Audi e-tron Sportback vs Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron

The Audi e-tron Sportback costs £31,740 more than the Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron. For that premium it adds 80 litres more boot space, 150 kW more power and a 2.4s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron comes out ahead overall.

The Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron is £31,740 cheaper to buy. The Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron is cheaper to charge, roughly £160 a year versus £232 for the Audi e-tron Sportback, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron comes out roughly £32,100 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 231 miles for the Audi e-tron Sportback and 229 miles for the Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV.

The Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 70 mm narrower than the Audi e-tron Sportback. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 535 mm of total clearance for the Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron and about 465 mm of total clearance for the Audi e-tron Sportback. The Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron also turns in a 2.0 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 Audi e-tron Sportback and 84% for the Audi Q4 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. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.