Physically, the Q6 e-tron sits in the “Goldilocks” zone—roughly the size of the popular Q5 but with significantly more interior room. It arrives with a premium proposition: a price tag starting around $122,500 for this quattro model. In my experience, this isn’t just another electric SUV; it is the car that finally brings the “traditional” luxury Audi feel into the modern 800-volt electric era.

What does the Audi Q6 e-tron 2025 look like?

The Q6 e-tron doesn’t shout “I’m an EV” with weird proportions. Instead, it refines the classic SUV shape with the new “Premium Platform Electric“ (PPE) architecture shared with Porsche. At 4771mm long, it features short overhangs and powerful “Quattro blisters”—subtle muscular bulges over the wheels that hint at its power.

The highlight is the active digital light signature. You can actually customise the pattern of the Matrix LED headlights and OLED taillights via the infotainment screen. It’s a party trick, sure, but it looks incredibly premium at night.

What is the Audi Q6 e-tron 2025 like inside?

Audi calls this interior the “Digital Stage,” and for once, the marketing hype is accurate. The dashboard is a curved, panoramic sculpture that wraps around the driver. The materials are top-tier—Audi creates arguably the best interiors in the business—with a “Softwrap” element running from the doors across the console, using sustainable fabrics that feel warm and expensive.

The seats are supportive and, in this quattro trim, often come with heating and high-quality leather appointments. It feels solid, quiet, and built to last a lifetime.

Storage

Practicality hasn’t been sacrificed for style. The centre console features a dedicated phone charging tray that is cooled. To prevent your phone from overheating while charging wirelessly. A brilliant touch and deep cupholders.

Crucially, under the bonnet lies a 64-litre “frunk”. It is specifically moulded to hold charging cables or a small duffel bag. This is a massive win over rivals like the BMW iX3 or Mercedes EQC which offer no front storage.

Rear seat and boot space

The rear cabin benefits from the flat floor of the electric platform. Legroom is generous for adults, and the headroom is excellent even with the panoramic sunroof.

The boot offers a very usable 526 litres, which is square and easy to load. The rear seats fold in a flexible 40:20:40 split, expanding the cargo area to 1529 litres. It’s a genuinely practical family hauler that can swallow holiday luggage with ease.

Technology and connectivity

The technology here is a quantum leap forward. Visually, the cabin is dominated by the MMI panoramic display, merging an 11.9-inch virtual cockpit with a 14.5-inch central touchscreen. Functionally, it runs on Android Automotive OS, meaning Google Maps and Spotify are built-in natively.

Complementing the driver’s tech is an optional 10.9-inch screen exclusively for the front passenger. Consequently, your co-pilot can watch movies or assist with navigation without distracting you, as the screen has a privacy filter that makes it invisible from the driver’s seat. Indeed, it turns the passenger seat into a first-class experience.

Beyond the screens, the Q6 e-tron features an advanced Augmented Reality (AR) Head-Up Display. Evidenced by navigation arrows that appear to “float” on the road 200 metres ahead of you, guiding you through roundabouts intuitively. Finally, the “Hey Audi” voice assistant is now powered by AI, making it actually useful for controlling climate and media.

One-Touch Features:

• Active Privacy Mode: The passenger screen automatically dims if the driver tries to look at it while moving.
• Self-Learning Assistant: The car learns your routine, such as automatically turning on seat heating when the outside temp drops below 10°C.
• e-tron Route Planner: Automatically calculates charging stops and pre-heats the battery for max speed before you arrive.

Engine and drivetrain

The Q6 e-tron quattro is powered by a dual-motor setup delivering a combined 285 kW of power and 855 Nm of torque. While the 0-100 km/h time of 5.9 seconds isn’t “Tesla Plaid” fast, it is effortless, surging forward with a smooth, relentless shove that makes overtaking safe and easy.

The star of the show is the battery. It’s a 100 kWh (94.9 kWh net) unit built on 800-volt architecture. This allows for a max DC charge rate of 270 kW. In the real world, this means you can charge from 10% to 80% in just 21 minutes. It future-proofs you for the next generation of ultra-fast highway chargers.

What’s the Audi Q6 e-tron 202 like to drive?

If you are coming from a petrol Audi Q5, you will feel instantly at home. Audi has resisted the urge to make this feel like a spaceship; instead, it feels like a very polished, very quiet luxury car.

The ride quality is superb, especially if you opt for the adaptive air suspension. It floats over Australian country roads but tightens up when you want to drive enthusiastically. The steering is precise and well-weighted. It doesn’t have the frantic energy of a Model Y Performance; it has a composed, confident maturity that makes long drives a pleasure, not a chore.

Safety features

The Q6 e-tron is built to the highest safety standards. It includes a comprehensive ADAS suite:

• Adaptive Cruise Assist Plus (combines adaptive cruise with lane guidance)
• Turn Assist (prevents turning across oncoming traffic)
• Exit Warning System (alerts you to cyclists before opening doors)
• 360-degree cameras with 3D view
• Driver distraction and fatigue monitoring

Owner benefits

Audi Australia backs the Q6 e-tron with a 5-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty and covers the high-voltage battery for 8 years or 160,000 km.

Service intervals are every 2 years or 30,000 km, which is generous and reduces running costs significantly compared to combustion Audis. You also typically get a complimentary Chargefox subscription with purchase (check current offers).

