Fresh off a face-lift for 2024, Audi’s biggest SUV coupe, the Q8, rolls into the 2025 model year with just minor updates and a few new option packages. Traffic-sign recognition is now standard across the lineup, and the LED Interior Lighting Package Plus is now standard on every high-performance SQ8.
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Lipstick and Carbon Fiber
Audi is adding two new packages to the SQ8’s options list for 2025. The Audi Sport Express Red Stitching Package includes a black interior with red seat belts and, well, Express Red stitching. The new Carbon Package features carbon-fiber trim on the side mirror housings, door inlays and rear lighting.
Standard and Available Safety Features
All 2025 Q8s feature a generous list of advanced safety systems as standard equipment. This includes forward collision warning with pedestrian detection and automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane-centering steering, blind spot monitors, rear cross-traffic alert, front and rear parking sensors, traffic-sign recognition and automatic high beams. Optional safety equipment includes an upgraded forward collision warning system that watches for cross traffic during turns, an automated parking system, a 360-degree parking camera, a head-up display and a night-vision camera.
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Powertrain Specs and MPG
The 2025 Q8 family’s engines carry over unchanged. The Q8 55 is powered by a turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 making 335 horsepower and 369 pounds-feet of torque, while the SQ8 gets a 500-hp, twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 cranking out 568 pounds-feet. Both send power through an eight-speed automatic transmission to Audi’s signature Quattro all-wheel drive. For 2024, the Q8 gets an EPA-rated 17/23/19 mpg city/highway/combined, while the SQ8 returns 15/21/17 mpg (official EPA figures for the 2025 models are not yet available).
Availability and Pricing
The 2025 Audi Q8 and SQ8 will go on sale later this year. Full line pricing, including $1,295 destination, is as follows:
Q8
- Premium: $75,695
- Premium Plus: $79,795
- Prestige: $87,895
SQ8
- Premium Plus: $98,895
- Prestige: $106,195
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