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By Jonathan Crouch

The e-tron GT quattro will transform the way people think about Audi Evs. Jonathan Crouch drives it.

Ten Second Reviewword count: 55

Audi's e-tron GT quattro is a desirable four-door Grand Touring flagship model for the Ingolstadt maker's growing e-tron EV range. Though most of the core technology here is shared with this car's Porsche Taycan cousin, it's all been delivered with a distinctly Audi feel and character. And, most importantly, it has that 'want one' factor.

Backgroundword count: 141

The earliest full-EVs from Audi tended to be of the expensive and luxurious kind. First, we had the modestly appealing e-tron big SUV. Then, the rather more desirable e-tron Sportback. Followed by this, the e-tron GT quattro, a four-door Grand Turismo sports saloon which also comes in faster RS form. It's the standard GT model though, that we focus on here. If you've troubled to read this, then you're the kind of person who'll probably already know that this car shares a lot of its engineering with its VW Group cousin, the Porsche Taycan. And I mean a lot; the wheelbase and motor positioning is the same. So is the 93.4kWh battery. And so is the J1 platform that everything sits on. Yet Ingolstadt determinedly promises us that this will be a distinctly Audi confection. Are they right? Let's find out.

Driving Experienceword count: 218

You can't really blame Audi for wanting to share the engineering of this car with Porsche because it's extremely complex. As this e-tron GT's quattro moniker suggests, it's 4WD, courtesy of motors at front and rear, the back one connected to a 2-speed gearbox that's used only for launch control and some dynamic modes. Total power output (most of which comes from the rear motor) is 469bhp, though there's also a boost mode that raises this to 523bhp for rapid overtaking. If you're interested, all these figures are pretty much the same as those of a mechanically identical Porsche Taycan 4S. As is arguably the most important one, that for the 298 mile range, which is OK but some way off what you'd get from a rival Tesla Model S. The performance stats are of course very Taycan-like too - which means they're very fast, 62mph from rest occupying just 4.1s; for reference, the faster RS e-tron GT manages it in 3.3s. One of the few dynamic areas in which Ingolstadt could distance this car from its Porsche cousin was the steering, making it lighter than a Taycan and more familiar to customers graduating to this car from another Audi. Various drive modes adjust steering weight - and of course ride comfort too, via the adaptive damping system.

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