Audi is the winner of the EuroCarBody AWARD from the Automotive Circle International for the innovative body concept of the Audi TT. The sports coupé beat off 13 competitors from around the world to take the award. The Ingolstadt brand developed its groundbreaking Audi Space Frame (ASF) technology in the early 1990s for the Audi A8. The body of the new TT represents the first application of the ASF with a hybrid construction, featuring an elaborate composition of aluminium and steel.
This prize pays tribute to the work of Audi developers who have again presented impressive proof, in the form of the new TT body, of how Audi leads the way in this field. In ASF technology, the body's supporting structure is made of extruded aluminium sections and die-castings, with the aluminium sheet panels forming a positive connection and performing a load-bearing role within this structure. The components of the ASF space frame vary in shape and cross-section depending on their function – like the bones of the human skeleton, they are made to fulfil their task as well as possible, while having the minimum possible weight.
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