Tested: 2026 Audi Q4 E-Tron – Full review, price & features
Peak power across the board matches the outgoing car, though some versions claim a boost in torque. The entry Q4 e-tron produces 201bhp and 258lb ft for 0-62mph in 8.1 seconds. Next up is the predicted volume seller, the Q4 e-tron Performance, with 281bhp, 402lb ft and a 6.6sec claim. Both are rear-wheel drive. Topping the range is the 335bhp Q4 e-tron quattro Performance, its dual motors producing 99lb ft front, 402lb ft rear – a heavy rear bias – with 0-62mph taking a spritely 5.4sec.
Sure enough, it feels notably the most muscular variant, propelling you along with sustained, linear acceleration. And precious little drama. It’s hard not to feel enamoured by the lighter, simpler base car, however; it’s 200kg shy of the top-spec quattro and the only Q4 to nip under the two-tonne mark. It doesn’t desperately lag behind the middlemost Performance model for real-world performance, even if buyers may prefer the latter for its bigger battery and much chunkier range figure (352 miles versus 269 in SUV form).
There’s no augmented sound to accompany progress and the whole process is exceedingly unruffled in all versions, high-speed refinement being particularly impressive. Some welcome involvement comes from its steering wheel-mounted paddleshifters, which can flick between three levels of brake regen, though the Q4 defaults to an adaptive Auto mode. Keen drivers will bemoan its prescriptive nature – and the fiddly procedure to deactivate it even more so.
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