The Audi Q8 E-tron’s new S-line appearance package could be its last hurrah

The 2025 Audi Q8 E-tron SUV and Sportback now person a “sportier” S-line title quality package that feels a spot for illustration a parts bin consolidation. It adds assemblage components from nan $90,000 SQ8 E-tron, making nan conveyance wider, and includes a body-color Singleframe and typical 21-inch five-spoke achromatic wheels. It besides gets black-painted brake calipers pinch S branding and doorway projection lights for nan edition.

While nan package is only launching successful Europe correct now, nan institution is “evaluating” bringing it to nan US arsenic well, according to Audi’s merchandise communications head Nathan Hoyt.

There is immoderate speculation that nan automaker could extremity accumulation of nan vehicles owed to a important driblet successful demand. Clean Technica reported Audi’s EV income were down from 7.411 vehicles successful Q4 2023 to 5,714 successful Q1 2024. And earlier this year, Car and Driver reported that Audi was considering an early extremity to nan Q8 E-tron’s production. However, Hoyt tells maine location are “no plans astatine this clip to extremity accumulation of nan Q8 e-tron.”

The 2025 Q8 E-tron lineup, starting astatine $74,800, was announced successful early July, and it added caller modular options, including Homelink buttons and Remote parkland assistance positive that lets you parkland nan car into tight spots while opinionated extracurricular nan vehicle. There’s besides a Magnesium package that achromatic retired nan colors and adds matte golden to nan wheels.

The Q8 E-tron’s conscionable announced S-line quality package besides adds caller c fibre components embedded successful places for illustration nan beforehand aerial curtains, broadside position mirrors, and connected parts of each 4 doors. Of course, nan existent SQ8 E-tron models person nan c fibre components, excessively — but only portion of nan Carbon Style package add-on.

Audi besides includes nan SQ8 E-tron’s adaptive aerial suspension athletics strategy pinch nan S-line package, giving nan regular Q8 E-tron nan expertise to alteration nan thrust tallness and adhd move damping power for amended comfort.

While nan Q8 E-tron’s early is successful question, Audi is moving to bring nan caller A6 E-tron series which will apt person amended scope and a slicker appearance. Audi’s electrical conveyance lineup has agelong had poorer scope compared to Tesla, Ford, and Kia. And while Audi’s Porsche Taycan-based E-tron GT is a awesome effort, it’s acold excessively costly for a mainstream luxury EV.