2015 Audi TT heading to Geneva Motor Show

The much anticipated 2015 Audi TT will be making its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show. The third generation of the compact sports car continues to evolve from the first TT generation from 1998 – in a dynamic, diverse way.

The new front end of the new Audi TT is dominated by the broad and flat single frame grille. Two contours form a V-pattern over the engine hood. The position of the four rings now sit centrally on the bonnet, echoing the R8 supercar.

The headlights are structured with divider struts acting as reflectors for the daytime running light. They can be fitted as an option with LED technology or Audi’s pioneering Matrix LED technology, where controllable individual light-emitting diodes generate the main beam.

Many details of the new Coupé’s profile are reminiscent of the first generation’s classic design. At the front, the wheel arch intersects the bonnet join, which continues over the door as the tornado line and extends all the way to the rear. The flat glasshouse looks like an entity in its own right. The shape of the C-post, with a slight kink, gives the TT a powerful and athletic look.

At the rear, the new TT is reinforced with sporty horizontal lines. The struts in the rear lights pick up on the headlights’ motif. They remain permanently on. The third brake light with a flat strip shape links the two units on either side. All engine versions have two large, round exhaust tailpipes in the diffuser. Like all Audi S models, the TTS features four tailpipes.

Inside, the styling adopts a clean and simple approach. The centre console and door trims have flowing, matching shapes. Seen from above, the dashboard resembles the wing of an aircraft. The round air vents, a classic TT feature, evoke the engines and incorporate the air conditioning controls. This solution – and the elimination of the central MMI monitor, now replaced by the Audi virtual cockpit – pave the way for the dashboard’s slim architecture.

The 2015 TT will be Audi’s second model to ride on Volkswagen Group’s MQB platform, after the Audi A3. It will feature a range of fuel-efficient engines, including a 1.8-litre TFSI with 132kW (180HP) and a 2.0-litre TFSI with 162kW (220HP) and 221kW (300HP).

Further down the track, expect a range-topping TT-RS that may eschew the current model’s turbocharged five-cylinder engine for a more efficient high-output 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine that is rumoured to be under development for the Volkswagen Golf R Evo.