Audi S6 Sportback e-tron vs Hyundai IONIQ 6 N

The Audi S6 Sportback e-tron costs £27,325 more than the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N. For that premium it adds 108 miles more WLTP range and 131 litres more boot space. The Hyundai IONIQ 6 N is not just cheaper - it also offers 80 kW faster peak rapid charging and 74 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Audi S6 Sportback e-tron comes out ahead overall.

The Hyundai IONIQ 6 N is £27,325 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £168 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N comes out roughly £27,205 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 342 miles for the Audi S6 Sportback e-tron and 252 miles for the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Audi S6 Sportback e-tron goes roughly 90 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 18-21 minutes.

The two are within 17 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 477 mm of total clearance for the Audi S6 Sportback e-tron and about 460 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N. The Hyundai IONIQ 6 N also turns in a 0.3 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 S6 Sportback e-tron and 89% for the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N. That gives the Hyundai IONIQ 6 N a modest edge in retained real-world range. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.