Audi Q4 E-Tron Estate

• Body Glass
  • Heat insulating glass windscreen
  • Heated rear window
  • Rear wiper
• Carpets/Rugs
  • Front/rear floor mats
• Chassis/Suspension
  • Comfort suspension
• Communication
  • Audi connect safety and service (e-call)
  • Audi smartphone interface
  • Bluetooth interface
• Driver Aids
  • Adaptive cruise control with speed limiter
  • Advanced driver attention and drowsiness monitor
  • Audi drive select
  • Camera based traffic sign recognition
  • Lane departure warning including emergency assist
  • Progressive steering
  • Rear view camera
  • Swerve assist and turn assist
• Driver Convenience
  • Power operated tailgate with sensor controlled release
• Driver Information
  • Audi Virtual Cockpit - 10.25" display
  • MMI Navigation Plus with high resolution 11.6 inch touchscreen colour display
• Driving Mirrors
  • Body coloured door mirrors
  • Electrically adjustable/heated/folding/dimming door mirrors with kerb view includes integrated LED indications + kerb view function for passenger side
  • Frameless auto dimming interior rear view mirror
• Embellishment Trims
  • Aluminium look interior elements
  • Inlay in anthracite aluminium convergence, accent surfaces on instrument panel and centre console trim in silk paint effect finish, platinum grey
• Entertainment
  • 2 USB-C ports with charge and data functions
  • Audi sound system with 8 loudspeakers incl. centre speaker, subwoofer and 6-channel amplifier with total output of 180 watts
  • DAB Digital radio
• Exterior Body Features
  • Aluminium roof rails
  • Contrast bumpers in Manhattan grey
  • Rear side wing doors
  • Single frame grille with a structured, closed surface within an octagonal shape
• Exterior Lights
  • LED 3rd brake light
  • LED daytime running lights
  • LED Headlights
  • LED rear lights
  • Projection light in the exterior mirrors, e-tron logo projected from the underside of the exterior mirror onto the ground
• Heating/Cooling/Ventilation
  • 3 zone automatic air conditioning
  • Comfort auxiliary air conditioning
• Interior Features
  • Accent surfaces in gloss black - centre console control panel, switch panel and trim on front doors in gloss black
  • Door armrests in leatherette
  • Front centre armrest
  • Front door sill trims with aluminium inlay
  • Rear centre armrest with cupholders
  • Steel grey cloth headlining
  • Twin leather/leatherette upholstery with front sport seats with integrated head restraints
  • Twin spoke multifunction leather steering wheel with trim in chrome look
• Packs
  • Ambient lighting package - Q4 E-tron
  • Gloss styling pack - Q4 E-tron
  • Non smoking pack - Q4 E-tron
• Safety
  • 3x3 point rear seatbelts
  • Acoustic vehicle alerting system
  • Convenience key with safelock
  • Driver and front passenger airbag with passenger airbag deactivation
  • Electric child locks
  • First aid kit with warning triangle and vests
  • Front side airbags with head airbag system and front interaction airbag
  • i - Size child seat mounting on the front passenger side and i - Size and top tether on the outer rear seats
  • Pre-sense front with pedestrian and cyclist detection
  • Rear seat occupant reminder for child presence detection
  • Seat belt monitoring
  • Tyre pressure loss indicator
• Seats
  • 3 seat bench in 2nd row
  • 4 way electric lumbar support for driver and front passenger
  • 40/20/40 split folding rear seat bench
  • Front sport seats with integrated head reastrains
  • Heated front seats
  • Manual seat adjustment for driver and front passenger seats
  • Rear head restraints
  • Single front passenger seat
• Security
  • Anti theft alarm
  • Anti-theft wheel bolts
  • Keyless Go
• Vehicle Charging
  • 11KW onboard charger
  • 135kW DC charging capability
  • AC and DC charging access point positioned on driver's side rear
  • Control unit with household plug and charging cable, Mode 2, Type 2 / G (10A)
  • Mode 3 type 2 AC charging cable 22kW
• Wheels - Alloy
  • 19" 5 W spoke aero alloy wheels with graphite grey gloss finish
• Wheels - Spare
  • Vehicle tool kit with tyre repair kit

