Audi Q4 e-tron Review

Electrifying.com score

8/10

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Price: £43,975 to £60,790

Confused about which Audi e-tron is which? Well the Q4 is the one us normal folk might feasibly buy: well priced and spacious, it should slot into family life very easily. A strong effort.

  • Battery size: 52 - 77kWh
  • Miles per kWh: 4.1
  • E-Rating™: A

    Click here to find out more about our electric car Efficiency Rating.​

  • Max charge rate: 125 kW
  • Range: 200-316 miles
  • Battery size: 52 - 77kWh
  • Miles per kWh: 4.1
  • E-Rating™: A

    Click here to find out more about our electric car Efficiency Rating.​

  • Max charge rate: 125 kW
  • Range: 200-316 miles
  • Audi e-tron Q4 electric car
  • Audi Q4 e-tron front action shot, straight road in countryside, blue/silver car, RHD, UK plates
  • Audi Q4 e-tron side action shot, straight road in countryside, blue/silver car, RHD, UK plates
  • Audi Q4 e-tron front action shot, straight road in countryside, blue/silver car, RHD, UK plates
  • Audi Q4 e-tron interior shot, dashboard and steering wheel, RHD
  • Audi Q4 e-tron boot space showing seats folded, blue/silver car, RHD
  • Audi Q4 e-tron boot space showing cable storage under floor, blue/silver car
  • Audi Q4 e-tron rear action shot, straight road in countryside, blue/silver car, RHD, UK plates
  • Electrifying.com E-Rating A

Ginny Says

“​The Audi takes all the best bits of its Volkswagen ID.4 stablemate and adds the sort of premium feel that you'd expect from the brand. You have to pay for it of course but the Q4 really does feel a notch up in terms of cabin quality and overall feel.”

Nicki Says

“Everyone seems to love an Audi SUV and the roads are full of them. The Q4 has the looks everyone craves but has more space than the biggest Q7 in a much more compact package. And of course it has the running costs of an electric car too. Brilliant!”

While the Q4 slots between the petrol-powered Q3 and Q5 SUVs in name, its dimensions pitch it much closer to the bigger car. It's huge inside too.

  • Length: :4,588mm
  • Width:1,865mm
  • Height:1,614mm
  • Boot space (Q4):520/1490 litres
  • Boot space (Q4 Sportback):535/1460 litres
Audi Q4 e-tron boot space showing seats folded, blue/silver car, RHD
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Audi Q4 e-tron practicality and space

Don’t let the name fool you. Where the Q5 is Audi’s family-sized SUV and the Q3 is a diddy urban crossover, the Q4 doesn't sit equidistant between them. 

It’s actually much closer to the latter, which is good news if you want space. The Q4 can act the role of do-all family car and comes with plenty of space for people in the back – three adults should be doable, especially if you’ve swerved the slightly impinged headroom of the Sportback – while the boot, at 520 litres, ought to take all you’ll reasonably throw at it. 

Seats up, the Sportback actually has another 15 litres of capacity, but seats down it loses out by 30 litres.And a quick line on the boldest bit of the Q4’s interior – its squircle steering wheel (or ‘quartic’ for those who remember the Austin Allegro). While not as brash as Tesla’s yoke wheel, it certainly adds a talking point to an interior that otherwise plays things with a straight, albeit minimalist bat. 

Everything feels very well made, needless to say. 

Audi Q4 e-tron technology 

Another eye-opening highlight: Audi’s Augmented Reality Head-Up display comes if you’ve optioned the Virtual Cockpit plus with its bigger display. We’re suckers for a gadget - even if we frequently need our kids to explain how they work – and this system projects stuff like sat-nav directions so they look like they’re on the road in front of you. It keeps your eyes up and ahead, and actually works really well. If you’re to choose the pricier e-tron over the Volkswagen ID.4 and Skoda Enyaq it’s so closely related to, little touches like this matter. 

Even if you don’t option it, there’s a pair of large displays and a decent amount of user-friendliness built into them. It shouldn’t take too long to get your head around the Q4’s tech, not least because it diverges from the VW Group parts cupboard by offering physical climate control buttons. We salute whoever at Audi fought to keep those. 

Audi Q4 e-tron Safety

Good news: the Q4 e-tron achieved a full five stars in NCAP testing. It achieved a 93 per cent score for adult occupants and 89 per cent for children. 

As standard are almost a dozen airbags while all Q4s are lane departure warning, rear parking sensors, Audi Pre-sense front with pedestrian and cyclist detection, camera-based traffic sign recognition and swerve and turn assist. 

Edition 1 trim adds Matrix LED headlights, for better visibility up ahead. Optional Safety (£650) and Technology (£1200) packs are desirable and can be to any other model in the range.

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