Tested: 2025 Audi RS Q8 Performance

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Audi doesn't think many owners of its super-SUV will hit the track, but if they do, they're in for a treat.

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If the Lamborghini Urus is simply too flashy, consider the Audi RS Q8 Performance. The Lambo's kissin' cousin underwent a minor transformation for 2025, emerging from its chrysalis with a fresh Performance moniker, a few new styling cues, and a dash of extra motive force. It's more expensive than it used to be, but considering how much you get—and how much less you spend compared to the Italian—this six-figure mid-size super-SUV almost feels like a bargain. Almost.

New Name, New Look

Despite gaining an extra word on the end of its name, the RS Q8 Performance is not a second variant. It's the only version we get for 2025, which is fine by us. There's still a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 under the hood, but it now makes 631 horsepower and 627 pound-feet of torque. Not only is that 40 horses and 37 pound-feet more than it made last year, but this newfound vim also makes the RS Q8 Performance the most powerful combustion-engine RS model.

Audi reckons the Performance will reach 60 mph in 3.4 seconds—but it proved quicker than that at our test track. We recorded a 60-mph time of just 3.1 seconds, which is not only ahead of Audi's estimates but also 0.1 second quicker than the last (and less powerful) RS Q8 we tested. Keep the pedal on the floor, and it'll knock off a quarter-mile dash in 11.5 seconds at 119 mph, again besting its predecessor by precisely 0.1 second.