Video Summary
-The Audi Q4 e-tron is an entry-level electric car.- The base 35 variant costs over £40,000 in the UK. It's expected to reach just over 200 miles range and 170 horsepower.
- The Q4 40 e-tron starts at around £44,000. It has 200 horsepower and a 316-mile claimed range.
- The range-topping 50 quattro has another motor for the front axle.
- The range-topper 50 quattro is over £50,000 to start, or over £65,000 with all the options added.
- The 50 quattro has a total output of 295 horsepower, but the range is slightly reduced from the 40 and comes in at 298 miles.
- This is too expensive to qualify for any government grants.
- The side profile and back styling is really nice.
- The front grille is massive, but the car doesn't look radically different than a Q3 or Q5.
- The Q4 has drum brakes on the rear wheels, a cost-cutting thing.
- The cabin is typically Audi: stylish and a nice place to sit.
- Four adults can easily sit in the interior.
- Buttons are introduced back to the controls.
- Sub-standard plastics are around but blended in pretty well.
- When fully charged, the car shows 229 miles, which is low and well off the claimed mileage.
- Driving Dynamics aren't very exciting.
- It's easier to manage 255 miles on a journey for this vehicle.
- After an hour into the journey and having put around 42 miles on the car, found stop and start traffic and driving on the 441 towards London. The initial projection of 250 miles seemed achievable.
- Wind noise is low due to the windshield design.
- Smart technology that reduces the speed appropriately when there are speed changes up ahead.
