Hot! Audi: What's Next?

[Rolf]

That flank and wheelarch surfacing...the sideglass graphics...the wheel-to-overall height ratio...the wide tracked stance... Simply marvelous IMHO.

Same I like this design theme very much, it would truly transform the brand and make it highly desirable again.

 

[Jonathan19]

A5/S5/RS5 Post in thread '2027 RS 5 Avant Sedan and Avant'

Feb 16, 2026

Rumors : The embargo for the RS5 ends on Thursday at 2:00 PM (Germany time)

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[sucu123]

This grill will be an eye sore, what is Audi thinking lately? All the new models get cheap looking grills. And why is the ACC sensor placed so poorly

 

[Jonathan19]

Audi RS5 Sedan and Avant LEAK

A5/S5/RS5 Post in thread '2027 RS 5 Avant Sedan and Avant'

Feb 17, 2026

LEAK

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[Rolf]

Oh yeah!!!! I like this very much, finally an RS5 Avant and Saloon that looks like its been to the gym. Looks fantastic!

 

[Design FIRST]

Oh yeah!!!! I like this very much, finally an RS5 Avant and Saloon that looks like its been to the gym. Looks fantastic!

It looks like one hell of alot of trackwidth and overall width has been packed on. I suspect a good 100mm in total.

 

[leylandi]

Q2

 

[advantage20]

 

[SCOTT27]

So this is the Audi I.D 3 and Seat Taracco sibling?

 

[SKY]

So this is the Audi I.D 3 and Seat Taracco sibling?

Seems like it. Aren’t MB and BMW preparing similar stuff?

 

[MrRapp]

I had hoped that A2 would inherit some Concept C design features, notably front and interior but unfortunately it's a follow-through of everything we have seen so far at Audi. Cheap high-gloss plastics I'm afraid.

 

[SCOTT27]

I had hoped that A2 would inherit some Concept C design features, notably front and interior but unfortunately it's a follow-through of everything we have seen so far at Audi. Cheap high-gloss plastics I'm afraid.

I think we are still years away from this design language. Industry rumours point to something at this years Auto China expanding on the language presented by concept C.

 

[Gor134]

I had hoped that A2 would inherit some Concept C design features, notably front and interior but unfortunately it's a follow-through of everything we have seen so far at Audi. Cheap high-gloss plastics I'm afraid.

Audi has been quite open since the reveal of the Concept C.. that the production model will be the first Audi to launch that design language.

No new reveals in the mean time will share anything with that Concept, and that includes the incoming facelift for the Q4 e-Tron, new A2(or Q2?) e-Tron, Q7 and Q9, and A3 interior upgrade.

I'd expect the current Q6/A6e/A5/Q5/A6 to get Concept C inspired facelifts around 2027/2028 after we see the production Concept C.

 

[Design FIRST]

I think we are still years away from this design language. Industry rumours point to something at this years Auto China expanding on the language presented by concept C.

The anticipated SAIC AUDI upper executive segment 4 door sedan EV, I suspect.

 

[Esp5]

The anticipated SAIC AUDI upper executive segment 4 door sedan EV, I suspect.

The design language introduced by the C-Concept should be exclusive to Audi, since AUDI China has shown that its design is independent and different; it makes no sense to link them since they are sold in the same place, and that's not the idea.

 

[Design FIRST]

The design language introduced by the C-Concept should be exclusive to Audi, since AUDI China has shown that its design is independent and different; it makes no sense to link them since they are sold in the same place, and that's not the idea.

IMHO, there are elements that clearly distinguish the design of the SAIC AUDIs from the "Radical Next" Concept C paradigm. Common are the unadorned, clean surfaces. However, SAIC AUDI presents a more voluptuous, rounded, organic mode of design as opposed to the stringently rigid, razor sharp edged, "machinery hardware" elements seen on the Concept C.

 

[Esp5]

Audi: A massive drop in sales is expected in the US.

Audi expects to sell significantly fewer cars in the United States this year than in 2025. An internal estimate predicts sales will fall to their lowest level in decades, with Audi expecting to sell only around 144,000 vehicles in the US.

Audi: Massiver Absatzrückgang in den USA erwartet

Eine Gerichtsakte deutet auf einen massiven Absatzeinbruch hin: Audi rechnet für 2026 nur noch mit rund 144.000 Verkäufen in den USA – so wenig wie seit über zehn Jahren nicht mehr.

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