2025 Audi Q6 e-tron review

How much does the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron cost?

The Q6 e-tron can be had in three trim levels: a single motor (RWD) Performance ($115,500), dual-motor (AWD) Quattro ($122,500), and sporty flagship SQ6 ($151,400). All prices are before on-road costs.   

Cost of entry is about $13,000 less than the Porsche Macan with which the Q6 e-tron shares much of its underpinnings, the gap growing to $33,000 by each model’s flagship.   

Option packages for the Q6 e-tron include Tech Pro ($4900), Premium ($8900) and Style ($3600 for quattro, $5500 for Performance). We’ll get into exactly what these add later.   

A five-year, unlimited kilometre warranty and six years of roadside assistance come standard. Audi guarantees the battery for an eight-year/160,000km period, with a 12-month Chargefox subscription also included. 
  

What is the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron like inside? 

Inside, the Q6 e-tron follows Audi’s hallmark recipe, combining tasteful, angular design with premium materials. The result is a refined cabin experience worthy of the segment in which the Q6 e-tron looks to play.  

The driver is treated to a new-design 11.9-inch virtual cockpit, and front passengers also score their own dedicated 10.9-inch screen with access to some interior controls, streaming services and games. Between the two sits a 14.5-inch touchscreen running Audi’s MMI interface with great responsiveness and clarity, equipped with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay and DAB+ radio connectivity.  

While climate control functions are now operated via this touchscreen, a section of the screen is dedicated to them, which means occupants don’t have to go hunting through menus for access.  

Leather trimming and electric adjustment feature on front seats across all grades, with the Quattro gaining S Line embossed branding and the SQ6 getting pattern-stitched Nappa leather and a massage function on a sportier seat design.  

Ample storage space (including a large ‘frunk’) and three-zone climate control peg the Q6 e-tron as a tourer well suited to families.  

What equipment does the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron come with?

The brand’s local arm claims the Q6 e-tron is “the most highly specified mid-size Audi to ever come to Australia”.

Heating for front and rear outer seats comes standard across the range, with the base Premium notably also picking up matrix LED headlights, 19-inch alloys, keyless entry/proximity key, three-zone climate control, and a 360-degree camera.

The Quattro picks up 20-inch wheels with S line styling pieces inside and out. The Performance and Quattro ride on frequency-selective suspension dampers, a technology previously exclusive to S models.

The top-spec SQ6 comes equipped with 21-inch wheels, adaptive air suspension, privacy glass, OLED taillights, an electrically opening panoramic sunroof, electric steering column adjustment, an augmented reality (AR) head-up display, a Bang & Olufsen sound system, and ambient interior lighting.

A Tech Pro package upgrades lower-spec models to air suspension and adds OLED taillights and a power-adjustable steering column.  

The Premium package swaps in a Bang & Olufsen sound system, acoustic glass up front, higher output USB ports, a panoramic sunroof, AR head-up display, and ambient interior lighting.  

The Style package adds larger wheels, privacy glass and tweaks to the exterior for Performance and Quattro trims.

How safe is the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron?

As any new-generation vehicle from a brand like Audi should, the Q6 e-tron scores well for safety. Tested back in 2024, the Audi Q6 e-tron achieved a five-star score from Euro NCAP, although it has not been through ANCAP testing protocols. 

In total, the 2025 Q6 e-tron has 30 active and passive safety systems. Notably, these include driver fatigue and distraction warning, adaptive cruise control with stop-go functionality, lane-keep warning and assistance, blind spot warning, a 360-degree camera with parking sensors and assistance, intersection and rear cross-traffic assistance, and speed sign recognition.

In a first for Audi, the exit warning systems – that tell occupants not to swing a door open if a vehicle or cyclist is approaching the vehicle – always remains active, not just when the vehicle is switched on. 

What powers the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron?

Where the Q6 e-tron differentiates itself from other electric Audi SUV siblings is in its 800-volt architecture. 

Riding on ‘premium platform electric’ (PPE) underpinnings – also shared with the Porsche Macan – the Q6 doubles the voltage of the Q4 and Q8 e-tron’s 400-volt systems, resulting in faster charging capabilities. 

All variants get 100kWh battery packs capable of 270kW rapid charging which, in some trims, equates to a claimed 397km of range added in just 21 minutes.  

Despite using the same battery pack, power and torque outputs differ between trim levels. The entry-level Performance sends 225kW/485Nm through its single electric motor on the rear axle.  

In the Quattro and SQ6, power jumps to 285kW and 360kW respectively. Audi quotes maximum torque output for the front motor of each at 275Nm, and the rear at 580Nm, but strangely won’t provide a combined figure.  

Claimed driving ranges are 558km for the Performance, 542km for the Quattro and 568km for the SQ6 on the WLTP cycle – the latter’s improved efficiency attributed to air suspension able to lower the vehicle’s body and reduce drag at higher speeds.  

During our time testing on undulating and twisty Tasmanian back roads, we recorded 27.5kWh/100km of consumption in an SQ6 variant, putting our real-world figure closer to 365km of range.  

What is the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron like to drive?

Audi is famed for exceptional road handling and ride quality, and the Q6 e-tron continues that legacy for the most part.  

Its new PPE underpinnings also bring overhauled suspension linkages and geometries – basically all the stuff that makes a car feel and handle the way it does.  

Overall balance and grip are excellent. The Q6 e-tron disguises its weight and size well at speed, albeit somewhat artificially. We found its steering rack a tad too quick, with too much feedback filtered out, to inspire confidence in all conditions.  

Wind suppression is great, with tyre noise kept mostly under control on coarser road conditions, and it’s there where the acoustic glass in the SQ6 (and Premium package-equipped cars) becomes especially appreciable – and takes some sting out of its additional price.  

Both active and passive safety measures are well implemented. During our test, over a varied array of road surfaces and lane marking conditions, the systems held up consistently with no major hiccups.  

Open Road's take on the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron

As much a statement of where Audi is now as where it’s heading, the Q6 e-tron has served in some ways as a test bed for styling, tech and design that will flow through to future models.  

The Q6 e-tron is arguably the most refined and polished SUV Audi has ever produced and, while pricing is steep, it is a technologically superior car when compared to many of its competitors – and even to its own larger and more expensive Q8 e-tron sibling.  

Pros: modern electric architecture; tasteful design; solid dynamism 

Cons: cost of entry; steering calibration; road noise in base models