• Electric Vehicle Data
  • Battery Capacity % guaranteed under warranty: 75
  • Battery Capacity in kWh: 82
  • Battery Charging Scenario 1 - Charge Time (Mins): 2,610
  • Battery Charging Scenario 1 - Percentage Change: 0-100
  • Battery Charging Scenario 1 - Power Supply - kW: 2.3
  • Battery Charging Scenario 2 - Charge Time (Mins): 780
  • Battery Charging Scenario 2 - Percentage Change: 0-100
  • Battery Charging Scenario 2 - Power Supply - kW: 7.4
  • Battery Charging Scenario 3 - Charge Time (Mins): 480
  • Battery Charging Scenario 3 - Percentage Change: 0-100
  • Battery Charging Scenario 3 - Power Supply - kW: 11
  • Battery Charging Scenario 4 - Charge Time (Mins): 28
  • Battery Charging Scenario 4 - Percentage Change: 10-80
  • Battery Charging Scenario 4 - Power Supply - kW: 135
  • Battery Leased: No
  • Battery Type: Lithium-ion
  • Charging Port Location: Right Side Rear
  • Coupler/Connector Type: CCS Type 2
  • Maximum Charging Rate - kW: 135
  • NEDC Electricity Consumption kWh/100 km:
  • NEDC Maximum EV Range Miles:
  • Standard manufacturers Battery warranty - Mileage: 100,000
  • Standard manufacturers Battery warranty - Years: 8
  • Usable Battery Capacity: 77
  • WLTP - EC (kWh/100km) - Comb: 16.7
  • WLTP - EC (kWh/100km) - Comb - TEH: 17.3
  • WLTP - EC (kWh/100km) - Comb - TEL: 16.7
  • WLTP - EC (miles/kWh) - Comb: 3.7
  • WLTP - EC (miles/kWh) - Comb - TEH: 3.6
  • WLTP - EC (miles/kWh) - Comb - TEL: 3.7
  • WLTP - Pure Electric Range (km) - Comb: 529
  • WLTP - Pure Electric Range (km) - Comb - TEH: 512
  • WLTP - Pure Electric Range (km) - Comb - TEL: 529
  • WLTP - Pure Electric Range (miles) - Comb: 329
  • WLTP - Pure Electric Range (miles) - Comb - TEH: 318
  • WLTP - Pure Electric Range (miles) - Comb - TEL: 329
• Emissions - ICE
  • CO:
  • CO2 (g/km): 0
  • HC:
  • HC+NOx:
  • Noise Level dB(A):
  • NOx:
  • Particles:
  • Standard Euro Emissions: N
• Engine and Drive Train
  • Camshaft: N
  • Catalytic Convertor: No
  • CC: 1
  • Compression Ratio: N
  • Cylinder Layout: N
  • Cylinders:
  • Cylinders - Bore (mm):
  • Cylinders - Stroke (mm):
  • Engine Code: F4BA53
  • Engine Layout: N
  • Fuel Delivery: N
  • Gears: 1 SPEED
  • Number of Valves:
  • Transmission: AUTO
• Fuel Consumption - ICE
  • EC Combined (mpg):
  • EC Directive 1999/100/EC Applies: No
  • EC Extra Urban (mpg):
  • EC Urban (mpg):
• General
  • Alternative Fuel Qualifying: Yes
  • Badge Engine CC: 0.0
  • Badge Power: 286
  • Based On ID:
  • Coin Description: 45
  • Coin Series: Sport [Leather]
  • Generation Mark: 1
  • Insurance Group 1 - 50 Effective January 07: 36E
  • NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %: 93
  • NCAP Child Occupant Protection %: 89
  • NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09: 5
  • NCAP Pedestrian Protection %: 66
  • NCAP Safety Assist %: 80
  • Safety Concerns?: No
  • Service Interval Frequency - Months: 24
  • Service Interval Mileage: 999,999
  • Special Edition: No
  • Special Order: No
  • Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage: 60,000
  • Standard manufacturers warranty - Years: 3
  • Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months:
  • Timing Belt Interval Mileage:
  • Vehicle Homologation Class: M1
• Performance
  • 0 to 60 mph (secs): No
  • 0 to 62 mph (secs): 6.7
  • Engine Power - BHP: 286
  • Engine Power - KW: 210
  • Engine Power - PS: Yes
  • Engine Torque - LBS.FT: 402
  • Engine Torque - MKG: 55.6
  • Engine Torque - NM: 545
  • Top Speed: 112
• Test Cycles
  • Emissions Test Cycle: WLTP
  • RDE Certification Level: N/A
• Tyres
  • Alloys?: Yes
  • Space Saver?: No
  • Tyre Size Front: 235/55 R19
  • Tyre Size Rear: 255/50 R19
  • Tyre Size Spare: TYRE REPAIR KIT
  • Wheel Style: 5-W SPOKE
  • Wheel Type: 19" ALLOY
• Vehicle Dimensions
  • Height:
  • Height (including roof rails): 1,632
  • Length: 4,588
  • Wheelbase: 2,764
  • Width (including mirrors): 2,108
• Weight and Capacities
  • Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres):
  • Gross Vehicle Weight: 2,660
  • Luggage Capacity (Seats Down): 1490
  • Luggage Capacity (Seats Up): 520
  • Max. Loading Weight: 590
  • Max. Towing Weight - Braked: 1,200
  • Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked: 750
  • Minimum Kerbweight: 2,070
  • No. of Seats: 5
  • Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb: 10.2

