Audi e-tron GT review

Here’s the bit where we hit you with the prices. When it first launched back in 2021 the quattro started at £79,900. After the 2024 update you’re looking at an entry price of £107,730 here in the UK. Ouch. Lucky then, that you’ll be able to bask in the reflected glow of cheaper fuel costs than a petrol-powered RS model (if you can charge at home), tax breaks and congestion charge exemption (if you happen to live in and around the capital).

As mentioned on the previous tab, you do get more interior kit as standard. You also get that bigger battery, much more power and adaptive air suspension. Adaptive cruise control with active lane assist is now standard on all variants.

Want even more gear? The step up to the S e-tron GT Vorsprung trim adds 21in wheels, red brake calipers, a panoramic roof with ‘variable light control’, sportier Nappa leather seats with a massage function and Matrix LED headlights with fricken' laser lights (doubling your high-beam range over the standard Matrix LED units). That’ll set you back £130,630.

The entry level RS e-tron GT is actually a little cheaper at £126,330, but of course you can take a step up to Carbon Black trim (diamond-turned wheels, carbon roof and an ‘RS Design Package’) for £138,830 or the fully loaded Vorsprung for £149,830.

The 912bhp RS e-tron GT Performance starts at £142,830 and brings carbon ceramic brakes as standard to cope with the extra grunt. In Carbon Black trim (with the strange marbled ‘camouflage’ carbon fibre trim) that’ll cost you £155,330, with the Vorsprung topping the whole tree at £166,330. Massive money, but then it’ll outrun supercars that cost more than three times that.

Resist your urges to boot it at every opportunity, and Audi claims a range of 374 miles for the S, 365 miles for the RS and 364 miles for the RS Performance. That’s a useful increase on the pre-update 303 miles for the quattro and 293 miles for the RS.

An 800-volt architecture means DC charging at up to 320kW is now possible, if you can find a point capable of it. At peak speeds in optimum conditions that means you should be able to add 174 miles of range in just 10 minutes, or go from 10 to 80 per cent in 18 mins.

Then we get to the design. Get ready to attract attention wherever you go (especially if you click Progressive Red on the configurator… only for the brave) because this is a damn good looking car. Wheels range from 20in to 21in.

Note the grille – less cooling requirements means no need for Audi’s usual gaping single frame number, hence the block of body-coloured trim under the badge. The sinewy creases above the arches are a highlight, so too the full-width rear light bar (just below the pop-up rear spoiler) that’ll do a merry dance every time you lock and unlock the car.