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Audi TT Sportback concept revealed


Future five-door Audi TT hinted with Sportback Paris concept.

Audi is showcasing a new 5-door TT Sportback concept at this week’s Paris motor show, suggesting a possible new direction for the iconic model.

If green-lit for production, a TT Sportback would be the first TT to come with more than two-doors in the model’s 16-year, three-generation history.

For now, the TT Sportback concept builds on the current third-generation hardtop’s design, but with an elongated body, extra pair of doors and a unique rear end with more angular detailing.

The front end is closer to the existing TT and TTS models, but with a unique bumper design and it rolls on unique 21 inch alloys.

The interior is also largely unchanged from the TT coupe, save for a more spacious 2+2 seating arrangement. Audi says the TT Sportback concept will hold four people comfortably, although the sloping roofline suggests the rear occupants wouldn’t want to be too tall.

The TT Sportback concept’s longer body is matched by a 120mm wheelbase extension, bringing it in line with the TT’s A3 Sportback and sedan platform cousins.

The TT Sportback concept's 2.0-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder engine has been uprated to produce 294kW and 450Nm, placing it in the realm of the 309kW TT quattro sport concept shown in Geneva earlier this year. The most powerful TT currently in production is the (European-spec) 228kW TTS.

The Sportback's power is put to the ground through all four wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch S tronic automatic transmission, with a claimed fuel consumption of 7.0L/100km.