Audi RS e-Tron GT: REAL World Review | 4K

What’s it like living with an Audi RS e-Tron GT? Rory reviews our long termer on real roads to see if its a good all rounder, explores its insurance costs and sees what its like to charge.

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[sdowdeng]

Just drove our 2023 RS etron GT from Ireland to Sicily and back. The car was excellent - comfortable, surefooted, and fast when you needed it. The total distance was 7500 km with an average consumption rate of 4.5 Km/Kwh (with the boot and frunk full of luggage). The total consumption cost was €425 with an Audi Charge Pro card. Predominantly used ABRP, the car and Audi app maps with Google maps also running. None are perfect but they all worked generally well. Had one close call when a charger was not working and I only had 15 km in available charge, while the next charger was 26 Km away. We made it, doing the last 10 Km showing zero KM remaining and very little power. Note: all the apps indicated that the charger was working and other EV's also came along looking to charge as their apps also indicated a good charger.

[hi-line]

This is the first time I have ever heard a reviewer mention insurance. thats amazingly practical useful information. and its next level effort to obtain that..

[blooms]

Picked up my RS back in December. Range, when it was cold, obviously it’s lower than stated, 100% charge gave me around 230 range; now in the summer months that’s up to 290. Not had to charge externally. 0-60, I have clicked mine at 2.9 rather than the stated 3.3. And in dynamic, if you need to overtake anything on the country roads, this is an absolute brute. I prefer it over the Tycan but that’s my opinion, a lot less on the road which I like. Only car I have had people taking videos of at traffic lights or on the motorway.

The downside, insurance is steep, especially if you want proper like for like insurance. The second thing, despite having a tracker, Audi’s own tracking system, and a disc-stop lock, I have already had some visitors in the night that tried to block my wifi system….! Audi know where you are at all times in this car…!

Solar panels and Octopus intelligent charging is the answer - less than £3 for a charge….!

[evangelosmalouchos]

Am i the only one that prefer this over a taycan?🤔

[FlyingFun.]

The insurance price is what I'm used to paying ( to buy a second hand car outright lol.).
Nice car and great review.

[marclacroix]

We have a 2023 e-tron GT in Ascari Blue. It is stunning and drives SO well. Unfortunately, ours has spent almost as much time in the dealership than on the road due to technical and safety issues. We've experienced brake booster failure twice and the dealership cannot adequately repair the safety issue, after having the car for almost 1 month now. We hope that Audi Canada sorts these things out - and that we get to enjoy our new car safely. Anyone in the UK experiencing similar brake system failure?

[generalmanager]

Can be equipped with massage seats read your manual! Activated by small round button on side of seat or on touch screen.

[kevin]

I drive an SQ8 and aside from showing a passenger how it works, I never use the 3D camera. E-Tron GT is one of the better looking EVs out there, but the range is a nonstarter for me.

[theheadshotstudio]

Brilliant video as always from Rory. Thanks so much for the info on the insurance - stuff like this is really useful to viewers but most reviewers dont bother.

[aneebaba]

One of my fellow doctors that graduated from residency the year before I did, went from an A5 to an etron GT. I went from a series to an i4. Still have the 3 though

[AntonioDeNardis]

Dear Rory! I own an E-Tron RS GT by mid January 2023 and actually I'm amazed by all the quality of this car! You explained so weel in this video and in the previous I saw and I really appreciate Your work. But I noticed You didn't mention the enormous consumption of the TYRES... I actually made 10.000KM and I ordered a new set of TYRES today in the afternoon... I am absolutely careful driving it and I really can be called the "capitan slow" of my family. But going fast or slow in this particular car didn't help me from the fact that it weights a lot and TYRES will literally melt under his weight... Looking forward for Your next video! Keep up the good work!

[patrickswagner]

Love your videos sir! I’m US based. Have had a 22’ Prem GT for two years. It’s my daily driver.

Love the car, happy with the pick, but it has had some software glitches. Telsa was never on my short list. Picked GT over Taycan mostly based on look inside and out. Not a fan of Taycan screens and button or the general interior design. Don’t get me wrong. I agree it’s built slightly different on purpose with better performance and stiffer suspension.

[drunkenwhiskeyeu]

Great review, Rory! Thank you for pointing out all the issues. I live in a large city in mainland Europe, and I have no chance of charging up overnight. I'd be fully dependable on the public charger network, which is very costly.... Considering buying an EV is much, much more expensive than the comparable ICE (take the new BMW 5, for example), it simply does not make any monetary sense. Then - as you said - you pay a hefty insurance premium because it's super expensive to get your EV fixed should there be a collision. All things considered the market is not yet there.

[ic]

It's a performance car you need to drive slowly to get any sort of range out of it, what's the point?

[TWISM]

One thing to note is that audi's charge planner is only available with their own GPS, and it's honestly pretty crap (at least in the Q4 e-tron). It will sometimes to idiotic things like tell you to stop and charge at a super slow charger for 12 hours for no real reason. At least it's fairly decent at predicting range in my experience, as long as you're consistent in your driving, so you can plan your journey yourself through suggested chargers.

[ianmurray]

The insurance quoted here is probably because he's a journalist. I've had an RS etron GT for a month got it new and I got my insurance quote from Audi Insurance, I'm paying £1200 a year for fully comp insurance which is only a little bit more than I pay for my Q8. It's a fantastic car, great fun and very comfortable. Charges like lightening provided you tell the nav you're going to a charger so it preconditions the battery on its way to the charger. Range might be less than other EV's but more than made up for by the fun you have just being behind the wheel

[jonathantaylor]

Dodgy MacDonald's diet aside (dude... it's your health, man...!) this is a great review.
I particularly appreciated the range-per-charge vs driving hours comparison... SOoooo many people claim, "I'm not having an EV unless it can do the 600 miles my diesel can do on a tank...!"
And my reply...?
"So, how regularly do you drive the near-10 hours trip from London to Inverness... without stopping, of course...???"
Some people are just muppets...!! 🤣

[robcarson]

Starts.. starts at £86K..
The average UK salary is around £33K. Before income tax obvs.
The drive to EV is pushing the average Brit to the ICE which, as we know is theorically what they the Government and your local London mayor don't want.
Unless of course the UN and your mayor just want fewer people driving at all.
After all who needs to drive when you have a 15min

[matthewnicholas]

Its absolutely bonkers that it costs £7 to charge at home and £70 on the road.
I used to get the hump with a 10-15p per litre hike on petrol at the services 🤣

[Alex-n]

Says he wants to get a coffee and proceeds to order the double cheeseburger 🤣🤣