Replacing an automotive icon with a model that’s equally visionary, charismatic, and unmistakable is surely one of the toughest tricks for any car designer…
Case in point: the Audi TT, whose original form was designed by Freeman Thomas and J Mays. At the Los Angeles auto show last November, Audi unwrapped the second-generation TT roadster, which was shaped by Walter de’Silva, who currently heads the styling departments at Audi, Seat, and Lamborghini. The new TT is evolutionary in appearance and character, but it also shouts progress in terms of packaging and presentation.