Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron vs Skoda Enyaq

The Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron costs £31,290 more than the Skoda Enyaq. For that premium it adds 100 kW more power and a 2.5s quicker 0-62mph time. The Skoda Enyaq is not just cheaper - it also offers 57 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Skoda Enyaq comes out ahead overall.

The Skoda Enyaq is £31,290 cheaper to buy. The Skoda Enyaq is cheaper to charge, roughly £160 a year versus £224 for the Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Skoda Enyaq comes out roughly £31,610 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 242 miles for the Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron and 224 miles for the Skoda Enyaq - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron goes roughly 17 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 24-31 minutes.

The Skoda Enyaq is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 56 mm narrower than the Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 521 mm of total clearance for the Skoda Enyaq and about 465 mm of total clearance for the Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron. The Skoda Enyaq also turns in a 2.9 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 Q8 Sportback e-tron and 84% for the Skoda Enyaq. 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.