Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron: A Marketing-Perfect Travel Companion

According to Audi’s press office, the new Q6 Sportback e-tron is the ideal vehicle for a summer holiday trip. If the brochure is to be believed, this electric SUV can travel up to 657 km on a single charge, tow a 2.4-tonne trailer, and provide spa-level comfort alongside smart entertainment.

The so-called “elegant Sportback silhouette” translates in reality to a city SUV with a lower roofline, offering a boot capacity of 511 to 1,373 litres — adequate for a week away, though hardly remarkable compared with the segment’s leading estates. A 64-litre front boot is perfectly suited for storing charging cables.

Charging speeds are respectable: up to 265 km of range in 10 minutes, and 10–80% in 21 minutes. In practice, if you find a free and working fast charger, you will only need to pour one cup from the thermos. The car remains cooled during charging.

Suspension adapts automatically to load and road conditions — now standard fare in any self-respecting upper mid-range EV. The press release is light on details about driver assistance systems.

For entertainment, passengers can enjoy the AirConsole gaming platform and YouTube app — perfect for children in the back seat.

In the end, the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron is expensive — easily pushing beyond €90,000 when well-equipped — and technically a solid electric city SUV packed with features that make it, at least on paper, suitable for longer journeys.