The R&D spokesperson is great! Not too serious, likes to joke and entertain. Great video.

Damn, this Audi R&D dude needs his own show, he's amazing.

The audi guy was super cool, we need more car brand engineers that listen to consumers

this format is great and having the R&D/spokesman working with Rory to talk about the prototype is great

Thanks for talking about capacitive buttons, i hate those buttons.

Great to see Audi taking feedback from reviewers. Wish more companies did this

The all important Rory approval. Always appreciate manufacturers actually listening on feedback. Etron is a great looking car

R&D dude should have his own channel!

Who knew Christoph Waltz worked for Audi?!

Absolutely loving the energy in this video! 😄 The R&D spokesperson really brings it to life with that mix of humor and insight. It’s great to see Rory teaming up to showcase the Etron prototype-definitely adds credibility and excitement!

The Audi guy has a great sense of humour. Great content Rory. Watching from Ghana 🇬🇭

This Audi guy is a legend. He is so relax, fun, did laugh at the "washing machine" joke for the stupid sound :D

Designer clearly is a Need for Speed underground fan..

Probably the best Audi representative we have on the channel on this video💯😂😂 He’s entertaining as well🙌🏿.

As a german i feel the english of the audi guy

Taycan Beater❌ Taycan brother✔

I love that Audi is doing these with Rory. Feels like we're in good hands. Good on them for getting outside opinions.

Ever since I found Auto Traders YT channel, I’ve been so impressed with the production value. I feel like I’m watching the old school Top Gear format when cars are being reviewed. Rory is such a great presenter/reviewer and loving the overall channel (my fav YT auto channel by far now).

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

One of the best car review formats I've seen - keep up the awesome work and please have more of these in future; it was really fun to watch!

Awesome as always Rory, but let’s give a big round of applause to Christian - he needs his own Audi channel.

I’m an etron GT owner and the steering wheel is perfect as it is. I went Audi instead or Porsche due to actual buttons and lack of haptics. Just hope they don’t ruin it.

The RS E-Tron GT was already one of my favorite cars, the main issue was range Assuming this gets the same level of improvement the taycan gets in the range department this might be a serious consideration To lease, cause the depreciation on luxury EVs is insane

this is my dream car, yea, just a dream. I got the chance to sit inside the current model RS e-tron GT and it feels so good sitting in the driver seat. damn

Rory - would love it if you could pass the following along to the eTron GT team. As a long time RS GT driver, I hope you can relate. I have a 2023 RS GT and my wife has a 2021 Tesla Model S Performance. I've long said that my Audi is a better car with terrible software (I've worked as a software product manager in FANG companies for the past 20 years). Two things that both my wife and I have to do daily with our cars: charge them and raise the suspension to avoid scraping the nose on obstacles like speed bumps. The Tesla is seamless for both, while the Audi is terrible. The Tesla has to option to automatically geotag spots where you raise the suspension, and will do this automatically afterward when the car approaches this location. This, combined with other automation features, mean that when my wife leaves, the garage door closes automatically, the car raises its suspension, and she just drives away (her car does the reverse process when she comes home). On the other hand, I have to remember to tap the Audi MMI multiple times (why not map a physical button on the console for this?), which irritates me every time I leave our home as our street has speed bumps on it and I have to close our garage door manually. This also clutters up the MMI, as the parking proximity sensor often triggers at the same time. For charging, the Tesla has an automated charging door cover. When I press a button on the charger, the door pops open on its own. When I remove the charger, it closes. On my Audi, the charging door is no different than I had on my beat up Honda 20 years ago. When it is clean, it is a fingerprint magnet. When it is dirty, I get grime on my fingers and I worry about scoring the paint by repeatedly pressing on it to pop it open and close it. Why not do something similar for the Audi home charger, and put a button on the key fob for use when using public chargers? These are small things, but they irritate me every I get in the car (in addition to the constant inconsistencies I get from the MMI software). They are the sort of thing I would have expected Audi to address when going after the market leader for EV sports cars.

I thought Rory was with brother Vin Diesel on board of the GT e-tron

“1 is very good, 6 is critical” is the most mental rating system I’ve ever heard 😭

Awesome car! The suspension is great engineering. I love the Porsche/Audi cooperation. The PPE platform of the Porsche Macan/Audi Q6/A6 is also nice

Rory knocking out great vids again. Class.

Absolutely AMAZING VIDEO! Now I can’t wait for this car to come out!!

Lovin this one, great review Rory, and the R&D guy's funny :)

Solid work by the sound guy dealing with all that wind noise.

I really wanted him to answer a question with "That's a bingo" 👌

Been my favourite audi ever since I watch King The Land. Need to start saving now

Christian reminds me of the Austrian actor Christoph Waltz. Enjoyed watching this. I love the e-tron GT. Can never afford it, but what a car. And way to go Rory! What an honor to be doing this with Audi!

It was Amazing meeting you in the hotel lift in Gatwick Airport. Well done, I love your videos.

