Audi RS e-Tron GT 6 Month Review: Is It Really Worth £120,000? | 4K 

What would you spend £120,000 on?

Can watch this guy review cars for hours. Even when it's vehicles I've seen others speak about. It doesn't hit the same as when he does it.

for me this is the best looking electric car to date, and powerful too

Up to 50,000 dollar discount available on such an Audi if you lease it in the USA. Very little demand, massive depreciation.

This guy is legit, lit and has the charisma of a proper presenter. No.1 best automotive reviewer ever. Utterly GOAT. Very easy to learn from this guy.

I actually like Audi not going full on into developing an entire infotainment system. No matter what car you produce it's always the case that by the end of the production, the system and the apps on it are already outdated. Android and iOS apps are moving at lightspeed and there is no point of racing against them. Simple Android Auto and Apple Carplay is more than enough. They are basically offering you wireless displays to which you can connect your phone to your car. It can't get any more personalized than that.

Great review. Being realistic, the RS7 (the comparison) would need refuelling at less than 300 miles, and at that distance we all need a decent break, so the time constraint becomes almost irrelevant. Rory is easily best car journalist on you tube!! Thankyou.

Not long ago I used to think that the Taycan was the most beautiful car I have seen and that I can actually buy, BUT having seen an e-tron I must say it has grown in me. I do want one, they look absolutely fantastic.

Great video and glad you enjoyed your time with the RS e-tron GT. Love mine and agree with your observations (although I've yet to injure myself on the door handle). Depreciation is probably the biggest issue with EV's across the board at the minute as you say. I was lucky to get a fairly hefty discount on my ex demo Carbon Vorsprung back in March but I'd be loathed to buy a brand new one at the minute. Winter range for those that have asked in the comments is mid 200's. Charged mine to 80% last night and it's showing 210 miles available. The non RS one I had did around 240-50 on 100% in winter (this'll be my first winter with the RS so happy to report back, but so far no issues with expected vs reported range).

I owned this car since 10 month and 16 000 km and I am very happy with it! It is a great pleasure to drive it in every type of road. And the last but not the least, i love very much its design!

I like the idea of a boost button for overtaking. This car needs it

Given £120,000 I would buy a Smart #1 Brabus and a Second-hand 911. As the daily drive would be practical, cheap, fast and fun. Then the weekend car would be a beautiful sounding Porsche.

We have the RS e-tron GT. It is a phenomenal car to drive. Started with a Tesla but not for long. Sensors were not much good for safety. This car even slams the breaks on if something has suddenly appeared behind you when reversing plus 360 degree view of the car and heads-up. Amazing safety features. Agree about the phone charging but if phone is cable charging the car reminds you that your phone is still in the car when you go to leave. Build quality is brilliant. Operating system could do with some updating. Audi has been a bit lazy and money pinching here. Have never thought of increasing power to overtake as have always found enough power from just being electric but I am not a boy racer.

Great review as per usual! I really like that you took the effort to do a long-term review. Keep up the phenomenal work, and some of the best presentation out there Rory🙌

Your explanations are exceptional and willing to listen more and more. Not less or not more. Keep it up. Thanks.

Awesome review! Clicked as soon as I saw your video. I love this car, beautiful both outside and inside. the second hand value is a steal! Also love your content! Keep up the good work.❤

What I like the most about it is that for an electric car it does not look hideous which most electric cars certainly do!

More of these long-term vids please! Enjoyed it. Good job you

Fantastic review as always Rory. I have a regular 2019 e-from 55, and it does have a sports selection on the gear shifter that you can use in any driving mode. Too bad they didn’t add that to the far more expensive and nicer GT model.

This is in my top 3 best looking cars on the market right now. Definitely going to buy one once they depreciated some more, doesn't even have to be an RS version

Love honest reviews - thank you.

Great, in depth review Rory. Love this guy.

