https://www.barrons.com/articles/audi-unveils-electric-porsche-taycan-sibling-the-e-tron-gt-01611070976

 

 

Edited 11 February, 20215 yr by vrskeith

I'm thinking the Audi looks better from the front and is generally more handsome. Taycan interior has more class. I'll never afford either............... 

 

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/audi/e-tron-gt/first-drives/audi-e-tron-gt-2021-uk-review

 

 

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/audi/rs-e-tron-gt/first-drives/audi-rs-e-tron-gt-2021-uk-review

 

 

 

Edited 3 March, 20215 yr by vrskeith

https://www.motor1.com/news/491609/audi-e-tron-gt-shooting-brake-rendering/

Audi are getting this out there now
 

 

The question for me will be does it drive like the original étron, which IMHO certainly drove like one.

Here is hoping, but then I think the marketing department should probably fix the whole etron brand too.

@cheezemonkhai  Sorry but now you have lost me.   How could an original etron drive like anything other than an original etron if an original etron.

1 hour ago, e-Roottoot said:

@cheezemonkhai  Sorry but now you have lost me.   How could an original etron drive like anything other than an original etron if an original etron.

 

The SUV e-tron, rolled and was horrible to drive (IMHO).

It rolled like a hydropneumatic suspension equipped citroen with worn out spheres or an LHM leak.

 

As this is an etron-GT, as saloon rather than a SUV, I am hoping it doesn't live up to it's french name.

 

EDIT:

 

For those who were confused, look up the french word étron.

 

The first etron was an SUV body shell and many found it was a horrible rolling ride. My earlier statement is that I am hoping the lower slung saloon (not SUV) version handles better.

 

Original etron:

https://www.audiusa.com/us/web/en/models/e-tron/e-tron/2021/overview.html

 

New etron-GT:

 

https://www.audi.co.uk/e-tron-gt.html

 

Summary of the three types here:

 

https://www.audi.co.uk/content/audiadaptive/en/e-tron.html

 

Edited 3 March, 20215 yr by cheezemonkhai

You do realise the e-TRon GT is sharing its chassis and powertrain with the Porsche Taycan? It is a totally different animal to the original e-tron SUV and sportback. 

@cheezemonkhai  So you never liked how the e-tron drove then when you drove one. 

Personally i was not one of the many that found them horrible to drive & rolling handling was not an issue on lovely country roads with rolling hills.

Edited 4 March, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

30 minutes ago, Luckypants said:

You do realise the e-TRon GT is sharing its chassis and powertrain with the Porsche Taycan? It is a totally different animal to the original e-tron SUV and sportback. 

Yes, hence the hoping it’s not horrible to drive.

@cheezemonkhai if they have got them sorted wil that mean you will be adding one to your shortlist of possible EV,s you will go for?

It’s one I would add yes, I’d want to see the lease price in the real world as opposed to the list, but it’s an option. 

The ipace handles well for a porky and is another option on the electric front.

 

Not a fan of Elon and his behaviour, so they are not.

 

I skipped a car by extending the last vehicle with the intention of having something fun this time. Charger infrastructure is a risk but I am hoping it rapidly improves.

 

The other option is to go for a last chance gt or sleeper with a big engine such as an ftype svo/v6 or perhaps an rs6 etc.

 

I found the merc similar in terms of softness of the ride, but you expect that to a degree in a merc.

 

I am sure/hope that gen 2 will be better across all brands, but many of the first attempts didn’t in my opinion get the handling right with all the extra weight.

The real issue with these EV supercars is not that they are Lardy, but they are wide.  That wide that as some  people driving them in an unsporting way on lovely hill routes in Scotland seem to struggle to stay on their own side of the road. That is if you meet them on corners or straights or if you are behind them and would like to get passed and up the road.    I am hoping that Jonny Smith will be doing a vid soon on the e-Corsa that he seems to have been driving for a few weeks now as it has appeared on other stuff he is doing.    The city shopper car can hold on on roundabouts at over 35 mph, just maybe not always with the crap tyres fitted as standard.   This seems to be true of many EV,s as imported to the UK and even UK built ones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's true the width isn't a great help on the side roads and that's a fair point. Sadly I think some of that is just people not caring, as we get the same with big US trucks and 4x4 type vehicles around here.

 

Our household will get one electric car first, to see how we get on with them then we'll look at either hydrogen fuel cell if viable or another electric a few years later.

 

Our problem is that whichever car is first, be it a bigger car or a 3 mile trip to work car, the range has to be 200miles give or take on a single charge in winter and it will have to be able to take shopping/kids.  If it's the larger car, then closer to 300 would be good, but I also want it enjoyable to drive. 

 

Personally I have always perfered a car that handles like a go cart and gets up to speed reasonably quickly over one that is very fast in a straight line but no fun in the corners.

Last time I did any modifications to a car it was a billstein B12 kit, new bushes all around and better brakes, with nothing to the engine at all.

That is also why I really didn't like the original merc and etron releases, although I don't like lardy ICE cars either, so perhaps worth re-visiting the second generations.

 

The e-Corsa seems to be getting a lot of marketing budget thrown at it, much as every other electric car, but I have to be honest I've not driven the smaller stuff bar the mini.

I'd love it if mini did a clubman with a range near 200 miles, but then we are also starting to look at some of the other small stuff too and considering starting with the second car as the first electric car.

 

Your model information says you've got an e-Corsa. Are you happy with it? Much as I've not been a fan of vauxhall, that's mainly for the drivers of astra and insignia on the motorway more than anything else. Any thoughts on good and not so great bits with it?

 

Vauxhall is the badge but the e-Corsa is built in Spain and is the lightest and lowest of the PSA group EV,s that are all on the same platform.  It is the simplest with the most easily to use buttons and without much need to touch a touch screen with a left hand in a right hand drive car.   So basically very basic and able to charge a not very big battery quite quickly.  The MINI is a nice 3 door quick EV for getting around in and charging ever 100 miles or so on a journey.  

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On Topic.

 

It would be good to know if there are roof bars available to carry bikes on the roof or a bike carrier can be fitted to the rear.

Then what the available range might be with 2 bikes on the roof and driving at NSL's.

 

I have only seen Tesla being shown with bikes on the roof.

There are some EV's shown with roofboxes though.

 

 

 

Edited 4 March, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

This is the car with the nearest colour match to 'shar n'  as i have seen.

Love it!

 

 

 

 

 

  

Edited 5 March, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot