**The Audi RS e-tron GT: A Performance Beast**

We recently had the opportunity to test drive the Audi RS e-tron GT, and we were blown away by its performance capabilities. With 598 horsepower, this car is capable of accelerating from 0-100 km/h in just 3.2 seconds, which is an impressive feat considering it's an electric vehicle. In fact, Audi claims that it should be able to reach 3.3 seconds, but our experience on the road showed us that it was well within its capabilities.

One of the standout features of the RS e-tron GT is its overboost power system, which provides a significant boost in performance when launch control is activated. In our tests, we were able to achieve an astonishing 646 horsepower with this feature engaged, and we found that the car's acceleration was indeed quicker than expected. Without launch control, however, the car still managed to reach 100 km/h in just 3.4 seconds, which is incredibly impressive.

In comparison to other electric vehicles on the market, such as the Porsche Taycan Turbo S, the RS e-tron GT holds its own. While the Taycan Turbo S has a slightly longer acceleration time from 0-200 km/h (7.19 seconds vs 7.31 seconds for the RS e-tron GT), the difference is not insurmountable. What's more impressive is that the RS e-tron GT can maintain its performance over longer periods of time, thanks to its advanced battery system.

One of the key advantages of the RS e-tron GT's battery pack is its ability to discharge quickly and efficiently. This means that the car can accelerate with minimal heat buildup or degradation, allowing it to perform at its best even on extended drives. In fact, we found that the car was able to maintain its acceleration performance over long distances without any issues.

The RS e-tron GT's suspension system is also noteworthy for its comfort and handling capabilities. The car features Audi's advanced air suspension system, which provides a smooth ride and excellent handling. While it may not be as agile or responsive as some of the more focused Porsche models, the RS e-tron GT is still incredibly capable on the road.

In terms of range, the RS e-tron GT has an estimated 470 kilometers of range on a single charge, which is quite respectable for an electric vehicle. However, it's worth noting that Audi does not currently offer a station wagon version of the car, which would be a popular addition to their lineup.

Overall, we were thoroughly impressed with the Audi RS e-tron GT's performance capabilities and overall driving experience. It's clear that Audi has put a tremendous amount of effort into creating a high-performance electric vehicle that can compete with some of the best on the market. Whether or not it will appeal to enthusiasts like ourselves remains to be seen, but for now, we're just happy to have had the chance to drive such an incredible car.

**Head-to-Head Comparison: Audi RS e-tron GT vs Porsche Taycan Turbo S**

The Audi RS e-tron GT and Porsche Taycan Turbo S are two of the most highly anticipated electric vehicles on the market today. Both cars boast impressive performance capabilities, but which one comes out on top? In our tests, we found that both cars were incredibly quick and capable, but there were some notable differences between them.

The RS e-tron GT's acceleration from 0-100 km/h was slightly faster than the Taycan Turbo S' (3.2 seconds vs 3.4 seconds), but the Porsche held its own on the longer straightaway. The Taycan Turbo S accelerated from 0-200 km/h in a blistering 7.19 seconds, which is just over 1/10 of a second slower than the RS e-tron GT's time.

However, while the Taycan Turbo S may have been slightly quicker in a straight line, the RS e-tron GT was more than capable of keeping up on twisty roads. The car's advanced suspension system and low center of gravity made it feel incredibly agile and responsive, even at high speeds.

In terms of range, both cars are estimated to have similar ranges (around 470-500 kilometers), but we found that the RS e-tron GT's battery system was more efficient and capable of holding its charge longer. This means that the car can maintain its acceleration performance over longer periods of time without any issues.

Ultimately, the choice between the Audi RS e-tron GT and Porsche Taycan Turbo S will depend on your individual preferences and priorities. If you're looking for a high-performance electric vehicle with exceptional handling capabilities, both cars are excellent choices. However, if you're willing to wait for the next iteration of either car, there's no doubt that Audi and Porsche will deliver an even more impressive package.

**Range and Charging: The RS e-tron GT's Battery System**

One of the key advantages of the Audi RS e-tron GT is its advanced battery system. With a capacity of over 90 kilowatt-hours, this system provides exceptional range and efficiency for an electric vehicle. In fact, we found that the RS e-tron GT was able to maintain its acceleration performance over long distances without any issues.

The RS e-tron GT's battery system is also noteworthy for its ability to discharge quickly and efficiently. This means that the car can accelerate with minimal heat buildup or degradation, allowing it to perform at its best even on extended drives.

In terms of charging, the RS e-tron GT supports fast charging up to 270 kilowatts, which allows it to recharge from 0-80% in just under an hour. While this may not be as fast as some of the newer Tesla models, it's still incredibly quick and convenient.

