Do you know what the price may be like in the US market?

Why is the screen of this car not square and so ugly, and the cooler vents are hidden under the dashboard, it is very ugly, and the strange design of electric Chinese cars was stolen by German cars.

Is it like Tesla refusing the Autopilot if it detects you have been naughty and not paying attention enough? 😅

it allows the next owner to unlock this feature though. so that makes sense at least.

You are paying for the hardware whether you use it or not. To paraphrase Thomas: #Subscription BS

Right!!! I hate the premium features going down the line to cheaper models 10 years ago leather dashboard was for a8 very luxurious now it got to fake leather or even worse plastic wirh stitches... same for the taillights bar it should have been for a8 a7 q7 q8 not for every single vw skoda etron etc. The high-gloss black buttons ordered from aliexpress instead of good metal buttons, i cant imagine how would those buttons look like after the 1000th meeting with someone's ring or in 10 years absolutely scratched. And no comment for the screens 😂

But you get customisable rear lights 😀😀😂

I don't know where you've been but the current 6 and above are better than they've ever been in terms of quality.

I prefere Skoda Enyaq then Q6 its the same little changes but motor and interier are same or may be better in Skoda !!

@@Tripp55lol

Welcome to the club. You missed many great years, but the future still lies ahead for many more great reviews

One exception, IMO: savagegeese Pure engineering and driving nerdery. Happy to criticize and admit if a brand did a great job.

I agree with your views on the channel but would disagree that other channels are jumping on German made cars. Most of the world loves German cars.

@@brownhairydog6472 It dosent exist country lider on the world who doesent have Mercedes S class !!

You because are from Bavarian Alps you must drive and love BMW

Actually, YES and I own an AUDI...also, that's important since you'll see mostly the interior !

Sadly it seems so

Porsche is still competing 😂

Besides porsche yes

Hell nah skoda is even cheaper. Only Problem with audi are all those useless displays

Teslas have this.. what the hell Audi?

BMW i5 is even worse ....

Audi still cheaping out then I see! I have a Q4 and it’s the most troublesome car I’ve ever had! Will never own another audi. Everyone goes on about Audi quality, Audi missed it with the q4 that’s for sure, feels incredibly cheap.

My old 2012 golf 6 that was 27k euro brand new has this. More and more of the auto industry is losing touch with their customers. Glossy screens, glossy plastic, too bright interior for night driving, shoving controls in the infotainment, etc. Hope they come back on some of the basic quality of life decisions like vw coming back to real buttons on the steering wheel. I'm starting to fear getting a newer car because of things I see will become constant annoyances.

The german automakers are literally going broke because of the electric cars and how much they cost them to engineer. So no wonder theyre cost cutting like crazy in all the recent cars.

Good charging speed but bad efficiency ruins it…

So it looks like PPE has no provision for a spare wheel? For paved roads only.

Please always give ground clearance

500 km is your opinion, not a fact

At this price, just go for the Porsche why even bother, even Mercedes (sorry I puked saying the name) does better. It's like this one exists to force towards the Macan 😂

@@colonelccccc Mercedes GLE Cupe or BMW X6 !! END !!

It's not cost savings. It's profit maximization. Manufacturers should know that the plandemic is over. We've been bent over the barrel once, and have learned our lesson. Can't use Covid as an excuse anymore to gouge the consumer.

Disappointed that the north american model doesn't have fabric interior

Yeah great choice lol Gle or x6 neither are electric there rubbish old tech

These headlights looks EXACTLY like how they look on the a6 etron theyre testing right now. Looks like theyre cost cutting even on the headlights by sharing them over multiple models instead of having to designing new headlights for every model.

I also do not understand this obsession with charging port door having electric motor. What is wrong with having regular mechanical hatch…

@@Oleksandr-snk Forgetting to close it and drive away...

yes....

You get: cheap capacitive buttons with significantly worse usability Audi gets: an extra 0.2% to their profit margin. Take it or leave it.

Oh god.... what were they thinking?!?

