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What’s New for 2025: Audi


In the next two years, Audi plans to launch 20 new models globally. About 15 of those models will be sold in North America. No other luxury automaker has such an intense product launch, and it’s fueled by two new platforms. The Premium Platform Combustion (PPC) builds out vehicles powered by more efficient internal combustion engines and the Premium Platform Electric (PPE) girds the brand’s new battery electric vehicles. 

There’s a lot to come in 2025 and 2026, and so far we’ve only driven the vanguard of this product launch in the Q6 and SQ6 E-Tron electric SUVs. We’ve had a chance to study the new A5 and S5 launching in the U.S. by next spring, so much of what we know and what we’re listing below is based on those impressions. Some of the brand’s forthcoming models debuting in Europe and destined for North America next year are tentatively classified as 2025 models, but we expect them to be 2026s. Plans, like life, change, but whatever the case the brand emblazoned with four rings is evolving. 

The clearest signifier of this evolution is a new naming convention that hopefully will dispense of the E-Tron tag for the brand’s growing portfolio of electric vehicles. Staring now, all even-numbered models will be electric vehicles. Hence, the new Q6 E-Tron and the carryover Q8 and Q4 E-Tron models. All odd-numbered models will be powered by combustion engines, which is why the old A4 sedan to be discontinued in 2025 is now the new 2025 (or 2026) A5 sedan.  

Most 2025 Audi models will have a navigation trial extended from six months to three years, a garage door button will be integrated into the rearview mirror, and some packages have more features. The mandatory destination fee increases $100 to $1,295, and all prices listed below include that charge. 

Here’s a roundup of what’s new for Audi in 2025, and what is carried over. 

New or refreshed Audi models

2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron electric SUV

The first vehicle employing the PPE makes a huge leap from the smaller Q4, which was refreshed in all the right ways for 2024. It slots below the larger Q8, which launched as the E-Tron in 2018 and was the second electric SUV to arrive after the Tesla Model X. Sharing its underpinnings with the Porsche Macan EV but built more for comfort and luxury, the Q6 E-Tron has an 800-volt electrical architecture for quicker fast charging, a larger and more energy dense 94.9-kwh battery pack, more potent and efficient motors, and a hypermodern digital interface that’s more intuitive than overwhelming. Prices will be announced closer to its November on-sale date. 

2025 Audi A5 hatchback

We expect this to be all-new model to be a 2026, but Audi reps believe it to be a 2025 for now, to be sold alongside the existing A5 coupe that carries over before being discontinued. The new one will replace both the current A4 sedan and the current A5 coupe, convertible, and Sportback. Confused? It’s the first Audi model using the brand’s new Premium Platform Combustion that will underpin most gas models that launch in the next few years. It’s longer, wider, and more aerodynamic than the current A4, but it has a hatchback opening instead of a sealed-off trunk, like in the A5 Sportback. It’s the clearest indication of how Audi is streamlining its product line and eliminating slow-selling models such as coupes, convertibles, and overlapping sedans and hatchbacks. The new A5 will use a 268-hp 2.0-liter turbo-4 and the S5 will have a 362-hp 3.0-liter V-6. Both will be standard with all-wheel drive and a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. 

In what would surely confuse all of us, the new model may be sold alongside the carryover 2025 Audi A5/S5/R S5 Sportback.

2025 Audi RS E-Tron GT Performance

2025 Audi E-Tron GT

The flagship electric sedan introduced in 2021 now has more power, more range, and greater efficiency. It’ll cost more, too, whenever pricing is released because Audi eliminated the base E-Tron GT. A new 670-hp S E-Tron GT starts the bidding, while the RS E-Tron GT goes from 647 hp to 845 hp. A new RS E-Tron GT Performance grade sits atop the range with 912 hp. It’s capable of 0-62 mph in 2.5 seconds, while top speed is limited to 155 mph. Like the related Porsche Taycan, all E-Tron GTs now use a 105-kwh battery pack that weighs less than the outgoing 83.7-kwh battery pack and can charge at a higher rate and capture more regenerative braking. Range should improve from 249 miles to about 280 miles. 

2025 Audi A3

2025 Audi A3 small sedan

Product info and pricing TBD.

2025 Audi A6 midsize sedan

Product info and pricing TBD.

2025 Audi A4

 

Carryover Audi models

2025 Audi A4 compact sedan

  • The base A4 40 and its 201-hp 2.0-liter turbo-4 with AWD starts at $43,295; remote start is now standard.
  • S Line and Allroad models with a 261-hp 2.0-liter turbo-4 start at $45,395 and $48,895, respectively.
  • S4 and its 349-hp 3.0-liter turbo-6 ranges from $56,195 to $62,795.

2025 Audi A7 and A8 full-size sedans

  • The A7 and A8 with a 335-hp 3.0-liter turbocharged V-6 start at $73,295 and $93,295, respectively.
  • S7 and its twin-turbocharged 444-hp 2.9-liter V-6 cost $86,995.
  • S8 and its twin-turbocharged 563-hp 4.0-liter V-8 costs $126,595.
  • RS 7 Performance hits $129,895.

2025 Audi Q3 small crossover SUV

  • The Q3 ranges in price from $38,695 for the Q3 40 base model to $43,895 for the Q3 S Line 45 Prestige.

2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron

2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron electric compact crossover

  • After a significant overhaul last year with improved performance and a 288-mile range last year, the electric Q4 E-Tron carries over with a price ranging from $51,095 to $66,095 for the Q4 Sportback E-Tron Prestige.

2025 Audi Q5 compact crossover SUV

  • The base Q5 40 and its 201-hp 2.0-liter turbo-4 with AWD starts at $46,695.
  • Q5 S Line 45 models with a 261-hp 2.0-liter turbo-4 start at $50,095; the Sportback is $53,495.
  • Q5 Plug-in Hybrid with its 17.9-kwh battery pack, electric motor, and 2.0-liter turbo-4 costs $59,795.
  • SQ5 and its 349-hp 3.0-liter turbocharged V-6 start at $59,695; SQ5 Sportback is $63,095.

2025 Audi Q7 three-row crossover SUV

  • A new front fascia with a chunky mesh grille and prominent air intakes expand the crossover SUV’s image.
  • New light signatures greet both the Q7 and SQ7, but the engines carry over.
  • The Q7 starts at $61,795, while the SQ7 costs $92,095.

2025 Audi Q8 five-seat crossover SUV

  • Refreshed last year, the large crossover SUV now has standard traffic sign recognition.
  • 335-hp 3.0-liter turbocharged V-6 Q8 55 costs $75,695.
  • 500-hp 4.0-liter turbocharged V-8 SQ8 costs $98,895

2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron

2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron electric crossover SUV

  • After a major overhaul with improved performance and range last year, the electric Q8 E-Tron carries over with a price delta of $76,095 to $100,295 for the SQ8 Sportback E-Tron.

To be discontinued Audi models

After 2025, these Audis won’t be sold new in North America.

Audi A4 sedan, A4 Allroad wagon, S4 sedan

Audi A5 coupe, convertible, and RS versions





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