Audi SQ8

The Audi SQ8 is the performance version of the Audi Q8, the mid-size luxury crossover SUV launched in 2018. It was introduced in June 2019 with chassis revisions and a 4.0 litre biturbo V8 mild-hybrid diesel engine producing 429 bhp and 900 newton metres, sending power through an eight-speed Tiptronic gearbox to the quattro all-wheel drive system. The SQ8 4.0 TFSI quattro is a petrol version with a twin-turbocharged V8 rated at 507 PS and 770 newton metres, reaching 60 mph in 4.1 seconds with a top speed limited to 250 km/h. It went on sale in late spring 2020 in the United States as the only SQ8, and the facelifted Q8 range was unveiled in September 2023.