Unlike in the previous 8R generation Q5, US vehicles are only offered with the 2.0T TFSI I-4 engine. The 2.0T ‘45 TFSI’ model offers acceleration similar to the previous generation’s 3.0 TFSI Supercharged V6 (face-lifted Q5 8R, 2013-2017) while using less fuel and reduced emissions. No TDI version will be offered in North America due to the fallout from the diesel emissions scandal. Bucking an industry-wide trend of moving away from dual clutch transmissions for the latest generation of conventional torque converter automatics, Audi actually replaced the previous generation’s ZF 8HP 8-speed automatic transmission for their own 7-speed S-Tronic dual clutch gearbox.