Photo: Theophilus Chin
If there’s anything Mercedes has taught us, it’s that not all coupe buyers actually want to give up on their passengers’ comfort. Ever since the first generation CLS came out a decade ago, the market for four-door coupes has grown so much that all the major players in the German premium scene can’t do without them. BMW calls them Gran Coupes while Audi insists on using their almost universal Sportback name, the smallest being an A5. But what if they went a little lower, a little smaller and more compact.
This rendering just whipped up by Theophilus Chin shows what the Audi TT would look like if it had an extra pair of doors. It’s not beyond conception for them to actually do something like this, especially since the rear seats are the TT’s biggest defect. The last pair of doors seemingly randomly added to an Audi wear the name “A1 Sportback”. This 5-door version of the supermini proved very successful and we have no doubt the same would be true for a potential TT Sportback.
The modular MQB platform would easily allow for a couple of extra centimeters to be added. The only problem would be the overlap with the A3 sedan, already considered a direct rival to the Mercedes CLA four-door coupe. But while that car comes with a reputation as a good company car, the TT will always be the poser of the family, so the nice could be forced into existence.
Still, even the Audi lovers will probably have to admit this doesn’t look anything like as cool as the CLA. Maybe Audi can figure a contrasting roof and some colorful trim like they did with the A1. As it stands, the TT is a bit like German cuisine: decent and consistent, but a little dry.
If you can put extra doors on a MINI hatch, why can’t you do the same for an Audi TT?
The modular MQB platform would easily allow for a couple of extra centimeters to be added. The only problem would be the overlap with the A3 sedan, already considered a direct rival to the Mercedes CLA four-door coupe. But while that car comes with a reputation as a good company car, the TT will always be the poser of the family, so the nice could be forced into existence.
Still, even the Audi lovers will probably have to admit this doesn’t look anything like as cool as the CLA. Maybe Audi can figure a contrasting roof and some colorful trim like they did with the A1. As it stands, the TT is a bit like German cuisine: decent and consistent, but a little dry.
If you can put extra doors on a MINI hatch, why can’t you do the same for an Audi TT?
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