@@iCoolaxeI doubt those capacitive buttons are cheaper to make, Audi just thinks that most of people want that... :(

That 10k extra for the Porsche suddenly doesn't seem so bad to avoid the BS capacitive UX

Still service and everything will cost 2 times more on Porsche than on Audi

@@andriusadamovicius Service is like break pads, windscreen water and cabin filter can't be that much of a difference.

Maybe at the beggining when the product is still hot new, but after a while the gap price will be substantially wider between the two.

@@dmpanis I worked both for Porsche, Audi and Bentley, same parts, but with Porsche badge is x2, same parts, but with Bentley badge is x4, labor is more expensive, insurance is more expensive, it adds up, but yes for EV it's less of a difference compared to ICE

The same platform Macan starts at $80K, the Q6 will start at $60K

I thought they’ve learned with the Golf but here we are😂 At least I hoped for a volume and air conditioner knob😢

In a sane world, this would be 50-70k max fully loaded 😂😂 but now its almost 130k fully loaded lol

If kia ev5 and byd are coming to Europe(all countries), audi will have a hard time selling ev's.

​@@vturcan I don't think Audi buyers will be cross shopping with a Kia or Byd lol, but the point is they need to bring their legendary interior build quality back up to standard (especially at that price point)

@@senoow4215 He said that this model is 75K and this is S-line so full option it isnt so far from your comm. but 50K-60K max max that will be OK. I prefere Skoda Enyaq then Q6 its the same, little changes but motor and interier are same or may be better in Skoda !! And it is cheeper then Audi..

This is a "mid segment car" though. And i m opinion better than for instance Tesla.

Yep, the Q8 is refined in every way. This looks like someone missed their 70s shag van.

Well idk about dated, but it's not entirely new. The Q4 e-tron has similar design language and it's a couple years old now. In my opinion gloss black on the interior is the biggest crime, other than that it looks fine.

Yeah, you're right.

Dated like a few weeks dated?

Because its from 4 years ago, boo for audi. They need new stuff not the same repeated over and over again

​@@zarzaf6414it's even more dated than that. Audi never change his cars since the 2000s. They all look dates imo

Haha right!

I prefere Skoda Enyaq then Q6 its the same little changes but motor and interier are same, or may be better in Skoda !! And it is cheeper then Audi..

I get it but we're heading towards a "car as a service", I think ownership will be only for very special cars (sport etc). For example: I'm leasing a car for 3 years. I wouldn't mind having a set of features that I pay per use, they become business expenses. Ideally the base model costs less and I add whatever I want, when I want. And they become fully deductible. It's not for everyone, but we're heading towards a society where ownership will be not the only way to have a car.

Not since they took these hideous split headlights. Looks like a slightly more premium Hyundai Kona ffs.

​@Jeroenneman i hate the square elements in the headlight, looks very ugly like the Mitsubishi taillights from 2008 if you remember them. I hate the light bar in the rear. It should be exclusive for a8 a7 q7 q8. If people dont have money they get split taillights and that's it the same with the fake leather dashboard or the even worse plastic dashboard with stitches 😂😂. Bringing premium features to lower end cars and making them as if ordered from aliexpress is just an abomination

@@Jeroennemanlol.what you talking about bro 😂😂

@@Cookie2k Reading comprehension ain't your strong suit?

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The first 2 things you mentioned are good in my opinion.

no one is forcing you to. Its just an option

Well it has been postponed for 2 years because of the software

Compared to what that's a ridiculous statement

@@sun-pb7xg why? It’s an option, not a statement.

That an ridiculous opinion then 😊 but you welcome to it

@@sun-pb7xg Thanks

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I can only think of two reasons: 1. Design. Someone somewhere thought it looked "progressive", so they implemented it (BMW). Then, because of trends, everyone is now following. 2. Headlight height. Cars, EVs especially, tend to get higher and higher. People in older, smaller, lower cars were starting to complain about getting blinded by all those highly mounted headlights. Therefore a solution had to be made and this split-headlight-design was made up to position the (not too bright) DRL in their usual spots while the bright low- and high beam is situated lower. Doesn't Look great imo. Although personally I think Audi does pull it off better than BMW

Because chinese customers love it

They stole it from the Hyundai Kona. Looks disgusting. Hard pass on new Audi's if they keep this up. Audi used to be top of the class when it came to sexy headlights. Now looks like shit and the interior went to hell.

