Chinese AUDI’s third product will be a sedan due in 2027

After the E5 Sportback and the E7X SUV, the China-only sub-brand ‘AUDI’, a collaboration between Audi and SAIC Motor, is planning to launch its third product in 2027. As per a Reuters report, Fermin Soneira, CEO of the AUDI and SAIC Cooperation Project, revealed that the upcoming model “will be ​a limousine but a sporty model for the high-end market”.

1. The sedan will be introduced after the E7X’s launch in Q2 2026
2. With the models, the joint venture will try to regain its footing in the Chinese EV market

Upcoming AUDI sedan in China: All you need to know

It will sport an ‘AUDI’ badge and have a 3-box design with a proper boot lid

The AUDI E5 Sportback is the first product under the SAIC-Audi collaboration in China.

Speaking about the upcoming all-electric sedan, Soneira said it is “already in the pipeline” and will debut in 2027. Like the E5 Sportback and E7X SUV, the forthcoming model will sport an ‘AUDI’ badge in capital letters instead of the Four Rings logo. However, it will not be the only three-box sedan by the German manufacturer in China, as the locally assembled iteration of the A5 is also a proper sedan with a boot lid, unlike the liftback version offered in Audi’s other global markets.

While more details of the upcoming sedan are awaited, it is expected to be positioned alongside the recently launched China-only Audi A6L e-tron, which sits on the manufacturer’s new Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture. 

Current AUDI line-up in China

AUDI’s second product, the E7X SUV, will launch in Q2 2026

The AUDI E7X will make its public debut at the Auto China 2026 motor show, held from April 24.

Currently, the AUDI joint venture sells the E5 Sportback in China, and the E7X is slated to launch in Q2 2026, followed by the announced sedan in 2027. With these forthcoming models, the SAIC-Audi joint venture will try to regain its lost ground in the Chinese EV market. Soneira revealed to Reuters that the brand has sold 10,000 units of the E5 Sportback since its launch in September 2025. However, sales fell in January and February, with the brand recording only 2,630 units in March 2026 due to the imposition of a 5 percent tax on EVs, which was not the case earlier.