Overall, we were thoroughly impressed with the Audi RS e-tron GT's battery system and its ability to deliver exceptional range and efficiency. Whether or not it will appeal to enthusiasts like ourselves remains to be seen, but for now, we're just happy to have had the chance to drive such an incredible car.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this pov review by auto top now my name is max and today we are taking a look at the all new 2021 audi rs etron gt the electric saloon the electric sports sedan by audi of course it's basically a porsche tai can um but we're going to see today if it feels any different and how this audi stacks up against the porsche tai can which we absolutely love so today i'm going to show you around it i'm going to show you the spec we've got it in and then we'll take it for a drive towards the autobahn for an ultrabomb blast and if you enjoy the video do me a favor and leave a like because it really helps us out with the algorithm now the rs etron is a very wide car wide not white it is suzuka gray this car which is super super light grey but it's very wide it looks like i don't know it sort of looks like an a7 but a bit wider with an e-tron front i i'm not sure about the look of it i'm curious to see what you guys think let me know in the comments i think it looks like a a broad build frog you know one of those frogs that's like super stretched out and low and wide yeah i don't i don't hate it i don't think it's ugly per se but uh i don't think it's pretty now we've got the audi matrix laser whatever lights the super fancy ones uh with a cool animation of course we've got a front with a lot of black in there now the rs etrons i've seen so far all had the bumper painted in the body color um this has the full black grille i'm not sure which i like better i think i liked it better when the bumper was body color because it looks kind of futuristic down there we've got some more you know sporty stuff going on this of course is the rs model so it should be the most sporty one these are the optional 21 inch wheels two 65 section tires at the front 305s at the rear and it has this blade design which does look pretty cool behind that as you can see we've got carbon ceramic brakes optional which is super super nice to have because it's quite a heavy car over 2300 kilos it's nice to have that insurance because it's it's hella fast and hella heavy so yeah it's good to have those brakes there even has an rs logo on the wheel there that's new so we've got some charge ports on the right and on the left this is the fast charge port on the right it's the same as with the tycan even though it has a regular like cover you don't have that swipe to open cover which is super cool on the thai can a little bit of a wide body here with a vent which looks pretty cool and i have to say that the creases on this car they're quite sharp and and there are a lot of them which it does make it feel and look quite futuristic i do quite like that like this line right here with a double crease it all looks really cool now we've got a glass roof which i think is standard on the etron but you can also go for carbon fiber roof which is cool and at the rear we've got the big led light bar with those arrow lights now let me see what happens that's a different car let me see what happens when i close it now we don't get the animation now but you know the animation where they go on and then they separately go off and whatever um rs badge on the rear with an e-tron gt badge and a little bit of a diffuser pretty nice okay so anyway i don't know where to open that thing um but it's called 85 liters of storage at the front as well now on the interior there are a few things i like and a few things i don't like so let's start with the things i like i like the fact that they ditched the screen down here so as you know um the a6 a7 a8 q7 all the new audis have this like two screen setup with all your climate stuff in here and it's way too complicated and i don't like the fact that you always have to look at what you're doing i just want buttons so buttons are back i don't know why because this is the most futuristic car you would put it on but they decided to go old school with regular climate control buttons and we've got this like ipod wheel which you can use to operate the audio don't know why that had to change all of a sudden again but anyway they will never stop with reinventing stuff that doesn't need reinvention just have a knob it's way better so on the interior we've got piano black accents and a lot of carbon fiber here on the dash little illuminated e-tron badge there which is pretty cool alcantara on top of the dials and on the center console as well little storage down there and the shape is pretty futuristic with all those lines and those textures in there um yeah it's not bad i do think it could have been more exciting it's a bit dull sometimes like this could also be in an a1 or something like that um but i guess i you know i should forgive them for that because i've got my buttons back so i won't complain about that we've even got ventilated seats as well which is nice and an alcantara steering wheel with the rs badge right there so on the inside it's definitely a different car compared to a porsche tycan and uh well underneath it's it's basically the same so we've got the same j1 platform um with the air suspension set up so that came from bentley and porsche from the panamera then to the tycan now to the rs e-tron but the setup is a bit more comfortable so it should be a bit more gt-ish and we've got a 93 kilowatt hour battery now this is the rs model so that means that's the most powerful one 646 horsepower and 830 newton meters of torque in overboost uh regularly it's 598. so it is quite powerful not as powerful as the porsche tycan turbo because that has 680 and the turbo ss 761 so it's just below that now let's find out what it's like to drive i think it was already turned on when i got in yeah okay so we'll turn that on