The Audi TT Concept Car Audi Never Fully Built

Most restomods try to modernize old cars. Bigger screens, more power, sharper lighting, louder styling. This Audi TT goes in the complete opposite direction.

Dutch company Autoforma looked at the first-generation TT and decided the original 1995 concept was already close to perfect. So instead of reinventing it, they carefully stripped away many of the changes Audi added before production began in 1998. The result feels cleaner and simpler, almost like the concept car somehow made it to the road untouched.

At the front, the lower grilles are reshaped and more minimal, while the fabric roof is gone completely. In its place sits a smooth composite panel that flows into the rear deck. Around back, the famous TT spoiler has disappeared too.

That’s interesting because Audi originally added it after launch to solve the early car’s high-speed instability problems, where rear-end lift could make the TT unpredictable above 80 mph.

The changes elsewhere are subtle but thoughtful. The suspension sits lower, the track is wider, and the mirrors move from the doors onto the A-pillars with a more motorsport-inspired look.

Small intake details and exposed torx screws give it a slightly industrial feel, which actually matches the original TT’s interior design language surprisingly well. Even the washer fluid reservoir had to be relocated just to make the new fender vents work.

Inside, Autoforma kept the spirit of the original alive, too. The cabin uses baseball glove-style leather similar to what Audi offered back in the day, mixed with a wood-rim steering wheel and wooden gear knob. Very little else changes, and that was intentional.

The car was commissioned by Dutch designer Jos Baijens, one of the first TT owners in the Netherlands, who reportedly helped shape the project alongside Autoforma founder and designer Niels van Roij.