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AUDI Q4 E-TRON
Has Audi’s electric SUV lived up to its‘right-sized’ billing? Eleven months on, here’s our verdict
AUDI Q4 E-TRON
DACIA JOGGER
FORD MUSTANG MACH-E
HONDA HR-V
MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS
VOLKSWAGEN ID 4 GTX
FINAL REPORT MILEAGE 6855
WHY WE RAN IT
Can Audi, through this new electric family crossover, retain its premium appeal in the EV age?
The Q4 E-tron is supposed to be Audi’s electric car breakthrough moment, helping the firm step beyond the ‘early adopter’ phase and into the mass market. With a range in excess of 300 miles and a ‘right-sized’ family package, plus Audi’s vast dealer network and enduring badge appeal behind it, the Q4 E-tron was tipped to be second only to the A3 in Audi UK’s sales this year, such was the view of it as a banker for success.
At the end of July, however, it sat ninth in Audi UK’s 2022 sales rankings, behind the larger E-tron and between the A5 and A6. The chip shortage (that again…) has prevented it reaching its full potential, which, Audi says, is very much still there due to significant pent-up demand.
Three different Q4 E-trons of two different bodystyles nonetheless passed through our hands over the past 11 months, so we’ve been able to get a good sense of what those waiting Q4 buyers can expect when the chips are no longer down.