So, I have had my RS e-tron for 11 months now, clocked up 8300 enjoyable miles. Lucky enough to have a home charger backed up by solar panels and a battery and have only used external charges a handful of times. I agree with a lot of your comments, but not once caught my hand in the door handle…! I am 6ft 3 and 16 stone, car is massively comfortable and rear passengers generally ok provided they are not as big as me. 100% charge - summer 286 miles and winter 245 miles. Performance, the RS button would be a great shout, but even in comfort mode, the thing is a beast and blows any overtaking manoeuvre in a blink of an eye. My on board timer has clocked my RS 0-60 at 2.9 seconds on several occasions and as you said, it can do it over and over again. Pricey car, thank god for tax relief as I bought mine through my business…! I love the fact it is uncommon, especially the RS and you don’t see many in the road. I have people videoing and taking photos as I drive it…! Not regretted having mine at any point but not looking forward to the insurance renewal as I have heard they have shot up…..!

Awesome long-term review Rory. I think the reason the screens haven't frozen is because Audi stuck with the tried and tested, no fancy, new fangled stuff

I like the layout of the screens in this car, I hate the screen on a lot of the new cars, the ones you find sitting on top of the dashboard like they were an afterthought. Nice car. I think GT is more about the fact that you can do the long distance without filling tired while keeping up the pace. A lot of GTs also have big engines which means they tend to drink a lot, so it's not travel without fill ups along the way.

Bro, I must admit it was theeee best review, all points which you mentioned are practical for everyone, SUPERLIKE my friend, great job !

Great review Rory. The main point I find flawed with most reviews is the point of comparison and for the RS GT, you are one of the first who is spot on with the ICE equivalent comparison, which is the RS7 (S7 for the GT). Not a model 3, an MG4, a Dacia Sandero, a 320d, a Hilux., a 4.0 twin turbo 600bhp gas guzzling V8. I'd love to see a diesel Hilux gap a Senna or do 0-62 in less than 3 seconds, forgive me if I don't hold my breath whilst waiting... Can't say I've had the door handle issue you have, that's definitely a 'you' thing. I also suspect with EV tech, most are thinking that the car should be a tech fest like Tesla but I'm happy with the tech in the Audi; basic, doesn't go wrong, focus is on the driving. The phone storage thing is an inconvenience, then again I normally put mine in my pocket so I'm not tempted to handle it whilst driving and wireless Android works really well. The first world problem I have is the lack of steering wheel drive select button but after 18 months, pressing the button on the centre console without looking is 2nd nature. In 'comfort' like 'dynamic' you get full beans acceleration anyway, only in efficiency with the front motor deactivated are you somewhat limited for overtakes. Audi press really let you down as they should have given you an Audi charge card like all customers get. Ultra rapid charging is 30p / kWh at Ionity, c.40p/kWh at Fastned / Shell and others. If you do charge at a public charger at 69p+ / kWh it does make these comparatively as expensive as ICE to refuel however I can get the same number of miles in 2 public charging sessions of my RS GT as I did in one tank of fuel in an RS7 and the cost is about £35-45 in it as opposed to £120+ in the RS7. And there's next to no maintenance / servicing costs with the EV. As for GT capability, easily done a trip from the North East of England to Paul Ricard Circuit and back in the RS GT; yes I had 9 charging stops, probably only 2 more than I would have stopped anyway (long gone are the days of me doing 500+ mile non-stop trips, the human element precludes that now!) and added about 60 minutes onto the journey time in an ICE car. Only had to queue for a charger once, ironically in the UK! Had one range anxiety moment in 18 months of driving. Range itself, up to 310 miles in summer, closer to 180-200 in the winter sub 5 degree temperatures. The boot could be bigger for sure, tyres are an issue because of the weight of the car on them. Most who 'own' these cars or RS6/7 / M5/6 / GT63S lease and if you are fortunate enough to be a company car owner or better still, the owner of the company, the EV equivalent is an absolute no brainer.

Such a positive, honest and professional review. I've seen half a million car reviews but none like this. Watched right through it. Well done, you deserve to be proud of yourself for this.

Very nice review. Thankyou !

Fabulous car and a great video as always. Keep it up!

Cheers mate great review

I went on a road trip for 5 days with this car and I agree with everything here. It does have small flaws but overall you just end up loving this car! It's really good and everybody's lookign at it. I met plenty of people that just wanted to talk about the car.

Its sure looks good. I saw one in a cherry red colour. If i weren't at work at the time, i'd have lingered a while longer to admire it.

Filming with a polfilter ~ even better video quality! Love watching the autotrader stuff!

