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Audi Q4 e-tron 45 Sportback 2025 – Review
Introduction
The Audi Q4 e-tron 45 Sportback enters a competitive segment of premium electric SUVs, promising distinctive design, refined comfort, and modern practicality. After months of real-world use across urban routes, long motorway journeys, and varied weather conditions, this review offers a balanced yet candid evaluation of its design, performance, and overall ownership experience.
Exterior Design
From the outside, the Q4 e-tron Sportback stands out with a bold and assertive aesthetic.
Aggressive front look: The sharp grille design and sculpted body lines give it a sporty, confident presence.
Ground clearance: The elevated stance is genuinely practical for everyday UK driving—handling speed bumps, uneven roads, and rural surfaces with ease.
Overall, the exterior styling is one of the car’s strongest attributes.
Interior & Comfort
Despite its premium branding, the interior layout falls short in several important areas.
Fixed Gear Console Design
The most frustrating interior feature is the oversized fixed gear console, which creates several issues:
It occupies nearly all the usable storage space beneath it.
The arrangement of buttons and controls is ergonomically inconvenient, often requiring awkward hand positioning while driving.
The wireless phone charger placement is particularly ill-conceived. It sits vertically in a recess where you cannot see the phone screen during charging, making it both impractical and counterintuitive.
Other Interior Notes
Comfortable seating: Both front and rear seats offer good support and ample legroom, even for taller occupants.
Rear-view camera: The camera quality is noticeably poor and deteriorates further in rainy conditions, reducing visibility and driver confidence.
Overall, the interior design feels inconsistent with what one would expect from a modern Audi.
Performance & Handling
Acceleration: The Q4 e-tron 45 delivers reasonable acceleration—adequate for city driving and motorway overtakes, though not especially thrilling.
Handling: In narrow streets and tight spaces, the vehicle performs well, offering predictable steering and ease of manoeuvring.
However, wet-road stability is a concern. The vehicle tends to slip on wet surfaces despite its 20-inch wheels, raising questions about overall traction and tyre-platform dynamics.
Efficiency & Charging
This aspect of ownership is where the Q4 e-tron Sportback struggles the most.
Unreliable real-world range: The actual mileage frequently falls short of the advertised figures. Weather, speed, gradients, and traffic have a significant impact on range.
80% charging limit: The default battery setting restricts usable capacity from the outset.
High rapid-charging costs: Fast chargers on motorways often cost more per mile than petrol or diesel, making long-distance trips unexpectedly expensive.
Range anxiety: Because battery behaviour is unpredictable, long journeys often involve constant monitoring and concern about reaching the next charger.
In reality, the manufacturer’s mileage claims are rarely achievable under typical conditions.
Summary
Pros
Aggressive, sporty exterior
Good ground clearance
Comfortable seats with generous legroom
Reasonable acceleration
Excellent maneuverability in narrow or urban environments
Cons
Poor interior ergonomics due to oversized gear console
Impractically positioned wireless phone charger
Subpar rear-camera quality, especially in rain
Weak road grip on wet surfaces
Unreliable real-world range performance
Higher-than-expected charging costs on long journeys
Ongoing range anxiety due to inconsistent efficiency
Conclusion
The Audi Q4 e-tron 45 Sportback offers striking looks and a comfortable ride, but its limitations—particularly the impractical interior layout, inconsistent efficiency, and wet-weather handling—significantly affect everyday usability. While it performs well in urban settings, long-distance travel can be unexpectedly costly, stressful, and unpredictable.
Personally, I feel fortunate to have the vehicle only on a three-year lease, and I am already looking forward to transitioning to a more reliable and predictable EV once the contract ends.
RE: Colchester branch. Really poor customer service. The man who served me was so rude and made me feel very uncomfortable. I completed a survey afterwards and got an instant email from ‘manager of services’ asking what happened. I emailed and asked them to call me. Nothing. I rang them. No answer. I emailed in what happened. Nothing. I spent about 30 mins on the phone the other day - just trying to make contact with someone. No answer anywhere! I wanted to let them know about a data breach. They sent someone else details home with our paper work! I have lots of information on that person now. I did email in again. But no response.
