Meet the 408bhp Audi TT offroader - Top Gear
Here’s the TT-based SUV concept Audi teased earlier this month. First off, it’s just a concept, but previews what Audi could do with the TT. “The offroad concept provides a glimpse of how we might imagine a new model in the future TT family,” explains Audi’s technical chief Dr Ulrich Hackenberg. Underneath sits a turbocharged 2. 0-litre turbo FSI engine producing 292bhp and 280lb ft of torque, with the exhaust manifold integrated into the cylinder head, and indirect injection supplementing direct injection for better fuel efficiency. A separating clutch links the engine to an electric motor producing a further 162lb ft of torque, integrated into the six-speed automatic gearbox, that works with the engine to operate the front wheels. On the rear axle sits the second electric motor, producing its own 199lb ft. The battery - mounted just ahead of the rear axle for a 54:46 front/rear weight distribution - stores enough charge for a 31. 1 mile purely electric range, and can be... you simply drive and park onto a ‘plate’ which sucks the electricity from the floor, inverts the current and feeds it into the electrical system into the car. This TT offroad concept will accelerate from 0-62mph in 5. 2 seconds (quicker than a TT-S Coupe, no less), and will hit an electronically limited top speed of 155mph. When driven solely by the rear axle electric motor, the TT offroad concept is capable of an 80. 8mph top speed (a rear-wheel-drive TT SUV. Source: www.topgear.com
