Audi’s on-again, off-again Sport quattro coupe could arrive in showrooms as a regular-production model in 2015.

Previewed by the Sport quattro concept that bowed in Frankfurt last September, the car will ride on a shortened A6 platform and feature lightweight body constructed out of carbon fiber and aluminum. When all is said and done, the Sport quattro is expected to tip the scale at roughly 1293 Kg.

The production car will ditch the concept’s 700-horsepower plug-in hybrid drivetrain in favor of a more conventional 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine lifted from the RS Q3 parts bin. Tuned to deliver about 50 ponies more than in the RS Q3, the mill will send approximately 360 horsepower to all four wheels via Audi’s famed quattro all-wheel drive system.

Engine aside, the production Sport quattro will be nearly identical to the concept version. Its overall shape will hark back to the original Sport Quattro but it will blend in with Audi’s next design language thanks to a hexagonal grille with honeycomb inserts, angular headlights that pack the firm’s new Matrix Beam technology and rectangular LED tail lamps out back.

The coupe will offer room for four passengers in a luxurious, leather-upholstered cockpit. Audi’s latest infotainment technology will come standard.

If the report is accurate, Audi will publish a full set of details about the Sport quattro next year.

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