Spied: Audi Brushes Up A6 with a Tiny Facelift
Looking at the camouflaged A6 pictured here and knowing how Audi's styling department works these days, I imagine one could easily pass these photos for the next generation C8, but it's not; what we have here is an oh, so miniscule facelift for the current model that should be presented before the year's end– possibly in Paris this September.
Spied: New 2015 Audi TT Mk3 Photographed and Filmed on the 'Ring
Just the other day, we brought you the very first spy shots of an actual prototype of the next Audi TT, and now, we can enhance your view of the coupe model with a fresh batch of pictures as well as a video of the car, the latter courtesy of France's L'Automobile magazine.
Before it entered the Nürburgring circuit for some quick laps, the 2015 TT tester was spotted with Audi's engineers driving along in three of its rivals, including the BMW Z4 and Mercedes-Benz SLK hardtop roadsters and the Peugeot RCZ.
Despite Audi's efforts to hide the car's styling under wraps with scribbly shapes, it's pretty clear that the designers have followed an evolutionary path with the third generation model that's expected to arrive next year riding on the VW Group's longer-wheelbase MQB platform with a new generation of engines on offer.
Photo Credits: CarPix for CarScoopS , Video Credits: L'Automobile
Scoop: All-New 2015 Audi TT Coupe Looks Remarkably…Familiar
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.
Photo Credits: CarPix for CarScoopS
