Audi has revealed the all-new 2025 Audi Q5, a complete redesign of the brand’s perennial bestselling compact luxury crossover.
The exterior of the 2025 Audi Q5 is completely new, though instantly recognizable as a member of the current Audi family. Up front, we find a large Audi grille with a fairly burly-looking grille pattern, flanked by two large air intakes on either side, giving it a sharper, more athletic appearance. New LED headlights featuring user-configurable daytime running lights (DRLs) round out the new front end’s design.
The 2025 Audi Q5’s silhouette builds upon the previous generation with a sleeker, slightly more aggressive look. More dynamic-looking sculpting is peppered throughout the new Q5’s exterior and goes a long way to make it look more athletic than its predecessor.
The rear gets a full-width lightbar taillight arrangement that appears to be an almost carbon copy of the one found on the new A5. Like the A5, it also features OLED lighting technology that, like the headlights, can be changed to eight different lighting patterns. Interestingly, the center-mounted third brake light on the back shines a light pattern onto the rear window to increase its visibility. Audi certainly loves a lighting innovation. Standard Q5 models will get dual rectangular exhaust tips, while SQ5 models will receive a unique quad-tip design. Buyers will be able to choose from wheels that range in size from 18 to 20 inches, with SQ5 buyers getting the choice of 20 or 21-inch wheels.
The overall look of the 2025 Audi Q5 is very much that of a crossover version of the newly-announced 2025 Audi A5 with similar lighting, grilles, and surface detailing. It’s a handsome, restrained look that shouldn’t ruffle the feathers of the Audi faithful, an important thing considering how popular the vehicle is globally.
Inside, the 2025 Audi Q5 gets an interior that is also very much in line with what we’ve seen from the rest of the brand’s newer models. This means buyers will be greeted by two large screens up front – a 14.5-inch central infotainment screen and an 11.9-inch digital driver’s display. Together, these two displays comprise what Audi is calling the “Digital Stage” and runs a version of Android Automotive OS. Settings for HVAC, audio controls, and other vehicle functions will be found in that central touchscreen, with no physical climate controls making their way into the redesigned cabin. A new “Audi Dynamic Interaction Light” spans the dash and can communicate what the vehicle is doing through unique lighting animations for things like locking and unlocking the car.
Buyers can option their new Q5 with an additional 10.9-inch display in front of the front seat passenger, where they can watch movies, see navigation info, and more. Buyers can also opt for a new head-sup display with an 85 percent larger display area than the previous generation model, as well as a Bang & Olufsen premium audio system featuring 16 speakers and active noise cancelation.
At launch, the 2025 Audi Q5 will come with a 2.0-lt turbocharge four-cylinder making 268 hp. The sportier 2025 Audi SQ5 will arrive with a 3.0-lt turbocharged V6 producing 362 hp. Both models will come with a new seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, replacing the conventional eight-speed automatic found in the previous generation.
2025 Audi Q5s get passive frequency electric adaptive dampers while SQ5 models get a standard sports suspension (which will be optional for standard Q5s as well). An optional air suspension system with active adaptive dampers will also be available, that can be adjusted via the Audi Drive Select modes. The difference between different drive settings will be more pronounced as well, and all Q5s will also have an enhanced version of Audi’s progressive steering system.
The 2025 Audi Q5 will be built on the brand’s Premium Platform Combustion (PPC) architecture, which has been designed to allow for future plug-in hybrid versions as well. However, the brand is not announcing any other powertrains at this time.
The 2025 Audi Q5 will go on sale in the US in the spring or early summer of 2025, with pricing and more in-depth trim information available closer to that time.
