If you’re familiar with Audi, you’ll recognise the ‘Sportback‘ moniker and what it entails. Here at the ongoing Paris motor show, it’s been applied to the third-gen Audi TT to result in the rather A3 Sedan-looking Audi TT Sportback concept. MQB-based, of course.
Apart from featuring two more doors, the concept is differentiated from the road-going TT by a new front bumper and a mesh front grille. The back, of course, is new, featuring slim LED tail lamps set into an edgy tailgate and two oval tailpipes bridged by a chrome bar.
There are laser high-beam headlamps (instead of the production TT’s LED or Matrix LED units) and LED directional-sequence rear indicators, and filling up the flared wheelarches are 21-inch alloys shod in 255/30 rubber.
The Audi TT Sportback concept is 4,470 mm long, 1,890 mm wide and 1,380 mm tall, with a 2,630 mm wheelbase. That makes it longer and wider, but lower, than the road-going TT, with a 120 mm longer wheelbase.
Step aboard and you’ll recognise the flat-bottomed steering wheel, triple central air vents and the 12.3-inch TFT LCD they call the Audi virtual cockpit. The centre console runs all the way to the back, separating the two individual rear seats.
Under the bonnet sits a 2.0 litre TFSI four-cylinder engine from the EA888 family. It develops 400 PS at 6,400 rpm and 450 Nm of torque between 2,400 and 6,000 rpm. All that grunt goes to all four wheels courtesy of the quattro system and a seven-speed S tronic ‘box.
The century sprint is achieved in a smidgen under four seconds, while fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are quoted at 7.0 litres per 100 km and 162 grams per km respectively.
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A very model from Audi..yet another attempt by the Germans at creating new niche..
..very nice..
vw beetle.
lol R.I.P neck comfort
Didn’t we have the A5 for this kind of thing?
A5 is built from A4
This one is built from A3, one size smaller.
the rear design can be improve..anyway..nice looking car…but i still prefer the a5 design..
hmm..as much I love the concept of this sportsback TT, I hate it as well.. don’t take the ‘zing’ from the TT coupe guys.. it should be left alone as it was.. a coupe..
400 PS from 2.0 TFSI..doesnt that mean this is the most powerful 2.0 engine available now?
Anybody know which month normally audi will have a promo for their car? I wish to buy a3 at discounted price later on..just not sure when..pls share if u do have any info…thanks
“Euromobil: Own an Audi with interest rate as low as 1.58%.”
Try popping over to EM if you’re keen to find out more info. Good luck.
Man this guys are finding niche within a niche a four door car derived from a 2 door coupe…the only thing left is a 2 door Q series and they have basically frankensteined all thier cars. this car looks like a photoshopped mess! The demand in asia will be great though. We dont mind looking ridiculous in cars for some reason judging by the number of boxes on wheels going around.
This will give the Merc CA class a run for its money.
Not my cup of tea. Front grill just too big and rear looks retard. Is like putting A3, A4, A5 and TT into a blender and this is the result.