tokyo,and the production version at Geneva in 2013.

 

[MarcinM]

Mk II TT came out in 2006 so it is 5.5 years old now, The new model should be out in Geneva 2013.

 

[Deckhook]

Mk II TT came out in 2006 so it is 5.5 years old now, The new model should be out in Geneva 2013.

I think a lot of people are forgetting the Mk2 TT has already had it's facelift and is in its twilight years.

Chat is that the replacement will increase the aluminium to make it significantly lighter still whilst increasing the output of its engines.

 

[7saen]

WCF posted this sketch and it looks real:

Remember that a concept previewing the current TT was also presented in Tokyo 6 years ago, so this news might actually be accurate

 

[Merc1]

Interesting to see what happens here. I too thought it was too soon for a new TT.

M

 

[murcie]

reminds me of this if we imagine it with the trademark TT wheel arches

 

[Levi68]

Any pics of TT Concept at the TMS 2011?

 

[tristatez28lt1]

Audi TT-RS (380 hp, 550nm)

 

[Giannis]

They only need to insert a bit of "roadster feel" in it

 

[klier]

I got to say, I really like that sketch. Bold and modern!

 

[Deckhook]

I'm hoping for something a bit more original and futuristic than a facelift of the current car. At least the technology under the skin will be bang up to date.