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.
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.
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
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
Product info and pricing TBD.
Product info and pricing TBD.
2025 Audi A4
2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron
2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron
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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