2015 Audi TT – third-gen set for Geneva premiere

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Not long to go before the wraps officially come off the 2015 Audi TT – the third-generation two-door sports car will debut in Geneva next month. The interior was revealed last month at the CES, and now Ingolstadt has begun teasing the exterior form beyond that first offered by the Audi allroad shooting brake concept, kicking off the new TT run with a series of sketches.

Of course, we’ve all seen the real deal, courtesy of a series of spyshots of the coupe, from the time it was sighted being benchmarked against the Peugeot RCZ and Mercedes-Benz SLK to more recently, when it was caught on camera with very little camo strapped on.

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Audi says that the new car’s design line is reminiscent of the first model generation, which arrived on the scene in 1998. Technical highlights will include the Audi virtual cockpit, which features a fully digital instrument cluster equipped with a 12.3-inch TFT monitor, and Matrix LED headlights, where controllable individual light-emitting diodes generate the main beam.

The new car, which will be underpinned by the Volkswagen Group’s flexible MQB platform, promises to be lighter and more dynamic than before, be it in front-wheel drive or quattro guise – in terms of engines, a 180 hp 1.8 litre TFSI should form the baseline model, followed by 2.0 litre TFSI and TDI variants, which will offer 220 hp and 150 hp respectively.

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Comments

  • Cetak Tak Mati on Feb 21, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    the interior is superb, most likely i might trade in my Mercedes Benz E Class for the future model Audi A5

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    • AutoFrenz on Feb 21, 2014 at 8:20 pm

      From e to a5…hmmm…arent u supposed to upgrade to s not downgrade…or at least a6…anyway its ur money…

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      • Cetak Tak Mati on Feb 21, 2014 at 9:35 pm

        thats just my 3rd car

        my next car line up would be

        Maserati Ghibli (main saloon)
        Mercedes Benz GLA (off roader)
        Audi A5 (sports coupe)

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  • Pinky on Feb 21, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    No money.. Wait for proton to rebadge..

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  • borris on Feb 21, 2014 at 7:46 pm

    yawn…

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  • The exterior is an evolution of the current car, which by itself it’s an evolution of the original, and that is by no way a bad thing, it keeps the car identity while still maintaining the simplistic-futuresque design Audi is known and love for.

    But the winning factor is the interior; ingeniously designed and with every usable space taken up and unwanted space thrown, something you get from a main battle tank or a cockpit of a fighter jet. The result is personally {-opinions may very-}a clean/minimalist and functional interior, a design philosophy that I personally adore very much.

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    • While Audi may be slightly boring in its exterior design (all models look like variations of a single design), their interior has consistently being the best among the 3 German Marques.
      And the new TT appears to continue that trend. The interior is real good looking and functional at same time.

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  • MacamYes on Feb 21, 2014 at 10:56 pm

    Without Peter Schreyer, they got no more good brains at Audi? No more excitement I would like to say, especially the butt looked exactly the same!

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  • Keris Jawa on Feb 21, 2014 at 11:07 pm

    Steering wheel looks like current Golf GTI. Maybe will even feel like the same thing.

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  • They already have a 184hp diesel in their portfolio. Why didn’t they use it in the TT? This would make sense as their Le Mans racer is a diesel too?

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  • The usual ppl who can’t afford will tend to boastful a bit..forgive the doink guys!

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