Audi is in an “intense concept phase” for the electric successor to the TT, experimenting with different silhouettes and soundtracks as it plots a replacement for the popular sports coupé, which retired last year. Set to be introduced “within five or 10 years”, the new electric car will take a different name from the TT but occupy a similar position in the German firm’s range.
” Schuster stopped short of describing what the new car could look like but promised that it “would not just be a replacement” for the TT. He said Audi’s approach will not be to “take the engine out, put an electric motor in and you have a TT with an electric engine”. He added: “It will be different, but emotional.