The 2025 Audi Q8 E-tron SUV and Sportback now have a “sportier” S line competitors look bundle that feels a bit like a components bin consolidation. It provides physique elements from the $90,000 SQ8 E-tron, making the car wider, and features a body-color Singleframe and particular 21-inch five-spoke black wheels. It additionally will get black-painted brake calipers with S branding and door projection lights for the version.
Whereas the bundle is simply launching in Europe proper now, the corporate is “evaluating” bringing it to the US as nicely, in keeping with Audi’s product communications supervisor, Nathan Hoyt.
There may be some hypothesis that the automaker might finish manufacturing of the automobiles on account of a major drop in demand. CleanTechnica reported Audi’s EV gross sales had been down from 7.411 automobiles in This fall 2023 to five,714 in Q1 2024. And earlier this 12 months, Automobile and Driver reported that Audi was contemplating an early finish to the Q8 E-tron’s manufacturing. Nonetheless, Hoyt tells me there are “no plans right now to finish manufacturing of the Q8 e-tron.”
The 2025 Q8 E-tron lineup, beginning at $74,800, was introduced in early July, and it added new commonplace choices, together with Homelink buttons and Distant park help plus that allows you to park the automotive into tight spots whereas standing exterior the car. There’s additionally a Magnesium bundle that black out the colours and provides matte gold to the wheels.
The Q8 E-tron’s simply introduced S line look bundle additionally provides new carbon fiber elements embedded in locations just like the entrance air curtains, facet view mirrors, and on components of all 4 doorways. In fact, the true SQ8 E-tron fashions have the carbon fiber elements, too — however solely a part of the Carbon Fashion bundle add-on.
Audi additionally contains the SQ8 E-tron’s adaptive air suspension sport system with the S line bundle, giving the common Q8 E-tron the flexibility to alter the journey peak and add dynamic damping management for higher consolation.
Whereas the Q8 E-tron’s future is in query, Audi is working to deliver the brand new A6 E-tron collection which is able to seemingly have higher vary and a slicker look. Audi’s electrical car lineup has lengthy had poorer vary in comparison with Tesla, Ford, and Kia. And whereas Audi’s Porsche Taycan-based E-tron GT is a superb effort, it’s far too costly for a mainstream luxurious EV.
