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2023 Audi Q4 e-tron towing capacity

The 2023 Audi Q4 e-tron tows 2,200 lbs to 2,650 lbs depending on how it's built.

✓ From 2023 Audi Q4 e-tron Technical Specifications, p. 2 ↗Checked 2026-09-292026202520242023

Audi Q4 e-tron
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2,650
Max towing, lbs
2,200
Lowest rating, lbs
3
Configurations
4
Model years

Your exact truck

Which Q4 e-tron is yours?

Cab / body?

Not sure? The label on your driver's door jamb and your window sticker list these.

So far

2,200 lbs – 2,650 lbs

3 configurations still match. Answer to narrow it down.

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Will it pull your trailer?

Use the trailer's GVWR (on its VIN sticker) if you don't know what it weighs loaded — the dry weight leaves out water, propane and gear.

Yes, in every configuration

Across all 3 configurations in the maker's guide.

▲ top rating 2,650 lbs

  • Tongue weight ≈ 150 lbs — 10% of the loaded trailer, the figure Ford's towing guide uses (no more than 200 lbs up to 2,000 lbs). It counts against your payload, together with passengers and cargo.
  • ✓ up to 90% of the rating · ! 90–100% (little room for cargo, hills, wind — common advice, not a Audi rule) · ✕ over the rating.

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Why the numbers differ

  • The version counts too: Q4 50 e-tron quattro is rated 450 lbs higher than Q4 40 e-tron (RWD) with everything else the same (SUV · Q4 50 e-tron quattro). p. 2 ↗

In real life

What 2,650 lbs means in trailers

Ford's towing guide sorts trailers into four weight classes; the classes describe the trailer, so they apply to any tow vehicle. With the right configuration the Q4 e-tron reaches:

  1. Class I✓ Yes

    up to 2,000 lbs

    Small folding camping trailers and trailers for small boats, motorcycles and snowmobiles.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

  2. Class IIUp to 2,650

    2,001–3,500 lbs

    Large folding camping trailers, single-axle, small- to medium-length (up to 18-ft.) trailers.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

  3. Class III✕ No

    3,501–5,000 lbs

    Dual-axle or large single-axle travel trailers.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

  4. Class IV✕ No

    over 5,000 lbs

    Largest travel and 5th-wheel trailers made for recreation.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

Real trailers

Can the Q4 e-tron pull these?

11 heavier trailers the Q4 e-tron isn't rated for

Weights are what each trailer maker publishes (retrieved 2026-09-27). We compare the trailer's GVWR — the most it may weigh loaded — with each Q4 e-tron configuration's rating, and never a dry weight when a GVWR exists.

Fine print, made plain

What the rating assumes

Every rating assumes a 150-lb driver and passenger and no other cargo. Add people, gear or accessories and the trailer you can tow goes down by the same amount.

New to towing?

The five weights, in one picture

Tongue weightLoaded trailer weightPayloadGVWR: the loaded truckGCWR: truck + trailer together
Loaded trailer weight — must stay under the towing rating
The rating “It assumes a towing vehicle with any mandatory options, no cargo, tongue load of 10% (conventional trailer) or king pin weight of 15% (5th-wheel trailer), and driver and passenger (150 lbs. each).” Weight of additional options, passengers, cargo and hitch must be deducted from this weight. p. 7 ↗
Tongue weight — the part of the trailer pressing on the hitch
“For trailers up to 2,000 lbs., tongue load not to exceed 200 lbs. For conventional trailers over 2,000 lbs., tongue load is 10% of loaded trailer weight. For 5th-wheel trailers, king pin weight is 15% of loaded trailer weight.” p. 7 ↗
Payload — people and cargo the truck can carry
“Payload is the combined maximum allowable weight of cargo and passengers that the vehicle is designed to carry. It is the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating minus the Base Curb Weight.” And: “When towing, trailer tongue load or king pin weight is also part of the Cargo Weight.” p. 6 ↗
GVWR and GCWR — the two ceilings
“Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) is the maximum allowable weight of the fully-loaded vehicle (including passengers and cargo).” “Gross Vehicle Weight PLUS Loaded Trailer Weight EQUALS Gross Combination Weight (GCW) GCW must not exceed GCWR.” Your GVWR is on the label on the driver's door jamb. p. 6 ↗

From the maker's table

All 3 configurations

Conventional towing:
EngineBodyTrimMax trailerGCWRSource
—SUVQ4 50 e-tron quattro2,650not listedp. 2 ↗
—SportbackQ4 Sportback 50 quattro2,650not listedp. 2 ↗
—SUVQ4 40 e-tron (RWD)2,200not listedp. 2 ↗

Weights in lbs. “Not listed” means the maker printed no GCWR for that configuration — we don't estimate one.

More Audi towing capacities

Questions people ask

What is the towing capacity of the 2023 Audi Q4 e-tron?

From 2,200 lbs to 2,650 lbs, depending on engine, axle ratio, body and drive. The 2,650 lbs top rating is for the SUV · Q4 50 e-tron quattro.

Does the 2023 Audi Q4 e-tron need a tow package?

Audi's guide lists no separate package requirement for this model.

How much tongue weight can the 2023 Audi Q4 e-tron handle?

Not listed in the maker's guide.

Citing these numbers?

Can Tow That. "2023 Audi Q4 e-tron Towing Capacity." From 2023 Audi Q4 e-tron Technical Specifications, PDF modified 2022-11-09; posted Nov 10, 2022 on media.audiusa.com (models/q4-e-tron). https://cantowthat.com/audi/q4-e-tron/2023

Source: 2023 Audi Q4 e-tron Technical Specifications (Audi of America, PDF modified 2022-11-09; posted Nov 10, 2022 on media.audiusa.com (models/q4-e-tron); retrieved 2026-09-29). Page links open the PDF at the page each number is printed on.

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