Report: The Audi A7 and S7 are Dead for 2026

by Chris Teague

Published: September 2nd, 2025

report the audi a7 and s7 are dead for 2026

Audi revealed the A7 as a sleek four-door liftback way back in 2010, but its days on sale are numbered. Neither it nor the sportier S7 will make it to 2026, as Audi said it is readying the new A6 as an indirect replacement.

An Audi spokesperson confirmed the move to Road & Track, saying, “There is no 2026 Model Year A7 or S7 as the model shifts to the new A6 TFSI coming later this year.” Audi was expected to shuffle its naming convention, which would have changed the A6 into the A7 for 2026, but that plan was abandoned.

Interestingly, the twin-turbocharged RS7 will remain on sale in 2026, but the A7 and S7’s departure comes after a decent sales year. The automaker saw a 48 percent increase in year-over-year sales during the first half of this year, though some of that could have been due to buyers rushing to beat tariffs.

Audi isn’t giving up on cars entirely. The A6 enters a new generation in 2026, receiving powerful engines and improvements to the RS6 Avant. The A4 is being phased out in favor of the A5, which follows the previously mentioned naming strategy, but no other models appear to be in the same boat.

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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Grandmaster T on Sep 02, 2025

Of all the car companies throughout history, VW is one of them.

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Jkross22 on Sep 02, 2025

They finally fixed the tuckus and now no one wants them. The exterior looks cool, but the interior looks like Best Buy.

2013 Volvo interiors look better than current Audis.

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- MaintenanceCosts on Sep 02, 2025
  
  Agree. It's really disappointing from the same company that produced the D3 A8, which defined luxury in interiors for the next decade and had the best interior in the business at any price when it came out.
  
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