Ten Second Review
The first production Audi built on the Volkswagen Group MEB platform for volume all-electric cars is this model, the Q4 e-tron. This compact-to-mid-sized crossover is pricier of course than other similarly-sized full-battery-powered SUVs from the Wolfsburg conglomerate, but it delivers a much more up-market feel that'll help ease you into your new electrified phase of motoring ownership.

Background
With Audi's first three all-electric e-tron models, we saw what the brand was capable of with EV technology. These three models though - the e-tron, the e-tron Sportback and the e-tron GT quattro - were merely preludes to the BEV model that really matters to Ingolstadt, this car, the Q4 e-tron. It's tempting to merely dismiss this model as Audi's version of other similarly-sized VW Group crossover EVs like the Volkswagen ID.4, the Skoda Enyak iV and the CUPRA Born. Certainly, all the engineering bits that matter are common between the four cars, namely the MEB platform and the battery tech. Yet Audi claims to have put its own stamp on the way this car drives and feels. Let's see.

Driving Experience
The Q4's pretty straightforward to get to grips with behind the wheel. You select drive using a slider-type shifter situated on the centre console and once underway, there's the kind of instant throttle response you'd usually get from an EV of this sort. In terms of powertrains, there's nothing we haven't seen before in Volkswagen Group EVs. Moist of these tend to be chosen with the 52kWh battery that's used by the base Q4 35 e-tron, which uses a 170PS rear-driven electric motor and makes 62mph in 9.0s and has a range of 208 miles. Next up is the Q4 40 e-tron, which has a bigger 77kWh battery and a more powerful 204PS rear-driven motor, making 62mph in 8.5s and offering a 316 mile driving range. The flagship Q4 50 e-tron also uses the 77kWh battery, but has both front and rear-mounted electric motors developing a combined 299PS. Which means 62mph in just 6.2s and a range of 295 miles. Plus, with this top performance variant, the top speed is lifted from the usual Q4 maximum of 99mph to 111mph. Across the range, there's the same kind of suspension set-up you'd find in other mid-sized Audi SUVs - a MacPherson strut front and five-link rear arrangement, with sports suspension available (which lowers ride height by 15mm) and adaptive damping offered further up the range.