More of these long-termers, please 🙏🏾

Bro your revwing style with driving is a gamechanger for your changer belive me 🎉🎉❤❤

You can press the Drive Select button repeatedly to cycle through the drive modes. No need to touch the screen.

I like the fact that they didnt go overboard with tech, a good sound system is all the tech i need

Great review!

Love the review sir! Have owned a 22 Prem (just below RS) for 22k miles from new. It’s my daily driver. I’m 6’5” and all legs, but find it comfortable. Getting in-out of such a low car can be tricky. The car is solid, but it has had some major recalls and failures (heater recall, brakes repairs {no recall}. There is no over-the -air software update I think to support the dealership model. That force us back to dealership for software which is crazy, but I get it. This review some what matches my is real life experiences. It frank and honest,but I think he nip-pic on stuff that just doesn’t matter. *Never had issue with door handle pitching me, I agree not good if it happens. *True there is no good spot to put phone. I put my IP+ on the floor or on passenger seat. * the phone charger in the compartment is crappy. Over heats like other car due to lack of ventilation. IP+ in case is too large and not worth hassle. I use a cable plugged into back seat. * tires are pricey but you can find reasonable options. *deprecation/loss of value hit is real and bad. Cost of doing business to a degree. I wished I had leased, water up the bridge at this point. *range is better than Audi advertise which is better than not getting what was advertised. * tech is basic, but not horrible. The MMI system could use some improvements. You have to repeatedly reset or acknowledge app updates. I love the car, but she ain’t perfect. Would still take it over any Telsa model. I would still chose GT over Taycan because of external profile and internal layout (lack of buttons).

Very nice review!

These have depreciated 50% in a year; you can pick one up for half MSRP a year old and 3k miles on it

Great review, as always from Rory...

My god, £60 to fill the battery for up to 218 miles. That'd be £25 for my Dacia Sandero diesel. For £60 of diesel I could get just over 500 miles! Madness.

Love your videos ❤

brilliant commentary and great car

Great video Rory.

I’ve seen this car quite a few times on the road here in Germany and every time I do, I stop and stare. It’s a gorgeous design, unfortunate held back a bit by its aging tech and the insane price.

Great review.

The problem with this and it’s sister the Tycan is that the interior is too dam small for the size of the car. If your 6’ and position the seat to be in a comfortable position, no one can sit behind you. It becomes a 3 person sedan. And the rear is so tight to begin with. A Panamerica is huge inside as a comparison.

Great video Rory. One comment - I use my front trunk in my Audi for my cables and car tools or other stuff i need to maintain the car. So the back trunk in empty for other stuff 😊

You are a very good presenter. Just thought I'd tell you that, because it's nice to be nice.

Great review. Overall, excellent car.

One way to avoid the handpinching doorhandle is to rif it out. Okay, jokes aside. If you open it with the left hand you automatically look over your shoulder, which also avoids collisions with pedestrians and people on bicycles. This is something people teach more and more, after making this a routine it is quite helpful ") Thank you for this video!^^ I like your style of moderating and the car is so cool as well:D

Good job bro thanks so much

I have a RS GT and love it. Makes me smile every time i drive it. It's such a solid motor, not perfect from faults, Spoiler failures and heater matrix issues, but covered under warranty. Driving it is like being on a bullet train. 0 - license gone in 2 seconds..

Great review, seems a very versatile car

Nice review.

Appreciate a good review, as always. My only only criticism would be about the gushing praise for the car's 'excellent reliability', any modern car at that price only 6 months old should by showing no sign of issues.....in my most humble opinion.

Rory you didn't mention in any detail about the infrastructure of charging points..were all your visits straight in and charge or did you ever have to wait..plus was every charger you went to working..great video from you as always 👍

Good review

Man like Rors! God damn that's a good car review :)

Beautiful car. As more used ones make it on the market, I totally see this being my future car. Hopefully near-future car :)

thanks bro, pretty timely and informative, the length of time sitting waiting on recharge however . . . i dunno

£60 to recharge the battery?! I thought one of the main positives for EVs was that they were cheaper to run than petrol or diesel cars…

Rory. Great long term review. £120,000 Insane! Just not for everyone...any one? Certainly better than the jelly mould Porsche it is based on. As for the Tesla.... not in the same league. Just buy a 208e and bank the rest for a rainy day.

