Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron review

Category: Electric car

Section: Introduction

Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron front tracking
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron front tracking
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron rear cornering
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior front seats
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior back seats
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior infotainment
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron side panning
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron nose
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron rear cornering
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron front cornering
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron front left static
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron rear right static
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron wheel detail
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron rear detail
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron charging socket
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior dashboard
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior driver display
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior mirror detail
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior detail
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior detail
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron boot open
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron front tracking
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron rear cornering
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior front seats
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior back seats
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior infotainment
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron side panning
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron nose
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron rear cornering
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron front cornering
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron front left static
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron rear right static
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron wheel detail
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron rear detail
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron charging socket
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior dashboard
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior driver display
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior mirror detail
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior detail
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron interior detail
  • Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron boot open
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Introduction

What Car? says...

Actor Rob Lowe once complained that his career had suffered due to “bias against good-looking people” – a claim that probably has you reaching for the world’s smallest violin. Still, he might have had a point, because it's easy to assume (wrongly) that style always comes at the expense of substance. With a car like the Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron, for example.

You see, this electric SUV is essentially a more style-orientated version of the Audi Q8 e-tron – swapping that model’s squared-off rear end for a coupé-like silhouette. But while that does have an impact on practicality, it also improves the aerodynamics, and with it the range between charges.

FAQs

  • The E-tron Sportback was renamed the Q8 Sportback e-tron when the car was facelifted in 2023 to make it easier for buyers to tell where the car fits into the brand's line-up – above the Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron and the upcoming Q6 Sportback e-tron.

  • We recommend the mid-range 55 quattro version. It's not as quick as the top-of-the-range SQ8 version, but still does 0-62mph in 5.6sec and has a longer range. Our pick of the trims is Sport.

  • The 2019-2023 Audi E-tron – which the Q8 e-tron replaced – finished eighth out of 14 electric cars in the 2022 What Car? Reliability Survey. Meanwhile, Audi as a brand finished 21st out of 32, putting it behind BMW and Tesla but ahead of Jaguar and Mercedes.

  • Highlights of the Technology Pack include a Bang & Olufsen premium sound system, a 360-degree parking camera, ambient interior lighting, and a head-up display that projects key information on to the windscreen in the driver's line of sight.

At a glance
New car deals
Save up to £6,605
Target Price from £65,452
Save up to £6,605
or from £712pm
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Nearly new deals
From £59,990
Leasing deals
From £819pm
RRP price range £67,800 - £118,750
Number of trims (see all)12
Number of engines (see all)9
Available fuel types (which is best for you?)petrol, diesel, electric
MPG range across all versions 22.4 - 34
Available doors options 5
Warranty 3 years / 60000 miles
Company car tax at 20% (min/max) £135 / £8,098
Company car tax at 40% (min/max) £271 / £16,196
Available colours