New Audi Q3 Sportback spotted testing

Audi’s popular Q3 Sportback is getting a new look for 2025, as is the SUV variant of the Q3 line-up.

The next-generation Audi Q3 Sportback will sport a new design which will become evident later this year. The new model will bring significant upgrades in design, technology and powertrain options.  

Naturally, the standard Q3 SUV will sport similar major updates. Both will ride on a heavily updated ‘evo’ version of the MQB platform. This supports the latest generation of plug-in hybrid powertrain options. Expect at least 80km of EV range. Motor outputs will be 150 and 203kW.

These will join a range of electrified mild-hybrid and pure-petrol options powering the front or all four wheels, the latter in higher-powered models. 

The all-wheel drive set-up will remain the Haldex-style system found in MQB models with a front-bias, rather than the Quattro system found in bigger Q series models. 

There are evidently big improvements to the cabin and design. The exterior features Audi’s latest design language, with split headlights, a huge upright grille and heavily accentuated wheel arches. 

The Sportback has a more accentuated roof curve towards the back, for a coupe-like shape. Slimmer windows give the SB a sleeker silhouette than the more upright SUV.

See our review of the Audi Q3 Sportback 45 TSFI.

An updated cabin will feature a new dashboard and digital interface, based on that of the latest Q5. Screens will likely be simplified and smaller. 

Whether or not the five-cylinder turbocharged petrol engined RS Q3 will eventuate is unknown. But Audi said it will offer the engine for as long as it meets emissions standards. 

Expect the range to dot down here around year end or possibly early in 2026.