New Company Car Ordered - Audi Q4 e-tron 40 S Line

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Hi there,

After lots of looking around I have today signed on the dotted line for a new Audi Q4 as my new company car.

I am quite lucky in that its a small company and the MD is pretty flexible when it comes to the car I run.

For tax purposes I wanted to go all electric and buying new means the company gets some great tax perks thanks to the current government schemes in respect of first year allowance against cooperation tax.

So having looked at Mercedes EQA, VW ID4 and Skoa Enyaq IV I have today settled on a Q4.

The dealer had a car already specified and in the system which is due to arrive in early November.

Colour wise its Aurora Violet metallic which in the flesh is stunning, the configurator on the Audi site shows it much lighter than it is in the flesh.





I have gone for the 40 model (max range and decent performance) and the S Line trim level.

A few optional extras inc comfort and sound pack, ambient lighting and flat top/bottom steering wheel.

Counting the days now, super excited to get the car and will be sharing my thoughts on here once it arrives.

Regards

Tim

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Thanks all.

Yes as soon as car arrives will post some pics of the colour in the flesh.

Regards

Tim

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Thanks,

Not sure what the 40 is on A3's etc but on the Q4 eTron there is a 35, 40 and 50 and these are different battery capacities.

35 - 125kW
40 - 150 kW
50 - 220kW

Regards

Tim

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hantsxlg said:

Out of interest what monthly payments are you getting for these cars on your schemes? The rates on ours seem high. A bmw i3 is over £600 a month.

Hi,

Not sure for me I'm afraid as its being bought outright by the company I work for so they can take advantage of the tax breaks.

I believe all electric cars are notoriously more expensive than petrol/diesel ones.

Regards

Tim

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ZesPak said:

autofocus said:

Thanks,

Not sure what the 40 is on A3's etc but on the Q4 eTron there is a 35, 40 and 50 and these are different battery capacities.

35 - 125kW
40 - 150 kW
50 - 220kW

Regards

Tim

Ok, but those numbers are power, not battery capacity?

Ah yes sorry

Regards

Tim

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Hi,

Found this in an Autocar article when Audi first started using this system

There are now eight new model designations:

- 30 for models with between 81 and 96kW (107 and 127bhp)

- 35 for models with between 110 and 120kW (145 and 159bhp)

- 40 for models with between 125 and 150kW (165 and 198bhp)

- 45 for models with between 169 and 185kW (223 and 244bhp)

- 50 for models with between 210 and 230kW (278 and 304bhp)

- 60 for models with between 320 and 340kW (423 and 449bhp)

- 70 for models with more than 400kW (529bhp)

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/audi-i...

Also JCT600 have just put an S Line in Aurora Violet up for sale, it really is quite dark and nothing like on the configurator

https://www.jct600.co.uk/nearly-new-cars/audi-q4-1...





Regards

Tim

Edited by autofocus on Wednesday 22 September 13:01

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ZesPak said:

Probably an optional "black pack" available, non?

Hi,

Its standard on the Edition 1 but don't think it can be spec'd on the other trim levels.

Regards

Tim

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Westlondondriver said:

The Vorsprung comes with black bits but obviously costs a lot more !

Ah yes, forgot about that one as out of my budget :-)

Regards

Tim

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Hi there,

A little update on this, dealer has dropped me a message today to say car is built and now awaiting shipping.

Hopefully not too much longer to wait.

Regards

Tim

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caymanbill said:

what are your thoughts Tim?"

Hi

Car is still in transit, collection day is pencilled in for Wednesday next week so fingers crossed

Regards

Tim

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Hi,

Car not due to arrive with dealer until Wednesday so collection day moved to a week today.

Got reg number, sorted insurance and car has been paid for so we are good to go.

Regards

Tim

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Hi,

Interested to read the feedback, tomorrow is collection day for me so I will share my thoughts once I have drive it home.

I have not driven a 55 eTron so cannot compare it to that but lets see how I get on.

A quick screen grab from the video the dealer sent me



Regards

Tim

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Hi there,

Ok so today was collection day.
Three trains down from Staffordshire to Newbury and a short stretch of the legs up to the showroom to be greeted by the car outside.

