Is Audi Taking On The Panamera With New Paris Bound TT Sportback?

Take this with a small grain of salt, but it seem Audi wants to show a second new TT in Paris, besides the roadster. This sketch of a four-door coupe has just hit the web and claims its the real deal, an internal drawing of a four-door coupe concept. The car shown in Paris is just a preview to gauge people's reactions and you can definitely tell from the sketch, which has flush door handles.

A few weeks ago, Audi development chief Ulrich Hackenberg hinted that the company will add a third TT body type. However, this was interpreted as a production version of the TT offroad concept shown in Beijing earlier this year. At the time of the rumor, we said making the coupe into a crossover would ruin all its best traits –compact, light and dynamic – and that a four-door coupe would be preferable.
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chewy - 9/24/2014 11:56:36 AM

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That's a pretty sweet looking TT concept. Probably doesn't help the rear space much though.

GermanNut - 9/24/2014 1:21:14 PM

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This concept looks awesome! Audi is really delivering on its promise of a more aggressive and differentiated exterior design philosophy.

scenicbyway12 - 9/24/2014 3:43:01 PM

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"Audi is really delivering on its promise of a more aggressive and differentiated exterior design philosophy."

Please show me that on this sketch.

TomM - 9/24/2014 7:45:30 PM

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As I recall - Porsche and Audi are both owned by the same company
I cannot see why they would compete with themselves - when they should be competing with Reliable transportation from other manufacturers

MDarringer - 9/24/2014 8:49:47 PM

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@TomM they are but because an idiot (Piech) runs the company, the brands step on each other and quality/reliability is in the toilet because--next to Piech--the German union calls the shots and their crap for workers cannot be fired. VWAG is the new (old) GM of the 70s.

MDarringer - 9/24/2014 8:47:22 PM

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Audi just bested Mercedes. The A3 is a better car than the CLA, but it is a conventional sedan. Add in a 4-door TT and the CLA is in deep caca. This is a great way to make the TT relevant again.

cidflekken - 9/24/2014 9:16:07 PM

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By the time this car comes to fruition, if it truly does and if it truly looks like this, then the CLA will be up for redesign.

cidflekken - 9/24/2014 9:30:30 PM

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And let me add that the 4D TT and the CLA wouldn't be in the same price class. The TT would start at least $10k more than the CLA. I figured you would know that, Darringer.

MDarringer - 9/24/2014 10:09:08 PM

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@cidflekken you usually miss the obvious point because you have no vision and in this case no marketing sense. REPOSITIONING the TT as a 4 door coupesedan alternative to the A3 would make it relevant. The TT in its current market placement is irrelevant, shunned and forgotten. Repurposing the name to do a one-two punch against the CLA would be pure genius.

cidflekken - 9/25/2014 5:37:40 AM

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Audi shows no intention of dropping the TT a level just to compete. Did you see any indication of that with the introduction of the TT coupe? Not at all. Why would they choose to do so with the a TT 4-door and further convolute their mission of re-establishing the TT as an iconic name and model? It's not a question of vision, my friend, it's a question of common sense for the importance of Audi's market position.

MDarringer - 9/25/2014 8:54:00 PM

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@cidflekken "more on" than later

cidflekken - 9/25/2014 9:02:20 PM

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LOL. Did you just try to find a clever way to call me a moron? Are you truly that childish, Darringer? Seriously? Credibility = ZERO.