2024 Audi SQ8 E-tron Review - Best of its Kind!

2024 Audi SQ8 E-Tron review by The Straight Pipes. The E-tron SQ8 is putting down up to 496 horsepower and 718 lb-ft of torque from 3 electric motors and a 114kwh battery pack. At $136,790 CAD, would you take it over the a gas Audi SQ8?

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[DeuceDeuceBravo]

People stopped buying hatchbacks, but then manufacturers lifted them and called them "sportbacks" and now people happily pay huge money for hatchbacks.

[themattkirschner]

As an owner of an e-tron I can confirm most of what they said. The ride is superb, so smooth and effortless. And it really does not need to be any faster. Range isn’t great but as a second city car for my family it is perfect. We charge at home and work.

[arking]

As an owner of an SQ8 etron, i love the smoothness and effortless driving this car, I love the adaptive air suspension and I dont have to worry about bumps anymore. B&O sound system is superme ! The seats are pretty, comfy but the seat ventilation and massage features only come on a more standard looking seats. But I love the S seats so ended up chose the S logo ones instead of massage seats. Wheels are very cool and stylish! Infotainment MMI is great, virtual cockpit is great. You can actually assign steering button to turn on steering wheel heat feature. Driving and corning with the 3rd motor is damn good and responsive. Yes the range is not as good but i charge at home and drive in a city as daily so I am happy. Oh by the way, I got this car when Audi had $12000 off promotion during 2024 July. From $128k to $108k for a SUV version. I think its a steal!
PS, I am also an owner of Porsche 911 992 4GTS cab so I bought this SQ8 etron for groceries and coming baby :)

[mateogalguera]

I am actually one of the seemingly 3 people who bought an eTron S Sportback (in bright ass red no less), the precursor to this car that's largely the same. 2 little things from the review, the car will give you individual tire pressures (and temps), it just will only measure them once you get over ~35mph for some reason. I think that's also only on the S version from what people have said on the forums. I also found you can get the car to launch a lot harder by putting it in boost mode and then brake boosting it - according to the power dial it does actually build to about 35% power sitting still iirc.

As always love the review, just the first time you guys have reviewed a car I own so had to chime in!

[dil]

7:40 - Much like a lot of Hondas and some Mazdas, Audi and VW very often do not use in-wheel pressure sensors for TPMS. They will use the less accurate, but cheaper system of comparing wheel speed signals and making an educated guess that a tire is low if one or more of wheels is spinning a significantly different RPM than the rest.

This system requires you to calibrate or "store" tire pressures after you top off the air and take it on a chill drive. If a previous reviewer messed with the pressures and never hit "store" after the fact, the light will always come back on. It's a strange choice on a 100K+ car, but at least there's no sensors to run out of battery or get broken during a tire change.

[kunaalkhanna]

You can shortcut any of the three dot menu items to your lower screen, including heated steering button. So it’s a single click away

[justsomedude]

Went on truecar and electric vehicle deals are wild for something gently used. The depreciation is so rapid the price looks like a countdown timer.

[desertmodern]

VW/Audi control logic is hugely entertaining. Move the gear selector forward to go backward and backward to go forward. And the ID4 driver has two window buttons for four windows, so operation is often a two-step process: select front or back before actually operating a window.

[pavelkavel]

It's a shame that it's so sluggish in reaching 2M.
Best quick review channel out there (especially if you've got tired of THISSSS).

[veilsidesp]

I have an Etron and a tip for charging: Hold the charging cable in and up while it's initiating and it'll work 100% of the time. It'll usually fail to charge at electrify America stations, but if you just hold the cable in while it's initiating then it works every time. You can let it go once it starts charging.

Also, the problem with charging is mostly due to the charging infrastructure in Canada which is horrible. I never had any problems charging at home. I drive often 400kms trips and never had any issues since now I know with chargers to use.

Being one of the few countries that have a majority of the energy production being sustainable, EVs make a lot of sense in Canada.

[navology]

you guys should do a review of the model s plaid

[videowsatcher]

the biggest downer for most Audis is the lack of a beige/brown/non red/non black interiors

[calebw]

At the rate E-Trons depreciate this will be a cool car to have in about 5 years

[IPhryte]

I love how Yuri just flies around when Jakub is hitting cliche corner 💀

[miljan]

Turn NVDA's stock chart upside down and there you have e-trons depreciation

[nobatteriesincluded]

The Volkswagen Tiguan does have a spray nozzle that washes the camera when dirty this Audi should have this feature 🤷🏽‍♂️

[GhostDaTactical]

Pro tip for anyone with an Audi that has a screen for climate control - there is typically also an asterisk on the steering wheel. Press and hold it, and it will bring up a menu, where you can select what that button does. People usually pick the heated steering wheel or garage door opener option.

[TrickShiftGarage]

The front end needs work, but overall a pretty sweet car. And love that interior!

[BHabe-mj]

I went to an Audi dealership and the salesmen didn't even show me any e-tron cars. He said they have poor battery life and not worth the investment now and is Tech that is still in development but would be something to look forward to in the future, hasn't reached it's potential yet.

He was right.

[raymondspence]

Jacob, are you not a fan of one pedal drive? I was surprised Audi opted to not use it in their EVs. I get the idea to make it easy for new EV owners, but an easy solution would have been to make it something you can toggle on and off like I can in my Polestar.