If they do end up making that car, which hasn't even been announced yet, it would only be for China, being a SAIC product.
Trying to regain market share in China, Germany's Audi will launch a third model next year under its new Chinese brand in collaboration with local partner SAIC Motor Corp, the chief executive of the project said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
I also don't see a successor to the E-TRON GT on the horizon. Sales have plummeted, there are no prototypes in sight, and a $100,000 four-door coupe must be the last thing Audi has in mind in this industry climate.
The Q9 is what we have and what we'll have for a few years.
*Information sources include reportedly unnamed contact networks between Audi AG-Neckarsulm/Volkswagen AG and the Heilbronn/Neckarsulm region daily newspaper "Die Stimme". Translated from German into English by Google Translator:
Information regarding the
Audi e-tron GT successor and the SSP SPORT platform is based on official corporate announcements from the Volkswagen Group as well as reports from specialist media (
as of May 2026): 1. Official Platform Strategy (VW Group) SSP (Scalable Systems Platform): In official strategy updates—such as the *Product & Tech Update 2025*—the SSP is confirmed as the Group's future unified platform, intended to replace both the MEB and PPE architectures.
SSP SPORT: Porsche is leading the development of the performance-oriented variant, "SSP Sport," which is designated for sporty models from Porsche, Audi, and Bentley.
2. Product Cycles and Model Updates Current Facelift (2025/2026): Audi has comprehensively updated the current e-tron GT (including models such as the S e-tron GT and the 925 hp RS e-tron GT performance). Given that this facelift has only just been introduced to the market,
a complete platform switch to SSP Sport is technically only realistic for the next model cycle (approx. 2028–2030). Successor Project: Specialist media outlets—such as the *Heilbronner Stimme*—report on a "Project C-Sport," which envisions a new electric sports car starting in 2027/2028 at the Böllinger Höfe facility in Heilbronn—the current production site of the e-tron GT.
3. Technological Outlook Software Integration: Audi CEO Gernot Döllner has confirmed that future models (beginning with the A4 e-tron in 2028) will be based on the SSP architecture in order to benefit from the Group's new software stack (E³ 2.0) and a collaboration with Rivian. In Summary: While the current e-tron GT is still based on J1 technology (from Porsche),
SSP Sport is the officially designated platform for all of the Group's future high-performance electric vehicles—a category that includes the e-tron GT successor."
Certainly, times are highly volatile and 2028-2030 is a ways off, hence strategic decisions will be subject to alteration or perhaps even termination.
