Audi’s latest prototype packing an E-Tron hybrid drivetrain is this TT Offroad Concept that takes the TT family beyond the coupes and convertibles we’re familiar with. Going on display at the Beijing Motor Show, it combines two electric motors with a 292HP turbocharged combustion engine to produce up to 408 horsepower total. The concept is even quipped with wireless charging tech, making the “plug-in” hybrid possible to charge simply by parking in the right spot.
We’ll step right out and say we like the TT Offroad Concept, but there’s something that’s just a bit too… familiar about it. Yes, this yellow five-door looks like a not-so-distant relative of the Allroad Shooting Brake Concept that debuted at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show earlier this year. So, we’ve seen the production TT, asuper-light, high-performance model and now we’re seeing a crossover. Does any of this sound familiar? Considering the Detroit concept earned an editors’ choice award for that show, you can imagine how we feel about the strikingly similar TT Offroad, which is debuting at the Beijing Motor Show. The two concepts share a propulsion system – a high-performance version of Audi’s E-Tron plug-in-hybrid drivetrain. Total system output sits at 408 horsepower, thanks to a 2.0-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder and a 40-kilowatt electric motor in front and an 85-kW motor on the rear axle, for all-wheel drive.
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