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在 TT 和 R8 陆续停产之后，我们已经有一段时间没能在奥迪的产品体系中看到跑车或者敞篷车的身影了。

但奥迪在今天发布的 Concept C 概念车似乎让情况又迎来了转机。

虽然说是概念车，但奥迪方面表示，这辆车已经相当贴近量产状态，当其在 2027 年上市时，除了会增加门把手、传感器和一些细微调整外，正式上路的车型和这辆概念车的区别不会太大。

回到千禧年

目前奥迪还未曾公布新的量产车型究竟会继承 TT 和 R8 中的哪一个名字，但我们似乎能从这台银色车身上看到许多热门轿跑车的影子，比如于 1991 东京车展亮相的 Avus Quattro 概念车、向「银箭」赛车致敬的奥迪 Rosemeyer，乃至捷豹新概念车和新小鹏 P7 上的某些概念和元素。

奥迪首席设计师 Massimo Frascella（马西莫·弗拉塞拉）在介绍这款车的设计理念时说：

我们希望从内到外「将一切简化为本质」来拥抱「彻底的简单」。

这款 Concept C 概念车有很多千禧年前后的奥迪特有的气质。

除了银色的科幻感色彩外，奥迪大幅度的简化了车身线条，只留下了一条肩线贯穿车身，这种设计使得整个概念车像是装在四个轮子上的一整块可以移动的金属，化用大家更熟悉的话来说或许可以是——「一块钢板的艺术之旅」。

另一个吸引眼球的部分是概念车的尾部，奥迪取消了新车的后窗，让溜背式车顶直接延续到了车辆尾部，并在其上面设计了百叶窗式的装饰，并隐藏了一个高位刹车灯进去。尺寸巨大的侧分流器和车尾下沿的扩散器则更进一步强化了车辆的科幻感。

在 A 柱和 D 柱之间，奥迪首次设计了由两块面板组成的电动伸缩车顶，奥迪称这样设计是「让车辆保持整体形状的同时，实现敞篷驾驶体验的方案。」

丑爆了的前格栅

仅从尾部和侧面看，这辆新车相当漂亮，4.2 米上的车身搭配 21 寸的轮毂，Concept C 整体的车身轮廓相当性感迷人，但当我们来到车辆正面，这种精致感却被车头莫名其妙的一大块黑色给完全破坏了。

Concept C 不再拥有奥迪在燃油时代标志性的蜂窝状格栅前脸，四环标所在的中央区域被一大块黑色的面板所取代，两侧的进气口四周做了隐藏式的熏黑处理，形状和前灯一样变为了横平竖直的细条。

我其实相当理解 Concept C 作为一辆概念车需要在设计风格和语言上进行一些更加大胆的尝试和突破，也理解作为一辆纯电车型，Concept C 不再需要大面积的进气格栅来散热，只是哪怕在概念车上，这样的设计也谈不上好看，甚至严重破坏了车辆的美感。

德国本地的汽车媒体毫不客气的将前脸四环标下面的黑色区域称之为「冰箱门」，并且更加激烈的表示：

作为一名奥迪车主，当我看到这个前脸时，我感觉自己受到了侮辱，这根本不是奥迪。

奥迪确实需要认真考虑下，怎么样把那块突兀的黑色格栅变得更好看也与整体更协调一些。

以驾驶员为中心

来到车内，Concept C 内饰的设计也让人眼前一亮，概念车的内饰语言遵循了极简主义的原则和以驾驶员为中心的驾驶舱设计。

整个座舱内的线条以及门把手、空调出风口等组件都遵循了和车身线条一样的横平竖直设计，奥迪放弃了他们通常采用的运动型平底方向盘，选择了一个对称的圆形方向盘，上面所有的功能都有圆柱形的实体按键控制。

同时，奥迪在新概念车上提供了可隐藏的10.4 英寸显示屏，如果需要专注于驾驶，这块屏幕可以被完全收起。

内饰材质上奥迪则大量使用了织物和双色羊毛斜纹布来营造更加环保和极简主义的座舱风格。

奥迪并没有过多透露车辆的动力细节，只是表示其将是一款后轮驱动的全电动车型，基于 800V高压平台打造，概念车车长约 4.6 米，宽约 1.98 米，高约 1.2 米，轴距约 2.5 米。

另外一个值得关注的细节是，Concept C 的设计语言将影响奥迪下一代的整个产品线，至少在 2026 年，我们即将在新的入门级电动汽车和新款 RS 性能车型上看到相同的元素。

奥迪近几年一方面加码电动化，一方面不断缩减车系，TT 与 R8 于 2023 年停产却迟迟没有继任者，奔驰和宝马自然很乐意吃下这块市场，除了宝马 Z4 之外，奔驰也于最近发布了新的 CLE 双门 Coupe 车型。

但或许是电动化之路走的并不顺利，以及不想看到老对手们赢得太轻松，奥迪在宣布全面推迟电动化后决定复活 R8，与兰博基尼 Temerario 共享车体结构，采用插电式混合动力系统，推出双门轿跑和敞篷两种车身形式。

并且在 2026 年，奥迪也将加入 F1 赛事，并开发专属的动力单元。

这些消息都相当让人期待。

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