Audi's PPE architecture has more efficient and powerful motors than other SUV E-TronsAn underground parking garage below the cobblestone streets of San Sebastian, Spain’s old town might be an unlikely place to detail the cutting-edge technology underpinning Audi’s evolutionary electric vehicle platform.
At nearly 188 inches long, the new 2025 SQ6 and Q6 are huge by urban European city standards, but sized just right when the midsize crossover SUV lands in November in North America’s most popular luxury car segment. Even though it was made in and tested in Europe, this modern SUV casts an American net, where the German brand sells about 40% of all its global vehicles.A6 electric sedanA standard dual-motor all-wheel-drive system will be used on a host of forthcoming vehicles based on the PPE.
While both have launch control , the SQ6 packs more of a gut punch, but it’s nothing too abrupt. It’s more of an immediate, expected acceleration. The five drive modes lend more nuance to the driving experience. Dynamic has a firm pedal response versus the mushy response in Efficiency, and each mode affects the steering response as well.One of the more pleasant surprises from the SQ6 was a new steering rack that’s connected to the subframe.
With its thicker antiroll bars and stiffer sidewalls on its 285/40R21 summer tires, the SQ6 suffers less squish in turns than the Q6, and overall handles with more agility than itswould suggest. Audi also claps on 6-piston calipers for more bite on the front brakes, but in most cases, the Q6 models don’t use the friction brakes all that much.Audi says that 95% of the braking in the Q6 models is handled by the motors, which can capture up to 0.25 g of deceleration.
The Q6 has a 14.5-inch touchscreen to accompany its 11.9-inch digital gauge cluster, and it runs Audi’s latest infotainment system. A passenger touchscreen of 10.9 inches that’s unreadable by the driver allows the passenger to act as navigator. It’s less intrusively integrated into the dash than in many luxury rivals .