Audi Q6 e-tron Review 2026 | Performance & Pricing – Carwow

The Audi Q6 e-tron is comfortable on the motorway and spacious inside, but it’s not very good to drive around town
The Q6 e-tron is Audi’s largest electric SUV offering, sitting above the Q4 e-tron. It’s a comfortable long-distance cruiser with a stylish interior and plenty of space inside, but the cabin feels cheap and alternatives are better to drive around town.
In fact, the Audi is up against it when it comes to the electric SUV market, with the phenomenal BMW iX3, the spacious Tesla Model Y, the handsome Polestar 3 and the all-new Mercedes GLC Electric to cross-shop it against.
You can think of the Q6 e-tron as the Zizzi of the SUV world. Yes it’s pleasant and it does a lot of things to a decent standard, but other, newer options are more desirable and offer better value for money.
Alternatives are better to look at, too, because while the Q6 isn’t a ugly car by any means, it’s a bit generic compared to the others. The headlights are aggressive, split across two levels and straddling a blanked-off ‘grille,’ but it’s not as distinctive as the BMW iX3 with its sharp angles or as svelte as the Volvo EX90.
Range: 325-391 miles
Efficiency: 3.7-3.9 miles per kWh
Battery size: 100kWh
Max charge speed: 270kW
Charge time AC: 13 hrs 30mins, 0-100%, 7.4kW
Charge time DC: 22mins, 10-80%, 270kW
Charge port location: Rear right and rear left
Power outputs: 249/302/383hp
The interior has a bit more going on than the outside, that being said. While all new Audis share a common theme inside, with a rather fetching two-in-one display (gimmicky third screen optional) and a wraparound dashboard, the Q6 e-tron does a better job of fitting it all in than the A5 thanks to its wide cabin.
It’s a shame that Audi has lost the rock-solid feeling of its past interiors, though. The more you poke around the cabin, the more nasty, scratchy plastics you’ll uncover; the door cards, lower dashboard and centre console all feel sub-standard for a car of this price. It’s really disappointing given Audi’s sterling reputation for cabin quality.
At least the infotainment is easy to use, and while the menus can be a bit confusing, the graphics are lovely and it’s quick to respond to your touch. A proviso: if you don’t pay extra for the third display, you get an ugly block of plastic in its place, which is a bit too cheeky.
Audi’s Q6 e-tron is impressively specified and makes for a great electric family car – but some might want a pricey SUV to feel a little more special than this
The Q6 e-tron is suitably spacious inside, easily seating four six-footers with no complaints, and there are plenty of storage cubbies for odds and ends. The 526-litre boot is just about larger than in the BMW iX3 and Mercedes GLC, too, while the front boot can easily hold the charging cables.
Entry-level models can travel 325 miles to a charge, while the Performance model gets a 391-mile range in Sport trim. S-Line Performance and Quattro models split the difference.
Navigating town in the Q6 e-tron gets jarring, because the large turning circle and rounded edges mean the big Audi is tricky to manoeuvre and judge the extremities of. The parking sensors aren’t progressive enough in their beeps, either. It’s more pleasant on the motorway as only a bit of road noise creeps its way into the cabin at high speeds, but the Q6 e-tron is far from fun to drive on a country lane.
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The Audi Q6 e-tron has a RRP range of £60,515 to £77,520. However, with Carwow you can save on average £8,257. Prices start at £53,147 if paying cash. Monthly payments start at £578. The price of a used Audi Q6 e-tron on Carwow starts at £44,598.
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Starting at over £60,000, the Q6 e-tron is priced almost identically to the Mercedes GLC Electric while being a touch more expensive than the BMW iX3. While they’re all similarly equipped, the Audi feels a bit old-hat compared to its German alternatives.
That’s not just in interior design, but in range, because the Mercedes offers 406 miles in base trim, and the iX3 can travel 500 miles on a single charge. The Q6 e-tron only manages 329 miles in the entry-level Sport model.
Still, it comes equipped with 19-inch wheels, front sports seats, a heat pump, advanced park assist with 360-degree cameras and adaptive cruise control as standard. S-Line models get a more aggressive body kit, 20-inch wheels, privacy glass and a flat top-and-bottom steering wheel.
