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Audi e-tron

MODEL TESTED: Audi e-tron Sportback 55 quattro S line PRICE: £79,960 POWERTRAIN: Twin e-motor, li-ion battery 402bhp

Running costs

2.1mi/kWh (on test)

£16 recharge/£0 or 1% tax

Practicality

Boot (seats up/down)

615/1,665 litres

Performance

0-62mph/top speed

5.7 seconds/124mph

WE’RE testing the swoopier-looking e-tron Sportback here, which gets a coupé-like roofline when compared with the e-tron SUV, and costs £1,700 more, too. Our test car is the 55 quattro S line, which costs £79,960, but the car in our pictures is a top-spec Vorsprung model, costing an eye-watering £95,160 before extras.

Design & engineering

WHILE the iX is developed on a platform conceived exclusively for electric vehicles, the e-tron rides on a re-engineered version of the MLB

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