Design and Build
You can't really see the Q4 e-tron as either an EV Q3 or an EV Q5 because its size dimensions don't fit with either of those two established combustion crossover models. As with those two cars, the Q4 comes in both regular SUV and swept-back coupe-style forms, the latter known as the Q4 Sportback e-tron. The regular model's dimensions (4,588mm long, 1,865mm wide and 1,632mm tall) place it neatly between a Q3 and a Q5 size-wise and visually, this car has its own bespoke look. This is the first of the company's models to get new digital LED technology that offers four different exterior lighting signatures the driver can choose between. And it's the first of Audi's smaller cars to get a full-width LED tail light bar at the back. Inside, the Q4 gets its own unique dashboard and cabin architecture, though this incorporates the company's usual screen technology. There's a 10.25-inch instrument display and a 10.1-inch central monitor, which can be upgraded to 11.6-inches on request. Premium materials are generously applied around the cabin and Audi's keen to highlight the extensive interior storage areas. To accommodate the battery, the back seat is mounted 70mm higher than the front. Boot space meanwhile, is rated at 520-litres, extendable to 1,490-litres when the 40:20:40-split seatback is lowered.

Market and Model
Prices sit in the £41,000-£66,000 bracket and there are four trim levels - 'Sport', 'S line', 'Edition 1' and 'Vorsprung'. That base price applied to the 52kWh 35 e-tron variant. The 40 e-tron derivative with the larger 77kWh battery you may well want prices from around £45,000. The top 50 e-tron 4WD model costs from around £51,500. Base 'Sport' variants get 19-inch Graphite Grey alloy wheels, those rims upgraded to 20-inches in size further up the range. A black styling package is a feature of the top-tier 'Vorsprung' models with their even more striking 21-inch wheels. Across the line-up, there's lots of sophisticated equipment available - much of it optional. Like the Matrix LED headlights with their 16 individually activated LEDs. And the bespoke Sonos sound system upgrade package. We'd also want to look at the optional heat pump, which rapidly heats and cools the interior using the thermal losses from the electric components and the temperature of the outside air. It uses eco-friendly CO2 as a refrigerant, which flows through the circuit at high pressure. The heat pump can reduce losses in range caused by usage of the climate control system, especially in winter. Its strengths come to the fore on long drives.

Cost of Ownership
Using a conventional garage 7kW wallbox, you can recharge the base 52kWh Q4 35 e-tron model with 175 miles of charge in eight and a half hours. Maximum charging capacity is 7.4kW on an AC system - or 100kW using DC current. What about with the larger 77kWh battery of the Q4 40 e-tron and Q4 50 e-tron? Well those variants have been engineered for charging speeds of up to 11kW during AC charging and 125kW for DC charging. With such a rapid public charger, WLTP testing has confirmed that in only 10 minutes, the Q4 40 e-tron can recharge enough electricity to cover a distance of about 80 miles. Charging at 125 kW in ideal conditions, the battery can achieve an 80% state of charge from a 5% starting point in 38 minutes. If you're using a conventional 7kW garage wallbox, a Q4 40 e-tron can charge 255 miles of range in eight and a quarter hours. Using the myAudi app, owners can activate charging remotely using a smartphone. The app also provides access to the comfort remote preconditioning system, which enables remote adjustment of the cabin temperature and seat heating functions to ensure that the cabin climate is always comfortable well before a journey begins. Accessing and paying for electricity while on the road can be easily taken care of using the 'e-tron Charging Service', which provides UK subscribers with one RFID payment card that is accepted at a vast number of charge points operated by 18 suppliers across the UK and Europe, and offers a choice of two fixed price charging tariffs.

Summary
In surveying the VW Group MEB platform mid-sized SUV electric vehicles launched to date, we always felt that this Wolfsburg conglomerate was leaving room for an Audi model able to deliver this engineering with a touch more polish and driver-orientated luxury - and so it proves here. The Q4 e-tron has the size of a compact BEV, but the finish, luxury and (to some extent) the driving dynamics of an electric crossover from next class up - that for larger EV models like the Jaguar I-PACE and the Mercedes EQC. In that respect, it's far more like a BMW iX3 than a Volkswagen ID.4. If you're looking at those Jaguar, Mercedes or BMW models, we think you should be looking at a Q4 e-tron too because it'll satisfy you in much the same way. If that's your perspective, the premium prices being asked here will seem reasonable. If it isn't, you'll start to question just why a car which shares pretty much every significant aspect of its engineering with comparable Volkswagen, Skoda and CUPRA EVs can be worth so much more. A matter of perspective then. With Audi, it was ever thus.