We were looking to buy an Audi , we visited Chester branch spent 20 mins looking inside and outside the showroom nobody even spoke to us , so second chance we then booked an appointment for today in Shrewsbury 2pm arrived on time moved to a waiting area waited until 2.17 and then gave up tried to gain attention of staff but no body was interested ,so left went to land rover down the road with no appointment and they were fantastic,end result we purchased the evoque autograph, lessons in customer service , Audi yours is terrible even when we gave you a second chance yours was really bad , you should realise customers are a privilege don’t take them for granted , also we didn’t even get a phone call to ask why wd left or an apology after a 50 mile round trip , really couldn’t get worse than this
I gave the car for a normal service. When I got the car back after a day, there was a sound coming from the rear which was not there before. They said to solve it I have to replace a part. So they are trying to solve an issue which didn’t exist before. Also there was a car was and vacuum promised(that was for another issue where they couldn’t even find the car keys after service), and they didn’t even bother to do it. Never going back here
I am writing this in English to reach as many people as possible and hopefully save others from going through the same experience.My experience with Audi Amager has been extremely disappointing and frustrating. From the beginning, the level of service and professionalism has not matched what you would expect from a brand like Audi. There have been repeated issues with my car, long waiting times, and poor coordination between departments.One of the biggest concerns is the lack of accountability. When problems occur, it feels like responsibility is constantly pushed around rather than properly handled. Instead of clear solutions, I have often been met with delays, unclear answers, and additional costs.There also seems to be a lack of available parts and proper follow-up, which only adds to the inconvenience and wasted time. As a customer, you expect efficiency and transparency — unfortunately, that has not been my experience here.I strongly recommend that anyone considering this dealership does their research first. There are videos online, including Jon’s video on YouTube, that reflect similar concerns and experiences, which I unfortunately can now relate to.Overall, this has been a very poor experience, and I would not recommend Audi Amager based on how my case has been handled.
I would strongly caution anyone considering purchasing a vehicle with Audi to be aware of how serious issues are handled.I am currently dealing with a 2022 Audi Q5e that has an ongoing electrical system malfunction affecting multiple critical systems. Since mid-February, the vehicle has repeatedly displayed a warning to “safely stop vehicle,” while also experiencing failures in safety features like collision prevention and traction control.Even more concerning, the vehicle generates false collision warnings, the 360° camera intermittently fails, and the braking system behaves unpredictably—causing the car to rapidly decelerate 11 mph in 7 seconds, and ultimately come to a complete stop when simply releasing the accelerator.The battery and charging system are also unreliable and inconsistent:After 5.5–6 hours of charging, the Audi app will indicate charging is complete at only 19 miles of range, while the Level 2 charger correctly shows that charging is not actually finished. Charging should normally take approximately 2.5–3 hours. The range used to be 26-32, now often 19 to 22. The vehicle may display 1 mile of battery range and still show 1 mile even after driving 10 miles.It will sometimes refuse to charge past 19 miles of range.It may display 22 miles of range, and after driving 10 miles, drop to 5 miles remaining.Despite a confirmed diagnostic fault code indicating invalid data being sent between systems, I have been told there is currently no fix available and that a resolution may not come until late summer or fall. “Audi has no idea what’s wrong, and these ghost codes are happening on other models as well.”This is not a minor inconvenience—it is a safety issue. A vehicle should not lose critical safety functions or behave unpredictably while driving, nor should core systems like battery management provide inaccurate or conflicting information.At this point, I am extremely disappointed in both the reliability of the vehicle and the lack of timely resolution. I would expect a company with morals to take immediate action when a vehicle presents ongoing safety risks.I hope this review helps others avoid buying an Audi. I work in luxury sales myself, and I am spreading the word daily.
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