This is the car I have been waiting for Audi E-tron GT with lastest Taycan upgrades, live it and Rory great work with YT keep it up😊❤❤❤

So fast when it goes up. I love this car man

This was a really good video. Thanks for raising genuine issues us drivers have like capacitive buttons and road noise. Keep it coming.

I like the two of you ;). Thanks again AutoTrader. When will you be in the Netherlands?

Great Video!maximum honesty on Rory's part alsow Audi Guy!

Mate. You are the best motoring journalist hands down. Keep up the great work. Cheers.

Nice to see someone from Audi take some notice on paper !👌👍💪🏻💯💯💯 Nice to see after Yaycan a new Audi E Tron.👍👍

I love the candid start of the car :D

loved the video format. Listening to a car "review" with an accompanying German accent is something magical 😆

As an owner of the current gen GT, these are subtle but very tasteful aesthetic changes, especially the front end

Rory in a matching prototype wrap T Shirt 😂

Hi Rory, crackin vid. The pure passion you exude when you are enjoying the vehicle you are testing is infectious. Lucky I'm not a multi-billionaire as I would buy just about every vehicle you test and I would need a massive property to house them all. While I've never considered a electric vehicle, I thoroughly enjoyed this test. Keep up the awesome work.

This is a great video. Informative and also fun

Wow this car is very impressive. Great review and interaction with the audi engineers. What a cool idea

Is this not built on the same platform as the Taycan..?? I’m fairly certain it uses a lot of the same parts also…

I would buy this car just for the suspension

Is there an upgrade in the storage space field? Or does the trunk still resemble a drawer?

Awsome view into engineering,. Perfect host questions, feedback, relatable. 🎉

The Etron has always been the best looking electric car to me, it just needs more competitive range and performance for the price which I'm sure they've done.

3:22 - got to do the handshake Rory don't leave him hanging like that

When I say, I’ve been WAITING on this one!!!

Awesome video 👍 Huge fan of the GT

Been waiting for this one. My fave car

Aye brotha you got the memo to match the car is dress! 🤣 1:41

I love the energy of both you guys 😅😅

Very entertaining and Christian Hartman, great with a humorous spokesperson "jump over the camel."

Looks so great ❤

The audi guy is hilarious lolll

Great video!!!

I just want to know how you shot this in heavy wind with no visible mic showing. Magic!

physical buttons and make the bouncing suspension a press n hold keyfob party trick

5:36 funniest moment in any preproduction drive ever

Now i love this car even more!!!

Amazing, what a beast!

They kept looking at the screen when changing the drive modes. Hope they didn't get rid of the physical buttons! I can switch drive modes now without even looking for the button, and gauge cluster shows what you're changing it to if you need to verify. I don't have the HUD, but I'm sure it shows the mode too.

Beautiful car. I love the wrap. I'd want mine to look like that.

more of this stuff ! audi guy is awesome

Imagine they change the capacitive buttons because of your feedback

Looks good, and its release appears to be timed just right as I'll be starting my search for a new car around then as well. At the very least it's on my list of cars to check when the time arrives :)

Similar suspension to that of panamera 3rd gen?

Looks like they got out before the 'cloud seeding catalyzed' rainstorm hit. Brilliant review regardless. Iron man is sure the love this one.

Great video. Love the car

Impressive R & D Man. I agree he could have his own Channel. Great Job Guys and Nice Dream Car!

Is that T shirt also an Audi design prototype Rory?

Serious Christoph Waltz vibes. Kept waiting for him to say, “That’s a bingo!” 😉

*As a RS Etron owner there are a couple of things I hope they fixed. 1) It defaults to whatever your previous drving mode was.The current one resets to comfort which is annoying. 2) Add a sync button to the climate control so you can adjust all zones at once. 3) Better self driving software. My 23 Model X blows the Audi away here. 4) More range. My Tesla's blow this away too.*

Awesome car. Makes me wish that Audi had a sister car to the Sport Turismo version of the Taycan as well.

Since Audi GT is based on the same platform with Porsche Tycan and since the new Tycan was already announced, there aren’t too many surprises at what to expect. Power around 800HP Battery 105kWh brut and 97kWh usable Charging 320kW peak power Range around 650km

Excellent and honest review. Gotta love Audi for allowing this to take place.

Awesome new Audi and great video

Wow! It comes with the HSL feature to help you in and out of it.

Thank you very much.

The car makes everyone happy. Its a happy+cool car.

Did the Wrap guy design your T-shirt?

Brilliant, “Rory what do you think about the steering ……I really want that the Etron GT have the steering feel like Taycan” 😅👌👏

They must implement the boost feature from that concept video of spies in disguise that would be spectacularly incredible.

So the new suspension is basically the same as Porsche Active Ride? Or if there are differences what are those?

Cool video, great Audi guy!!

Any info related to range for the final models?

Christian - what an absolute rockstar!

Based on counting the frames in the launch, I'd say the 0-60 time would be around 2.6-2.7 seconds, give or take .1 second.

Backseat gone be lit fr😂😂😂

Bruhv always matches clothes and the paint job

what is the fast charge 20% to 80% time? Volts?