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By Jonathan Crouch

Ten Second Review word count: 80

The Audi e-tron GT, Ingolstadt's Porsche Taycan-based four-door Grand Touring flagship EV model, used to be quite hard to justify. But things have changed. The heavily revised version of this car gets longer range, faster charging and much more power. If you were about to sign for a Taycan, a Mercedes EQS or a Tesla Model S, don't ignore this Audi. Even in the base S e-tron GT form we look at here, it now has that 'want one' factor.

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The earliest full-EVs from Audi tended to be of the expensive and luxurious kind. First in 2018, we had the modestly appealing e-tron big SUV. Then, the rather more desirable e-tron Sportback. Those two closely-related models were followed in 2020 by the original version of the car we look at here, the rather more appealing e-tron GT quattro, a four-door Grand Turismo sports saloon which also came in faster RS form. The e-tron GT shared almost all of its engineering with its VW Group cousin, the Porsche Taycan; the wheelbase and motor positioning were the same. So was the 93.4kWh battery. And so was the 800V-based J1 platform that everything sat on. Like the Taycan, that Audi was somewhat hobbled in that early form by restricted EV driving range, but the engineers have been working on that and the improved e-tron GT, launched in Summer 2024, had a bigger 105 kWh battery and was lighter, rangier and more powerfiul. That's the car we look at here in its most accessible S e-tron GT form.