The Audi TT Offroad concept made its first appearance at the 2014 Beijing Motor Show.
It was the second of three alternative concepts unveiled that year, sandwiched between the Allroad Shooting Brake (shown at Detroit) and the TT Sportbrake unveiled in Paris as Audi considered alternative TT-inspired body style options.
After a long period spent vacillating over which path to take, Audi is now reported to have given the production green light to the TT Offroad concept, citing its five-door body and raised stance as the most practical production alternative of the three.
Recent Audi logic dictates that the cross-over should have a 'Q' letter in its model designation, however there is a suggestion that Fiat Chrysler Group, the owner of the Alfa Romeo brand, holds the rights to the names Q2 and Q4 to distinguish their front- and all-wheel drive systems.
The early naming favourite for the Audi is therefore TT Q, nicely linking the probable underpinnings with the high-set body.
While the body style may have been given the go-ahead, what's unclear is whether the concept machine's 300kW plug-in hybrid drivetrain will be adapted for the road car. Bank instead on familiar turbo-diesel and petrol variants upon its expected 2017 debut.
Automedia's rendering of the TT Q is closely comparable to the spy photographers' preview of the Audi Q1, but with a distinct TT theme around the front end. Note also the blistered wheel arches of the TT Q, and the curvier roofline around the C pillars.