Final thoughts

If you have been waiting to switch to electric because you didn’t want to lose the “premium” feel of a traditional luxury brand, the Audi Q6 e-tron is the car you’ve been waiting for.

It doesn’t rely on gimmicks. It relies on solid engineering, incredible charging speed, and a cabin that is genuinely a nice place to spend time. At ~$122k, it is an investment, but it feels like one. It is the sophisticated choice for the buyer who values quality over 0-100 stats.

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We have already seen their e-tron SUV now they have shown the e-tron GT for the first time in Australia.  With supply constraints, however, it will not be in the show rooms here until September 2022 at the earliest.

The e-tron GT is a four-door fastback with a wide, low, sleek, flowing design.

It will look good in the driveway of an expensive home and while we haven’t driven it yet, the power and features suggest that it will make a very elegant touring vehicle.

With a price starting at $181,700, and going up to around $249,700 plus on road costs, you would be looking for something with features that you could boast about to your friends: and not just about it being electric. The Audi does not disappoint.

Powertrain

The power figures are staggering. The base model e-tron GT has 350kW (which you can boost to 390kW for a short time) and 630 Nm of torque

If that is not enough there is the RS e-tron GT with 440kW (boosted to 475) that’s nearly 640 hp in the old measurement and it has 830 Nm of torque. You do not normally see those sort of torque figures unless it is a thumping big twin turboed diesel. The acceleration for 0-100 km/hr in 3.3 seconds which is high class supercar territory.

The GT will accelerate form zero to 100km/hr in 4.1 seconds while the RS takes just 3.3 seconds.

Power comes from a 93kWh battery about the same capacity as the Jaguar i-pace.

The efficiency is enhanced with a two-stage planetary gear box that will drop into a higher ratio at highway speeds. This is the start of using gears in electric vehicles for greater efficiency.

Not just power but also features

Quoting power and performance figures may make you sound like a cashed-up rev head. There are refinements in the Audi that add to its class. The ones that I think are the most important are:

1. All models have four-wheel drive and Air suspensions
2. All-wheel steering – standard on RS
3. LED and laser front lights
4. Adaptive cruise control (hooray – too many expensive Audis had this as an option) with Stop&Go, distance indicator, traffic jam assist and lane guidance assist
5. Audi active lane assist
6. Audi pre-sense front with Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) – provides collision mitigation up to 85 km/h (pedestrians) and up to 250 km/h (vehicles)
7. Audi pre-sense rear – preventative protection measures including tensioning of front seat belts and closing of windows and sunroof where the risk of a collision is detected
8. 360-degree cameras including kerb view function
9. Park assist with Audi parking system plus including front and rear sensors
10. Intersection crossing assist – monitors the area in front of and at the side of the vehicle on junctions and exit roads to detect oncoming objects. A visual and acoustic warning is provided, and if the situation is critical, a warning brake jolt follows which operates at speeds up to 10 km/h
11. Collision avoidance assist – provides additional assistance to the driver with supporting steering torque in critical situations where the driver initiates evasive action2
12. Cross traffic assist rear – supports the driver when reversing out of a perpendicular parking space reducing the risk of accidents
13. Exit warning system – detects cars and cyclists when opening doors
14. Turn assist – monitors oncoming traffic when turning right at low speeds

Design Efficiency

The Audi e-tron GT has a low co-efficient of drag of 0.24.

It is achieved by good design that also gives appeal to those who are likely to buy the vehicle.

It could be well imagined that an owner might enjoy prestigious leisure activities. If you want to attend the private golf club there is a feature that is well worth bringing up in conversation with your golfing buddies as Matthew Dale, Audi’s National Product Manager pointed out when showcasing the vehicle

The underbody of all of our electric vehicles is completely flat. We’ve got a completely flat underbody to really aid in that aerodynamic performance. So for those golfers out there, you might notice something on the bottom of this is these little kind of concave divots very similar to a golf ball. So the reason we have these on a golf ball, when it leaves the face of the club is really directional and it creates that direction of the face of the club.

The air passes over the surface of the ball and continues in that direction. It’s very similar technology to what’s underneath this vehicle. So the aerodynamics actually play a part with these concaves to directionally push it from the front to the rear of the vehicle and to be diffused out the rear and that really in that kind of what you can’t see performance but to the end goal is the efficiency of the kind of coefficient of drag which is 0.24

Experience from Kia and their EV6 has shown that sustainability is still a critical issue although it may not be the top issue in looking at purchasing a car.

But it is very important for the image of the brand

Shaun Cleary the Corporate communications manager at Audi Australia, in opening the Audi presentation, noted in part:

The e-tron GT rolls off our production line at the Audi Sport Facility in Neckarsulm, Germany. You might know the facility there as it’s on a shared assembly line with the legendary Audi R8.

The e-tron GT, whose entire production process is net carbon neutral, which is important for the car for the times we live in and for prospective owners of this exceptional vehicle.

Sustainability is an important theme for Audi Australia. Since 2021, our business operations have been powered by renewable energy sourced from the capital wind farm near Canberra. Even today, the carbon emissions produced by this event have been offset on behalf of all of our guests

Conclusion

The Audi e-tron GT is a prestige car and a prestige price but it showcases both style and technology.

With outstanding performance and envelope pushing power train it will help Audi achieve an image of a social responsible yet highly design vehicle manufacturer.

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