The C88 was a prototype family car designed for the Chinese market in 1994 by Porsche in response to the Chinese government's invitation to a number of international automotive manufacturers for a new range of cars.[1] It was completed in four months by Porsche engineers and was displayed to the public at the 1994 Beijing Auto Show. The prototype is now on display in the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.[2]
The four-door compact saloon body[3] was unlike any other Porsche, and did not feature the Porsche badge anywhere. It was not well received by the Chinese, and Porsche went on to show it in India but without any success.
Porsche has provided its engineering services to a wide range of manufacturers included the Audi RS2, Lada Samara and SEAT Ibiza.[4]