Alpine A390 vs Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron

The Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron costs £10,085 more than the Alpine A390. For that premium it adds 45 miles more WLTP range and 80 kW faster peak rapid charging. The Alpine A390 is not just cheaper - it also offers a 2.0s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron comes out ahead overall.

The Alpine A390 is £10,085 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £176 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Alpine A390 comes out roughly £10,085 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 288 miles for the Alpine A390 and 325 miles for the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron goes roughly 37 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 22-25 minutes.

The Alpine A390 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 54 mm narrower than the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 515 mm of total clearance for the Alpine A390 and about 461 mm of total clearance for the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron. The Alpine A390 also turns in a 1.1 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Alpine A390 and 84% for the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.