Long-running sports car nameplate's replacement firming as an all-electric coupe-styled SUV.

There's been talk for ages about the current Audi TT sports car morphing into a four-door vehicle of some sort to compete in higher-volume segments – now, it looks like that car could be a sporty EV crossover.

Britain's Auto Express claims it can confirm "Audi's bosses have finally settled on a proposal for the next-generation TT", which will transform the slow-selling coupe and roadster into an all-electric compact crossover with more sporting intentions.

Unofficially dubbed the 'e-TTron', the new model is expected to be slightly smaller than the new Q3, at around 4.35m long. Despite being labelled a 'crossover', the e-TTron will be much lower and wider than similarly-sized SUVs, which from the sounds of it could end up looking like a jacked-up shooting brake.

Some clues for the design could be taken from the 2014 Audi TT Offroad concept (pictured), which was an adaptation of the current TT's design for a five-door, coupe-styled crossover that never made it to production.