The new naming strategy with odd numbers used on ICE-powered cars and even numbers for EVs, caused confusion, so Audi is dropping it

Audi is backtracking just two years after introducing a new naming strategy that saw even numbers applied to EVs and odd numbers to gas cars.

Here’s what it means for the general public: some Audi EVs will share a name with their gas or diesel counterparts, but they’ll still maintain the “E-Tron” name for EVs and TDI for diesel. For example, the gas-powered Audi Q8 and the all-electric Audi Q8 E-Tron will exist under the same model name.

Audi is going back to its original naming strategy in which a number in a model's name refers only to the size or positioning in the lineup.

Audi is once again revising its model naming strategy as it juggles gas-engine & electric variants in its lineup, returning this time to a simpler formula.

Exactly how Audi would apply the Sportback name varied, though: the A7 was similar in concept to the A5 Sportback, with its coupe-like roof over a four-door body, whereas the A3 Sportback is a vaguely wagon-esque hatch rather than a 'four-door coupe', and it retained the A3 name. It could hardly take the A4 name, after all.

CAR magazine UK reveals details of Audi's latest plan on how it'll name its cars from now on, scrapping the odd and even-numbered system to separate combustion and

In a press release, Audi board member for sales and marketing Marco Schubert explained that the reason for this change was to "provide intuitive orientation for all customers worl

Audi has reversed the confusing model naming scheme that it assigned two years ago, bowing to feedback from its customers and dealers, the brand said. Introduced in early 2023, the model naming structure designated even numbers to its electric car range,