I actually walked past it first as the colour was not as bright as I thought (although it was a bit overcast) and I thought the one to my left as I headed towards the showroom was black

A great hand over from Jeremy at Newbury Audi and a good tour of all the gadgets and gizmos plus a well needed cuppa.

Headed off around 3pm for the 150 mile drive home which I knew would be a slowish one with it being a Friday afternoon/evening.

An accident on the M40 saw me nip across the A43 (again really slow) to pick up the M1. All told the journey was 3 hours and 143 miles.

Got home with the car showing 88 miles of charge remaining. (it was 273 when I left the dealers) which I think it pretty decent. Temperature was 2-5 degrees C for most of the journey and I had the AC and my heated seat on.

Really pleased with the car overall, its comfy, really well equipped and looks great. The few options I had were worthwhile especially the adaptive cruise which was a god send in motorway traffic.

Some pics below















Regards

Tim

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dan12345678910 said:

To Tim and Raspy, do your cars have the heat pump?

Tim, I've just read through your posts, my Q4 was ordered the same week as yours and is now due to be built week 21 next year so will be lucky to see it before July......how did you wangle yours so quickly?!

Hi,

My car was ordered from a dealer that had some cars already specced and in the system so it was not a new order placed to my spec.
Luckily the spec I found on the dealer's list was more or less perfect so the delivery time was much shorter.

Regards

Tim

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Nickbrapp said:

I sat in one of these recently abs really rated it, sadly my CC scheme only had the ID3 a d having driven 300 miles on Friday alone, I’m ready for electric but electric isn’t ready for me (and no I can’t have a Tesla)

What sort of driving are you using it for? As in are you a rep or is the car just a perk?

Hi,

Yes its a really nice place to spend time.
I am based around 50 miles from my office but only tend to go there once maybe twice a week.
The rest of the time I will be working from home or seeing customers.
Annual mileage will probably be around 15k so I think the Q4 will be perfect.

Regards

Tim

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raspy said:

I'm so looking forward to handing mine back in a few weeks. I'm glad I got the chance to try it out, but it's not something I would want to live with. My main complaint with driving it is that the ride is too firm and bouncy (S-line) and whilst it's nippy around town, the acceleration is a bit lacking at motorway speeds, imho.

Hi,

In regard to the ride, have you had a play around with the Drive Select. I have found that in Dynamic its a bt harsher but as my other car is an Abarth Biposto I really like it like that.

No issues with the acceleration from me. Cannot recall if you are running a 35 or a 40 ?

Regards

Tim

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dan12345678910 said:

@Tim, do you have the heat pump on your car?

Hi,

Sorry I did mean to answer this above. No it was not an option ticked on my car.

Regards

Tim

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Hi there,

So the first long drive in the Audi Q4 e-Tron yesterday. Report below for anyone considering the move to all electric.

A trip to Carnforth and back taking around 4 hours and covering 227 miles.
Leaving home this morning after pre-heating the car the range was shown as 246 miles.
Arriving at the Booths supermarket in Carnforth the remaining range showing was 117 miles (47%).

Having already scoped out charging points last night in readiness and finding the two chargers in the car park empty I plugged in. 30 mins charge gave me 93 extra miles and cost £10.20. Meeting over and headed home to get back with 70 miles remaining (25%).

Average speed for the whole journey was 56mph which was very impressive for a Friday. To charge the car at home tonight will cost £9.88 so total cost for todays trip of 227 miles is £20.08.

A diesel Audi Q5 (approx same size) averages 44mpg (at 56mph) and the average price of a gallon of diesel is £6.78 would mean the same journey in a ICE car would cost £34.98.

Really pleased with the car and so far it’s definitely the future.















Regards

Tim

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Double Fault said:

Hi Tim

Any updates? My wife is thinking about getting one as a replacement for her X1 so would be interesting to hear your thoughts over the longer term.

Thank you

Hi there,

Thanks for your reply.
I changed jobs in June last year so unfortunately the Q4 went back when I left my role.
I enjoyed my time with it and it was a great car (as a company car).

Regards

Tim