Overview
The Q8 is Audi's large SUV Coupe. Unlike its sister model, the three-row Q7, the big high-riding coupe is a 5-seater, this allows it to have a sleeker sportier roofline. Its front end gets a wider octagonal version of the Audi singleframe grille for a more aggressive look. Its wide blistered fenders and broad angular D-pillars were inspired by the original Quattro Coupe of the 1980s. Inside its pure modern Audi with a fully-digital instrument cluster and a pair of touchscreens at the center.
Two gasoline engines are offered in the Philippine market, a 3.0-liter turbocharged TFSI V6 mill which produces 335hp and 500Nm of torque (55 TFSI 3.0T Quattro), and a high-output *4.0-liter twin-turbo TFSI V8 motor which puts out 592hp and 800Nm of torque (RS Q8). Both variants come with an eight-speed Tiptronic automatic transmission and Audi's Quattro all-wheel drive system.
*The RS Q8's twin-turbo V8 is paired to a 48-volt mild-hybrid system.