Report: Updated 2025 Audi Q3 and New PHEV Models Are On Their Way
The revised Audi Q3 has been floating around in spy shots and churning through the rumor mills for a while now, well, at least for people who care about subcompact SUVs. Audi only recently confirmed the new vehicle, however, stating that the updated Q3 will come this year. Note that the images used in this article are of a 2022 model-year SUV after its last refresh, not the 2025 update.
The third-gen SUV will join a new A7 and new plug-in hybrid models landing in 2025. Audi didn’t share any other details on the revised Q3, but it’s expected to ride on a revised version of VW’s MQB platform, called the MQB Evo. The automaker’s aggressive electrification goals mean this is likely the last gas-only Q3 we’ll see.
Audi didn’t put up the greatest sales numbers in 2024, as it was surpassed by Tesla in global deliveries, with 1,671,218 units to the electric automaker’s 1,789,226. Audi sold around 164,000 EVs last year, a drop of around eight percent. The automaker blamed limited parts and strong economic headwinds for its performance, but noted that new models should help turn the tides in its favor.
Audi is expected to release the updated A5 in 2025, and a refreshed Q7 is also due this year. We’ll also see the new Q6 e-tron at some point this year. Those models may give the German automaker a boost in the U.S., but it faces a steeper climb to recovery in other countries, where Chinese companies offer a dizzying array of electric models not available here.
[Images: Audi]
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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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Curb weights are Hefty. Are they getting advice from Mazda?
SO FAR EV Audis are too damned pricey for what they offer, and their sales are DISMAL. Same will happen to the new ones if they cannot make them at a reasonable price, even if they are more practical Plugins instead of Pure EVs.