The Black Edition adds gloss black exterior styling and 21-inch alloys, while top-spec Vorsprung cars feature matrix LED headlights, a Bang & Olufsen sound system, glass roof and the divisive passenger display – but it starts at £75,000, which is might expensive.
Impressively comfortable on the motorway, but it feels heavy on a twisting back road
The Q6 e-tron is a big, bulky car and it does feel it when you’re trying to manoeuvre around town. The window line is quite high and it’s not that easy to make out where its corners are, so you’ll be relying on the car’s sensors and camera systems to make sure you don’t hit things.
Another parking annoyance is that the Q6 e-tron’s parking sensors don’t give you a steady, progressive increase in proximity warning. Instead the beeps seem to jump from ‘quite close’ to ‘stop or you’ll crash’ in an instant, which paired with the grabby auto-hold brakes can be very frustrating.
However, the electric powertrain makes for very smooth progress – in contrast to the slightly hesitant gearboxes you’ll find on many of Audi’s combustion-engined cars. The Q6 rides on air suspension, which is very good at coping with large bumps and potholes – it makes speed bumps almost disappear – but it does tend to fidget over smaller imperfections and pockmarked road surfaces.
The Audi’s air suspension does a brilliant job of smoothing out faster roads – it seems to float over bumps, though this does have the potential to make travellers feel a little carsick. You can choose a firmer setting if this bothers you, though.
There’s loads of power available for quick cruising, though a Tesla Model Y feels quite a bit lighter on its feet when it’s accelerating down a sliproad. The Q6 seems to be quite efficient at motorway speeds, though, which is reassuring if you need to use it for a lot of long journeys.
It’s also quite refined, with wind noise well suppressed and obviously no noise from the engine to worry about. All you hear is a little road roar from the very wide tyres.
Some electric SUVs, like the BMW iX, are quite good fun on a nice winding B-road. The Q6 e-tron isn’t. The steering is very quick, so you don’t need to do a lot of arm-twisting even in tight bends, but it’s very remote and gives you no feedback about where the front wheels are pointing or how much grip they have.
In a series of bends you also tend to feel the Q6’s enormous weight, and especially when you have to brake – it takes a lot of effort to stop the 2.3-tonne Q6, even with the regenerative braking at its most aggressive setting. It’s not really very enjoyable driving the Q6 fast, and you’ll be better off just taking it easy and letting it soak up the road rather than attacking every corner.
A big boot and a useful front boot, but the interior doesn’t feel as spacious or airy as alternatives
The Q6 e-tron is a pretty big car, though it’s still quite a bit shorter than a BMW iX or a Mercedes EQE SUV. Still, front-seat occupants are well looked-after, with loads of adjustment in the driving position and comfortable, sporty seats with plenty of support. They’re electrically adjustable, and heated as standard.
The driver and front passenger get reasonable storage for odds and ends too. There’s a wireless phone charger, buried far enough down in the dashboard that your mobile won’t become a distraction. There’s also a pair of cupholders, capacious door bins and a large cubby under the centre armrest. 
Space in the back seats
Rear passengers don’t enjoy quite as much space as they would in the larger BMW iX or Mercedes EQE SUV, but there’s still plenty of room for a six-foot adult to sit behind a driver or front passenger of a similar size. Headroom is good too, and not particularly impacted by the big glass roof.
There’s no central transmission tunnel, which means that the rear centre passenger has enough room for their feet – though the middle seat base is quite narrow and firm. So three adults could quite happily sit abreast in the rear, but only for a short journey. ISOFIX points are available in the outer rear seats.
There’s also a fold-down armrest with twin cupholders, USB-C ports for gadget charging and useful sunblinds for the rear windows.
Boot space
The Audi Q6 e-tron has a 526-litre boot, which compares favourably with the 500-litre BMW iX or the 520-litre Mercedes EQE SUV. The cheaper Tesla Model Y is still the king of boot space though, with 854 litres.
The Q6's boot is a wide, unobstructed space, and the rear seats drop totally flat nice and easily. They fold in a 40:20:40 split, allowing you to carry long thin items in between two rear passengers. There’s also space underneath the floor to store the parcel shelf, which is a useful touch.
