Q6 E-Tron. Anyone Considering One?

[rudester]

I've been looking to make the jump to full electric for sometime for the daily, but nothing has really floated my boat. These look quite attractive through my companies salary sacrifice scheme. I've been trying to decide between the Edition 1, which come fully loaded, or the Macan 4 EV, which is similar money, but far less well equipped. I'm sure the latter would be a better steer though! Anyone else considering one?

[rudester]

I popped into my local dealer this week. They didn't have one, and the person I spoke to wasn't sure when they would.
I've gone ahead with my order. It's been approved by my company and I'm just waiting for Leaseplan to confirm that they've placed the order with a dealer.
There's currently a couple of incentives wgich i wanted to take advantage of.
1. A free sound & vision pack, which is usually a 3k option and adds a lot of nice tech.
2. A free Ohme charger, and installation.
I also wanted to go with the Edition 1. Which I believe is a time limited model.

[rudester]

Muzzer79 said:

ninjag said:

The owner of the CCTV firm who do our cameras has one and doesn't like it at all. Says it's too heavy for the brakes it comes with and the range, especially in winter, it terrible. On the plus, he did say it's incredibly quiet inside which is great for conducting business phone calls.

He did well to get one, considering it only went on sale in the UK two weeks ago.

Considering it did only go on sale two weeks ago, how does he know what the winter range is like?

He did incredibly well! Even Audi dealers don't have them, and none of the motoring press have driven one!

Edited by rudester on Monday 13th May 19:42

[rudester]

ninjag said:

Muzzer79 said:

He did well to get one, considering it only went on sale in the UK two weeks ago.

Considering it did only go on sale two weeks ago, how does he know what the winter range is like?

Lol aye that would have been a miracle! Apologies, it's the E-Tron I believe he has.

That makes sense! Hopefully this new platform moves things on a bit. The reviews for the Macan EV, which the Q6 shares, seem to be positive!

[rudester]

Just in case anyone one else was considering placing an order, the current lead time is approximately 20 weeks

[rudester]

I had my spec confirmed by the dealer this week, and the delivery date has been brought forward to the end of August.

[rudester]

PVX593K said:

That's GREAT whos your dealer, please?

It's being handled by Audi Corporate Sales, in Slough. I'm not sure if the handover will be performed by a local dealer, or whether it will be delivered to my home, as I've not purchased through SS before.

[rudester]

PVX593K said:

Thanks,
My dealer quoted me about 6/8 month's madness.
The car looks very nice.
Which one did you go for

Edited by PVX593K on Saturday 1st June 18:39

I've gone for the Edition 1 Q6. It's pretty loaded, and I've also added pearl paint, nappa leather and panoramic roof.

[rudester]

Just over 80k

[rudester]

Probably James said:

I’ve gone with one of these for the family wagon. Edition 1 with pan roof.

Felt that the mix of range, interior and size were better than anything else going.

Will test drive one when available which should be in time to cancel if it’s terrible, hoping Macan reviews transfer enough for that not to be the case!

Test drove the EQB which I found terrible to drive, felt sloppy and heavy.

IX range was poor for the 40, really liked the interior and drive. Maybe controversial but I liked the looks in black with the big wheels. Got pricey as needed options for me.

Q4 was ok but reminded me a bit of ugly Tesla blobbyness and didn’t have proper one pedal driving.

Q8 etron was really nice and felt it looked the best but range, lack of one pedal and price for an old platform didn’t make sense.

Your assement of the competition is pretty similar to mine. The only real contender for me was the Macan EV. In the end the much higher level of specification in the Q6 swung it for me. The car will mostly be used for short trips locally and the occasional 5 hour motorway journey down South. Much as I like Porsche, having owned several in the past, I think the Q6 will be a better ownership proposition over the 4 years that we plan to keep it.

[rudester]

PVX593K said:

Ordered dealer saying 13 to 16 weeks from factory plus 4 shipping.So looking at Nov ( very puzzled )

This is from the email that I received from Audi corporate sales. I have seen posts in the EV forum of much longer lead times being quoted.

[rudester]

It seems the road test review embargo has lifted, as a lot of reviews for both the Q6 and SQ6 have landed on YouTube today. The reviews so far seem very positive. Non on UK roads so far though.