Audi still has its small electric sports car in active development, even though related work inside Porsche no longer follows the earlier calendar. The project tied to Concept C has not been dropped, and Audi now points again toward 2027 for market arrival.
The confirmation came from chief executive Gernot Döllner during a conversation with Autocar. His wording stayed exact: “Porsche will stay to that platform. We will be able to bring that car to the market in 2027, and we are working intensively and very positively together with Porsche to make that car happen,” Döllner explained.
Inside Audi, the model carries the C-Sport name. An internal email sent earlier this year reportedly repeated management support for the program and confirmed the company still intends to release the car under that internal project label.
Audi needs a replacement in this part of its lineup. Audi TT left production in November 2023. A few months later, in March 2024, Audi R8 also ended production. The future two-seater takes over the empty space left by both.
At one stage the car stood close to Porsche’s electric successors for the Porsche 718 Cayman and Porsche 718 Boxster. All three were expected to share PPE Sport, the Premium Platform Electric Sport architecture developed for electric sports cars.
Porsche delayed those two models because work continues on adapting PPE Sport for internal combustion layouts as well as battery-electric systems. That change came after Porsche reduced the speed of its EV strategy late last year, which triggered wider doubts around several electric projects already under way.
Audi’s side kept moving. A Porsche executive recently said both cars remain under development and described one prototype in short form, saying the test vehicle felt “amazing” and delivered a “go-karty” feel from behind the wheel.
Dimensions tied to the concept remain unchanged in current reporting. Length reaches 178.0 inches, width 77.6 inches, height 50.7 inches, with a wheelbase of 101.1 inches. Metric figures listed alongside are 4,520 millimeters, 1,970 millimeters, 1,285 millimeters, and 2,568 millimeters. Size places the car above the TT and close to the R8 footprint.
Design details also carry forward. The front section stands upright and references the Auto Union Type C. The body has no rear window. A two-piece folding hardtop stays part of the concept package. Audi also built the study around 800-volt charging, floor-mounted battery placement, and a projected driving range above 300 miles.
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