Did you click on my attached thumbnail?? Same proportions, same hood, windshield, beltline and fastback angles, same wheels (plus a spoke), same backend, door, wheelwell and window shapes..... well the Audi does have conventional door handles.

 

Yeah, I'll agree that they have similar proportions. I definitely see many similaries in the profiles, but the overall styling is very different.

The 350Z is VERY sleek with minimal creases, etc...the new TT looks very bulbus, and has hard edges all over it.

Both look good, but not that similar imo.

 

i don't know about a 350Z in that new TT's lines, but i do see a
crossfire in there somewhere near the rear end. imho begging
for a wing.

 

hmm, a bit, yeah

 

The 350Z took it's latest styling cues from the original TT (especially the roofline); kind of funny people are now saying the TT is imitating the 350...

 

Yeah, I agree that the once unique design queues are being toned down (or out) in favor of a more generic look. The extended roofline common in other cars replaces the more deliberate bubble shaped dome with the harder edge semi circle window line - overall the new car looks rather squashed and stretched in comparison to the old hunkered down look, and the rather more common looking headlights really do not carry over the TT's unique agressive blunt look from before. From the photos the car has really lost a lot of character that set it apart from any other car IMHO.

Old profile:

 

Just got a gander at the new front - looks like they are plastering on the big schnoz common to all Audis. Why oh why does Audi feel that all their cars should look the same? Really, the whole line up is just sizes; XXS=TT, XS=A3, S=A4, M=A6, L=A8.... The designs are nice but it really gets tiresome and blands them out to me.

I keep seeing it as a big Snoopy dog nose on them (or, as Jeremy Clarkson said, George Michael's goatee )

 

I love the new TT.

I had a 350Z for a little while and the current TT is much better in quality and design. I do like the new big grill on all of the AUDI a lot. It also prevent rock chip, because less bumper more grill.

I just can't wait to see and drive the new TT.

Love the wing too!! Nicely done!