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Car and Driver
26-06-2025
- Automotive
- Car and Driver
View Interior Photos of the 2025 Audi SQ6 e-tron
There are few secondary controls in the SQ6's screen-based cabin, most of which are of the capacitive-touch variety.
Top Gear
16-06-2025
- Automotive
- Top Gear
Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron Driving, Engines & Performance
Driving What is it like to drive? It might sound like damning with faint praise, but one of the virtues of the Q6 Sportback e-tron is that it's the sort of car that you can just jump in and get on with driving. It feels large on the move (visibility could be better, it's hard to judge where the car's extremities are), but will lollop along in a laidback manner. On the smooth roads around Munich we could immediately see how Audi has largely catered the car to the tastes of its home market. It's remarkably refined on the autobahn, keeping things hushed all the way past speeds that in the UK would see you in the queue for a bus pass almost as quickly. Advertisement - Page continues below So not really that fun to drive then? The bulk of the range does a very professional, competent job of getting you about the place, but another surprise is the SQ6, which while falling short of being what you might call 'fun' at least combines a startling turn of speed (4.3 seconds to 62mph) with perky handling that tricks you into thinking the car is more lithe and slinky than it really is. The quattro four-wheel-drive system is more of a psychological boost than a practical one in everyday driving. You'd be perfectly happy in the rear-wheel-drive version, which never really feels like it's going to trouble the electronic safety wizardry. Whether we'd say the same thing on greasy December roads is another thing. What about range and powertrain options? Official WLTP range is 339 miles in the 83kWh car, 408 miles in the RWD performance spec car, 395 in the quattro AWD model and 377 miles in the S-badged car. But how close you get to those numbers depends on how much of the performance you try and use. There are three flavours of powertrain – your standard setup, then 'performance' and 'quattro'. The entry one only comes with the 83kWh battery and produces 249bhp, upping it to 288bhp for brief periods if you use the launch control feature, when it'll do 0–62mph in 7.0s (7.6s if you don't – on all the other models where it's featured, it only makes a 0.1s difference). Advertisement - Page continues below Performance comes with the big battery and unlocks a higher power of 302bhp, which rises to 322bhp in launch control mode and 6.6s to 62mph. Quattro offers 383bhp whether you like or not (5.9s to 62mph) and the SQ5 is the perkiest with three e-motors producing 482bhp/510bhp and getting the car to 62mph in 4.3s. Top speed is 130mph unless you're in the SQ5, then it's 143mph. Phew. We've seen fewer numbers in a sudoku. And charging? How delicately can we put this – there's been a temptation with some of the EVs emerging out of the Volkswagen Group to chase headline charging figures that you'll manage for about 30 seconds on an extension cable coming out the side of a nuclear power station, after which electricity dribbles in. The Q6 Sportback e-tron manages to avoid the worst of this through 800V charging, improved thermal management, and the sheer size of its batteries. But peak charge speeds are 225kW for the smaller battery, 260kW for the larger batteried RWD car and 270kW for the others. Audi says the RWD performance car will get from 10 to 80 per cent in 22 minutes, or to put it another way you'll get 165 miles in 10 minutes at an appropriately powerful plug. If all you can find is a 50kW charger you'll be there for weeks with batteries this size, mind. Highlights from the range the fastest 285kW Quattro 100kWh S Line 5dr Auto [S+V] 0-62 5.9s CO2 0 BHP 382.2 MPG Price £74,950 the cheapest 185kW 83kWh Sport 5dr Auto 0-62 7.6s CO2 0 BHP 248.1 MPG Price £62,950 the greenest 285kW Quattro 100kWh S Line 5dr Auto [S+V] 0-62 5.9s CO2 0 BHP 382.2 MPG Price £74,950
Top Gear
16-06-2025
- Automotive
- Top Gear
Buy Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron Price, PPC or HP
Buying What should I be paying? There are three trims available for the Q6 Sportback e-tron – Sport, S line and Edition 1 – and each comes with three powertrain options (standard, performance and quattro – see the Driving tab for more info). At the top of the range is the SQ6 Sportback e-tron that just comes in Edition 1 quattro flavour. The entry-level Sport starts the bidding at £63,740 and the SQ6 maxes out at a dizzying £96,210. In Sport trim it's a £3.5k jump to the performance car, then another £5.5k for the quattro. S line trim starts from £66,740 and Edition 1 from £71,740 with the same hops up the ladder. Advertisement - Page continues below What are the trims like? In Sport trim you get 19in alloys as standard, LED lights front and rear, heated front and outer rear seats and steering wheel, three-zone climate control, 14.5in touchscreen with Audi's MMI Plus setup (that includes satnav), 360-degree parking cameras and adaptive cruise. S line adds 20in wheels, upgraded exterior styling, a fancier steering wheel and some other interior jazzery, while the Edition 1 model comes with Audi's extra fancy matrix LED headlights, sport suspension, posher interior, the 10.9in touchscreen passenger display and more safety kit as standard. The SQ6 Sportback e-tron is much the same in its Edition 1 trim, but comes with adaptive air suspension and Audi's distinctive OLED tail-lights. Which one should I go for? The Sport model will likely be a rare sight once people have seen it sulking on 19in wheels (though they must do wonders for comfort), but the S line setup is all the Q6 Sportback e-tron you'll really need. Advertisement - Page continues below Other interesting things to note – all Q6 Sportback e-trons come with heat pump, 11kW AC charging (on both sides) and 270kW CCS fast charging capability (just on the left) as standard. Need to do some towing? The quattro all-wheel-drive version is rated to drag along an impressive 2,400kg.
