How Do Car Seats Fit in a 2024 Audi Q8 E-Tron?
The verdict: For 2024, Audi added “Q8” to the E-Tron name and gave the electric SUV a new front end and a range upgrade. This luxury electric vehicle earned high grades in our Car Seat Check for its roomy backseat and easy-to-use Latch system.
Does it fit three car seats? No.
Take a look at how the Latch system and each car seat scored below in our Car Seat Check of the 2024 Audi Q8 E-Tron.
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A Grade
- Latch: The Q8 E-Tron has two sets of lower Latch anchors in the outer rear seats. Located under removable plastic covers, the lower anchors are easy to find and use. The SUV also has three top tether anchors on the backseat’s rear seatbacks. The anchors are well marked, making them easy to locate.
- Rear-facing convertible: With the front passenger seat positioned for our 5-foot-8-inch passenger, we had no issues installing the rear-facing infant seat. The roomy backseat easily accommodated this sizable car seat.
- Forward-facing convertible: After removing the head restraint using a hidden key in the key fob, this seat fit well. We had no trouble accessing the lower anchors or the top tether anchor.
- Booster: As with the forward convertible, we removed the head restraint to situate the booster flush against the seatback. The SUV’s seat cushion bolsters worked well to hold the booster snugly in place. Although the seat belt buckle sits a little low, it should be stable enough for kids to grasp and use independently. The Q8 E-Tron also has illuminated buckles that make them easier to see.
B Grade
- Infant: This seat was easy to install but required a bit more legroom than the rear-facing convertible. We moved the front seat up about an inch to give the car seat a little more space; we also set the front passenger seatback to a more upright position to accommodate the car seat.
C Grade
- None
Grading Scale
A: Plenty of room for the car seat and the child; doesn’t impact driver or front-passenger legroom. Easy to find and connect to Latch and tether anchors. No fit issues involving head restraint or seat contouring. Easy access to the third row.
B: One room, fit or connection issue. Some problems accessing the third row when available.
C: Marginal room plus one fit or connection issue. Difficult to access the third row when available.
D: Insufficient room, plus multiple fit or connection issues.
F: Does not fit or is unsafe.
About Cars.com’s Car Seat Checks
Editors Jennifer Geiger and Jennifer Newman are certified child safety seat installation technicians.
For the Car Seat Check, we use a Chicco KeyFit 30 infant-safety seat, a Graco Contender 65 convertible seat and Graco TurboBooster seat. The front seats are adjusted for a 6-foot driver and a shorter passenger. The three child seats are installed in the second row. The booster seat sits behind the driver’s seat, and the infant and convertible seats are installed behind the front passenger seat.
We also install the forward-facing convertible in the second row’s middle seat with the booster and infant seat in the outboard seats to see if three car seats will fit; a child sitting in the booster seat must be able to reach the seat belt buckle. If there’s a third row, we install the booster seat and a forward-facing convertible. Learn more about how we conduct our Car Seat Checks.
Parents should also remember that they can use the Latch system or a seat belt to install a car seat, and that Latch anchors have a weight limit of 65 pounds, including the weight of the child and the weight of the seat itself.
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