While it may not have caused anywhere near as much as impact as the original TT (produced from 1998 through 2006), the second generation of Audi’s TT has aged fairly well in the styling department, some seven years after it was released on the market in 2006.
In fact, judging from these fresh spy shots from Germany, in Audi’s eyes, it aged so well that there’s no need to mess up the design formula with its replacement. In other words, we had a pretty hard time telling the TT Mk2 apart from the evolutionary TT Mk3…
Our spies spotted Audi’s engineers driving both the current and next generation TTs, thus allowing us to visually compare the two cars. The overall shape remains intact, with differences appearing on the front end where the new car sports a slightly more angular look with slimmer headlamps, a kink on the finishing end of the profile window line, and a rear end that seems to have forgone some of its predecessors curvy lines.
It might look familiar on the outside, but under the sheetmetal, it’s all new with the third-generation TT being the latest model in the VW Group’s vast range of cars to ride on the new MQB platform. Along with the use of higher aluminum content in its build, the TT is expected to drop a few dozen pounds in weight over the current model.
Naturally, the new TT will be offered with both front- and quattro all-wheel drive options, while the initial engine range will include the latest EA888 turbocharged inline-four petrols in displacements of 1.8 and 2.0-liters (depending on the region). The regular models will be followed by a sportier “S” model, possibly with the same 296hp (300PS) 2.0L Turbo found on the S3 range, and the “RS”, which will likely use a revised version of Audi’s 2.5-liter turbocharged five-pot. Europe will get a 2.0-liter turbo diesel option as well.
The new TT in coupe form will break cover next year, with a roadster to be added to the range shortly after.
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