News.com.au
13-06-2025
- Automotive
- News.com.au
Audi SQ6 review finds new benchmark for the brand
About four years ago we had our first drive of the Audi e-Tron. The experience was underwhelming. Cool tech, but below par range and a hefty price tag, yet the early effort has paved the way for rapid improvement. You'd expect nothing else from the prestige German marque that sits under the Volkswagen group umbrella. Audi's e-Tron garage is surging past 10, with the latest additions a Q6 pair. The standard Q6 and sportier SQ6 arrived earlier this year with prices starting from about $126,000 on the road for the single motor variant. The Q6 comes with big expectations as the full electric version of the outstanding Q5 SUV. Riding on a platform co-developed with Porsche, which is also used by the Macan, foundations don't come much better. Our family sampled the SQ6 derivative, which requires an investment of at least $163,000 once on-roads are settled. What do you get? With a trio of screens which stretch across the dash, the SQ6 immediately feels like a technological tour de force. The driver has a configurable 11.9-inch display, in the centre of the dash sits a curved 14.5-inch touchscreen, while there is also another 10.9-inch display for the passenger. The latter enables those riding shotgun to control the infotainment, find destinations via the satnav, watch YouTube or search on the web (the driver can't see it when in motion courtesy of a 'curtain' function). Another inclusion is augmented reality head-up display for the driver, which showcases the changing speed limits that come at you like small frisbees, the digital speed readout gets larger the quicker you accelerate and also overlays maps to avoid the driver looking down. Games are also available, handy for those bored while charging … not that you'd be hanging around too long, it can shift from 10 to 80 per cent full in about 20 minutes using a high power (DC) charging station. You can add about an hour to that to get the same result at more common rechargers. A wallbox at home would take more than 15 hours. A one-year subscription to Charge-Fox networks is complimentary. Other nice standard kit includes a panoramic glass sunroof, massage function for front seats, leather trim, wireless phone charger, heated front and outer rear seats, 21-inch alloys, tri-zone aircon and a 16-speaker Bang and Olufsen stereo. Our test car had the back exterior package that added $2100 and front head restraint loudspeakers for $950. Audi's standard five-year warranty applies, but battery coverage is eight years. A servicing pack is available for $2080 for six years, with long servicing intervals of two years or 30,000km. How was the drive? Beautifully composed and quiet, the SQ6 represents the new electric benchmark for Audi. Despite being the performance-orientated derivative, it boasts outstanding serenity and smoothness across varying surfaces. While serene in most circumstances, when dynamic mode is selected and launch control is engaged, the 2425kg SUV can rip from standstill to 100km/h in a rapid 4.3 seconds. Most buyers would rarely flex that muscle, yet it's wonderfully punchy when the driver exercises their right ankle. Adaptive air suspension delivers the impressive ride performance, automatically adjusting the SQ6's height and damping characteristics based on driving conditions. When pushing hard the weight and top-heavy nature of the SUV can be exposed. Most drivers wouldn't get close to the SQ6 limits and, for the most, the steering is linear and accurate, with composure personified during rural drives, in traffic or on the highway. The big battery provides range of more than 560km, and our consumption was 21.6kWh/100km. Would you buy one? Kel: Beautifully put together, while the SQ6 is slightly larger than my daily needs dictate, it was easy to drive and operate, despite having so much tech at your fingertips along with the amazing ride. I'd be sceptical whether you would use a lot of the various tech inclusions after the initial novelty wore off. Collectively it was almost too clinical for me, with a hefty outlay for a lot of functionality I'd forget about over time. Grant: Audi has really upped its game with the Q6 and SQ6. With the SQ6, the asking price is similar to a Porsche Macan Electric 4S, and also pits it against the BMW iX xDrive45, Lexus RZ 450e, Mercedes-Benz EQC and Polestar 3. Outstanding technology dictates the price, which makes it a fine choice for those who embrace the latest and greatest.