This is my ideal spec for an e-Tros GT. Black over red is the perfect setup for any luxury stealth missile

Rory Reid, excellent review. You are an amazingly natural presenter, which is, very difficult to pull off… you either have it or you don’t 😊. For me you’re a top mainstream motor journalist like Mat Watson carwow, then slightly smaller channels than you, like Chris Harris collecting cars, Jamie Sonuga officially gassed, and much smaller channels like Ginny Buckley from electrifying. Credit where it’s due 👍, well done mate, just subscribed

Nice driving shots from Bedford 🙂

Love the shirt

This is an amazingly beautiful automobile

Does it have a "*" button on a steering wheel? My A4 has it and you can choose a function for that key by yourself. I am using it for drive select.

Thanks!

I be honest,I see it in tunel from my truck and I did not know,what make is it and what car is that but I love it from first glance. I wouldn't buy new as no way to afford it but bit used one I would luck forward. I got know thos model by registration plate, and I was shockingly happy to see it and happy to know,what it was up front o me ;) If I ever have chance to have itI will go for it. Thanks for review,really it was pleasure to watch it. Thanks.

Saw one on the street afew weeks back in the same colour, looks amazing but after this good review I wouldn´t by it.

Stunning car!

Luv the sweater! Or sweh-ah, there we go! Luv from over the pond! 🍻 🤜🏿💥🤛🏿

It's a top-5 car for me - graceful yet dominant. 8:34 - Although no RS button in the wheel, does it not have the asterisk button on the wheel which one can assign to Drive Select?

You are the best reviewer on RU-vid, so well done. I got an E-Tron, and I can't get more than 200 miles from a full charge, but it not very often I need more in a signal journey. but it is a great car and so comfortable. I love to have a GT but not in my price range

It actually makes sense to put your phone out of sight, as you’ll not be tempted to use it while driving. I like that.

Portland, JAMAICA in the Building!!!

Wish audi would have stock a V8 engine in it. It would have sell like hot cakes because it’s still the best looking audi to date .

11:25 you can get a taycan with the same mechanical cap or “door” for the charging port. If you get the motorised one you loose the fender opening

“Price to fill the battery” is irrelevant. It depends on the size of the battery. Just like comparing fuel tank sizes on ICE cars. The important thing is efficiency and hence price per mile.

to bypass the drivemode when overtaking, doesn't it have an extra "button" that you press when you push the accelerator a bit more? other Audis that I drove have that, despite the mode you're in, if you go all in on the gas pedal you get all the power

Man That Car Clean!

nice but my 2023 S3 has the exact dashboard, cockpit and interface with the exception that it's also got the traditional wireless charging tray much more accessible under the centre console without the faffing around here. It makes the S3 great value, but for double the price you should be getting a completely bespoke and unique interior in the E-tron GT, not the entry level performance hatchback interior

I got me a storm trooper for Christmas, and it's nice, but not as comfortable as the A8L it replaced. I love the instant power

Rory. You rock my friend

Afternoon mate

How much of the 120k sticker price has it lost through 6 months of depreciation?

I remember just 2 years ago, all the level 2 chargers around me were free, but now you’re paying 2-4 dollars an hour to use them. Depending on the charge rate, they’re more expensive than putting fuel in a reasonably efficient ICE vehicle.

9:50 PPF is the way to go with these piano black interiors! 👌 keeps it in mint condition!

Design is amazing

Ty Rory, hit it right out of the park !

Beautiful car ❤

Beautiful Audi e Tron.

The biggest let down for me about this car is that…… I can’t afford it

Buying this car new is reserved for companies which can enjoy tax benefits from it. I love the car but would only buy second-hand. However, Audi, like most manufacturers, seems obsessed with black interiors. ( I've found 95%+ cars on resale have black interiors). As cars with black interiors can quickly get hot in summer ( or in warmer climates ) and as EV batteries punish you for using the A/C, the range is going to be adversely affected when it's on. So why no light interiors? Great video BTW.

Surprised you didn't mention easy access to the "raise suspension" function to avoid scrapping the chin. I miss this from my old S6