Audi SQ8

Registered from 2019 to 2020.

Audi SQ8
Photo: Vauxford · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

About this model

The Audi Q8 is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV made by Audi that was launched in 2018. It is being produced at the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant.

From the Wikipedia article Audi Q8, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What fails its inspection

Great Britain's MOT record for the 2020 4.0 diesel. 11 of 203 tests failed, 5%.

Better than 83% of 2020 cars. The typical one fails 8%, across 906 models with enough tests behind them to say.

WhereShare of failuresFailed tests
Tyres and wheels73%8
Brakes9%1
Lights and electrics9%1
Plates and identity9%1
Visibility9%1

The defects inspectors cite

Before you buy one

Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.

When it starts failing

At 40–60k miles this one fails 2% of its inspections, against the 13% an ordinary car of the same age fails.

OdometerFailure rateRateIts ageTests
0–20k miles7%5%42
20–40k miles6%10%107
40–60k miles2%13%41

190 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.

Half of these have more than 20k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.

Specification

YearMeasured
20204.0 diesel · 2440 kg · 2996 mm wheelbase · 9.1 L/100km (WLTP)
20194.0 diesel · 2440 kg · 2996 mm wheelbase · 9.1 L/100km (WLTP)