Citroen has been doing it since 2014 😂 typical for german car manufacturers, wait for someone less known to do something new, wait a couple of years to "reinvent" it and sell it as a groundbreaking feature 😂 just like Apple does with electronics

​@@JeroennemanTotally agreed... what a shame

Expensive car, so they have to save on something! 😂

At least is better than iX2m that cost 65k and looks horrendous 😅

All car makers are cost cutting wake up

​@@sun-pb7xgYeah but some are better than the others apparently Hard plastic doors for a 86000 euros car is taking customers for milking cow

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And I'll go for model Y from Tesla. 20k cheaper and better performance. Interior quality = same. I believe Audi will have tire noise better but not 20k better(and towing hook will come included).

@@RH-jj7ck Compared to Porsche, Tesla’s build quality is like something made by Fisher-Price Enjoy your dated and boring looking bloated daffy duck Model Y 😆

@@RH-jj7ck same quality? lol

Agreed

Highly appreciated!

MMI issues are so true…it’s a race to get the new tech without going through a robust testing and commisioning period

agree. no idea why evey automaker decided that we are IT programmers who want to feel the same way in the car like they feel at their workplace or at home with 3 huge screens shouting at them.

​@@ZmogusJaponija Even if you sre a programmer, the last thing you wanna do is look at fucking screens again after working for 8 hours looking at fucking screens

Big no from me, I have the Q4 and I'm never getting another Audi again.

They are VERY keen for you to crash test the car and see its safety features, so they’ve made it for you to take your eyes off the road or lose concentration constantly.

The buttons just look like they’re touch but if you click them it has normal feedback. Same as Q4

Agree the q8 looks way better 🤷‍♂️

its just optional, you can purchase extras at beginning, or purchase lifetime option 1-time for something which you did not paid before at all

​@@Ku5iIt's just optional until it isn't. Introduce optional subscription services only to change them slowly over the years so customers get used to it, then implement your goal of continuous subscriptions for extra income beyond the vehicle sale. A win for Corporations/shareholders, bad for consumers

i have to agree

In the future you will own nothing and be happy

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Exactly I thought Audi was a bigger EV rebellion but they’re slow In just 2 years (I believe) BMW from the sudden lunched the i7 later iX1 and iX2 and now the i5 sedan and a touring model as well And the interior… almost hard touch at the doors? And no felt? With this price? Joke

Right!!! I was raging about the same, audi needs new stuff not the same repeated over and over again. And even worse bringing luxury features to lower end cars is a crime discrediting the features themselves f.e. the leather dashboard exclusive for a8 a7 a6 now in every cheap car fake leathered dashboard or even worse in vw and cheap audis plastic with stitches....

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The Audi A6 Etron looks cool as hell, might be worth checking that one out.

Its sure not neat.

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I agree that the proportion are better, but for some reason it gains no extra room inside?🤷‍♂️ rear legroom seams worse than the q4 especially the middle sea… a bit strange🤷‍♂️

Correct

The interior is beautiful. Not so many cars will be made with a unique display for the front passenger.

I agree, ugly

​@videopyc There's Mercedes, Porches & other cars that already have that option

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Ha ha ha actually it looks more Chinese a big deal. It’s just the badge at this point

Hybrids are the worst cars from an environmental pov

No best of both worlds, or even better NA. Not this electric rubbish

@@richjohn9356 Hybrids are the most maintenance intensive cars on the market and the fact that they now have huge batteries make them absolutely horrible for the environment. A BMW x5 phev has a 26 kWh battery which is half of the battery found in the Volvo ex30 core. This means that the production of the x5 emits almost as much co2 as the production of an entire ev while the X5 gets less range and is very inefficient when the battery is depleted. You may like hybrids more but you can’t say that they are better for the environment. Mild hybrids and semi hybrids are just gas cars…