Audi e-tron GT Review: 0-60mph, ¼ Mile, Tech, Ride, Handling | Top Gear Tested

This is the Audi e-tron GT, the sister car to the Porsche Taycan – based on the same VW Group J1 platform and containing much of the same technology – albeit wrapped in an extremely sharp suit. It’s not the first pure-electric Audi of course but it is definitely one of the most exciting, producing 469bhp – boosted to 523bhp when you engage launch control... and this isn't even the RS model.

So this, or a Porsche Taycan, then? Top Gear Magazine’s Serious Car Tester Ollie Kew is here to help.

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00:00 Introduction
00:46 What is it?
01:20 Styling
01:49 Battery Life
02:53 Weight
03:29 Practicality
04:39 Lighting
05:08 0-60MPH, 0-100MPH, 1/4 Mile
07:13 Motorway Driving
08:30 Ride
09:30 Handling
11:14 Verdict

[Wormweed]

I think it looks amazing. You can see it's an e-tron gt from a mile away when you meet one on the road.

[Matt_H_]

Can't wait to see what these cars can do once they figure out how to get those battery weights down.

[Games_and_Music]

Audi still on top of the game when it comes to the lighting situation.

[richardchester]

Great video, nicely presented. Can't wait to pick mine up next month (petrolhead converting from an S4). Keep up the great work!

[alzturbo]

Something doesn’t add up. I’ve tested the base etron gt on my dragy and the numbers were 12.17 for the 1/4 mile. Either you didn’t engage launch control properly or sth isn’t right with that car.

[varunsatheesh]

Great video man! Well spoken and well made car!

[The_journeyy]

*Is that the one I saw in the iron man film looks so good* 👀

[Ammar]

I already know those headlights are gonig to flash bang me everytime one of these is driving in the opposing lanes at night. Bye Bye eye balls.

[markchip]

ASIDE from the ease of use on uneven roads compared to haptic touch screens, the SINGLE BIGGEST plus of buttons is that they can be used "by feel" and don't require you to take your eyes off the road for the 2 seconds it takes EACH TIME you have to locate where to touch!!

I wonder how long it will be before this obnoxious fashion for touch controls reverts back to buttons, knobs and sliders after we come to realise how many fatal and serious accidents occur where a driver's gave was avert for precious seconds???

[maltainu]

I still really wanna see an etron gt avant

[examinerian]

Nice "It just works" dig there... 🍎

It sounds nice and quiet from the inside, but when an RS version passed me on the A1 about a month back, the tyre thrash was very loud - penalty of having wider, more sporty rubber, perhaps? Definitely nowhere near as quiet as a BMW i8 when it's on the move. This regular GT is a better all-round car than the RS version, which seems compromised by the focus on out and out performance. It almost proves that Audi should have left that end of things with Porsche, and instead focussed on an Avant variant and better efficiency, in my opinion.

[mansoryO]

i wish top gear would have not let their previous host go, this dude talking is great and all that, but its too late, ill watch the clip for the efforts of the team making this segment and respect for the real people working. use the ommission of his salary to pay these genius men more

[PatHand-ogyd]

I just saw one for the first time today, and yes, that is a very very cool car!

[ciybersal]

BYD Seal and Leapmotor C01 both do 0-60 in 3 seconds and they are not even premium!

[sampayne]

If only they could have made something this good looking and good handling when v8s were still a proper thing. Then you’d have looks, handling and emotion from an Audi comboned

[Michaelengelmann]

I’d 1000% buy it in black ever since I saw it and/or the Porsche

[MobbJusticeTV]

One hopes that early adopters will be able to get battery upgrades for the eTron GT in future as the technology gets better on the VW Group (Audi, Porsche) side

[HShango]

reminds me of the evolution of road bikes or just bikes in general.

[rodneyscholtz]

Is it only the camera angle or was the acceleration test done at an incline?

[Tango_November]

Always great to see how Audi blends luxury and sportiness with new tech.

Only gripe with this video is the sound used when the question text comes up. Not sure if it’s on purpose but it sounds like a speaker grounding badly. Not a great sound!