Also very handy is the addition of a 64-litre ‘frunk’ taking the space where an engine would go in a combustion car. Neither the iX nor the EQE SUV have this, and it’s a really neat space to hold charge cables, or to store dirty or muddy items away from the occupants in the main cabin.
Smart and well-built, but a little screen-heavy and some areas look difficult to use
In contrast to some electric cars where light and space is the order of the day, the Q6 e-tron feels much more typically Audi with its use of dark materials and a fairly traditional layout. That’s no bad thing, and in fact you might prefer it to the more unconventional iX or EQE SUV.
The top of the dashboard is dominated by screens. One seamless sheet of glass covers both an 11.9-inch display for driver information and a 14.5-inch infotainment screen, though unlike some Audis of old you don’t get a rotary controller to interact with this – it’s touchscreen or voice commands only. Optionally available is a further 10.9-inch display for the front seat passenger so they can control media or view data more easily.
The interface is fairly straightforward though suffers (as the iX and EQE do) with having so many features that it’s not always obvious which menus control which functions. You’ll soon learn where the essentials are, though. Climate controls are operated through the screen, which is par for the course with cars like this nowadays – but still less user-friendly than regular buttons.
The cabin environment is quite dark, but has big enough windows that it doesn’t feel claustrophobic. Material quality is generally good, and there are some nice design touches like a full-width strip of fabric running from door to door, but harder plastics hiding below the soft-touch dashboard, door tops and centre console do let the interior down a little. Some lighter finishes would lift the environment, too.
There are three powertrain options currently available for the Q6 e-tron (not including the SQ6), with either a 83kWh or a 100kWh battery, with the latter coming with two different power outputs. No matter which version you choose, all come with a heat pump as standard.
The entry-level battery option is the 83kWh battery, which delivers 249hp to the rear wheels and offers an official maximum range of 325 miles, depending on spec. If you want a bit more power, The 100kWh ‘Performance’ battery spec is more powerful than the 83kWh one, with an output of 302hp but offers the most range, with a maximum of a whopping 391 miles. However, if you want all-wheel drive, the ‘Quattro’ is available, which uses the same 100kWh battery, offers the most power output at 383hp but you do miss out on a little bit of range, with a maximum of 380 miles.
While they may be big batteries, they can charge quite quickly, with all battery variants being capable of charging from 10% to 80% in about 22 minutes. That’s enough time to get a drink and use the facilities at your favourite motorway services.
That being said, considering we barely managed to achieve 3.0mi/kWh with very gentle motorway driving in our Q6 e-tron Sport performance, you might end up at the services more often than you’d like; that’s only 79% of its claimed range.
Being an EV, there is the £10 first year road tax, and then the standard rate from there onwards. There is also the luxury car supplement to keep in mind, which is applicable from years two to six.
However, if you’re getting a Q6 e-tron as a company car, you get to enjoy the lowest benefit-in-kind rate.
The Q6 e-tron scored the full five stars when it was tested by Euro NCAP, continuing Audi's near-faultless record – all but one of its cars tested since 2009 has scored the full five-star rating. The Q6 e-tron itself comes with tons of safety equipment – the usual autonomous emergency braking, lane-departure warning and pedestrian safety aids, but there are also particularly clever headlights which can highlight lane markings, or taillights that can turn into warning triangles for following traffic.
Audi came 19th out of 31 brands in the 2025 Driver Power owner satisfaction survey, several spots behind BMW and Mercedes. While you only get a standard three-year/60,000-mile warranty with the Q6 e-tron, you can extend that up to five years/90,000 miles.
The Q6’s underpinnings are relatively new, and there’s so much tech that there is potential for teething problems – the earlier Q8 e-tron had issues with things like its electric door mirrors, for example. However, we’ll give the Q6 e-tron the benefit of the doubt until it’s been on sale for a while.
Audi Q6 e-tron prices kick off at just over £61,000, though you may be able to save some of that through dealer specials or, even better, Carwow deals. The most expensive Q6 Edition 1 model costs around £78,000 when equipped with the most powerful Quattro electric motor option.
Yes, orders are open now and first deliveries of the Q6 e-tron will hit the roads in late summer 2024.
The entry-level Audi Q6 e-tron can do up to 381 miles on a charge. The more powerful SQ6 e-tron can do up to 358 miles on a charge, with its additional performance slightly blunting the available range.
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