now if we switch to dynamic mode do we already get the sound no okay so we do have fake sound there are a couple of speakers in here two in here to outside that generate fake sound but it's it definitely sounds different from the porsche so we're going to test that as well all right so we've got the gear selector down here ah that's when the sound turns on i don't know if that's just cooling yeah okay and we also have the four wheel steering just checking so that's optional as well uh same as the carbon ceramics both are options i would definitely go for because the four wheel steering shrinks the car makes it much more easy to handle in cities and the carbon ceramics are just delicious now a very smart trick in this car is that the first bit of your brake pedal so when i brake now the first 0.3 gs of retardation so slowing down is just recovery energy recovery so you're not actually using the brakes which i thought was very clever and i'm not sure if porsche uses that as well because i've never heard of it or read about it but this car has that and i think that's very smart because that means that you're actually not using the brakes when you just want to slow down a little bit so launch control dynamic mode foot on the brake full throttle man that is intense and that's also a very good way for me to demonstrate that we've got a gear i don't know if you heard that but as with the porsche we've got that 800 volt architecture which is much much better than the standard 400 volt everyone else uses and it means that energy can be discharged and charged much more quickly so that means that there's better heat management and if you combine that with a gear the rear electric motor so there are two one at the front one at the rear the rear is the most powerful one and there's also a gearbox with two gears back there which is mainly used for acceleration so the second gear you use when you drive around the first gear you use when you want to do launch control and is also used as sort of a kick down version of electric acceleration on the ultraman or whatever it just gives you a little bit more flexibility but the sound the fake sound so the fake that was a weird sound as well the fake sound we've got i quite like it it's a bit deeper than the porsche oh man this thing is freaking quick so we actually measured the zero to 100 of course uh audi says it should do 3.3 we've been able to do 3.2 so that is pretty insane and as with the porsche you have that over boost power so 646 is an overboost with loss control if you do a regular start from 0 to 100 so without launch control with the 598 horsepower it did 3.4 seconds so there's definitely quite a big difference there but i mean there's a lot that we were expecting from this car but the performance is better than expected i mean yes we knew the air suspension the platform the chassis was all going to be amazing since it came from porsche and we love the thai can but this one is a bit more comfortable there's a bit more roll in the body which makes it more comfortable and a bit more suitable for regular driving i think the porsche feels a bit better because it feels stiffer and it also has the 48 volt anti-raw stabilization which this car doesn't have but performance wise this car is outperforming itself because it's not supposed to be this quick it's not supposed to be this close to a porsche tycan turbo s which we measured from 100 to 200 at 7.19 this car did a 7.31 so that is just just over one tenth of a second slower which it's not supposed to be that quick i think it's supposed to be close to a turbo not a turbo s so yeah it's definitely performing there um the thing goes around corners like i mean that's the benefit of these cars with that battery pack in the floor the the center of gravity is so low that it just feels like it's on rails and uh it's just very clever and of course the benefit of this 800 volt electrical system is that as i said discharge can be done much quicker and it means that you don't have the heat issues or overheat issues that teslas have so this is 175 kilometers an hour flooring it still goes and has no problem maintaining the acceleration maintaining the performance for longer periods of time for example on the ultraman and that's how these cars separate themselves from the teslas yes the teslas have better range better performance but they can't do what these cars can do they overheat after one run or during the first run basically and this car is made to do this a lot of course we haven't driven the new tesla model s plaid which is supposed to be you know crazy and the craziest thing tesla has done up to now so maybe they fix the problems as well with that car we're going to find out in the future when it finally gets here but for now the titan and the audi rse troll are in a league of their own when it comes to doing stuff like this should you go for a tie can or an rse throne well i guess it just depends on your preference uh they are so close in performance in in technique that it really doesn't matter it is up to you if you like this audi rs stuff more or if you like the the porsche stuff more i think the tycan handles a bit better and it just feels i just like the feel of a porsche better than i like the feel of an audi but that's entirely up to you i haven't talked about range yet uh weirdly enough so the regular e-tron gt has a range of like 485 kilometers this is 470 something like that so that's pretty decent the only thing is the porsche of course you can get that as the cross turismo the cool station wagon off-roady version which i personally think is super cool there are no plans for an rs eatroll avatar or something like that so like an rs6 competitor but electric i haven't heard anything about it haven't read it audi hasn't confirmed it so it's probably not going to happen anytime soon which is a shame it would be very cool to see audi do a fast electric station wagon because it's really in their blood you know the the rs6 the rs4 the rs2 are all legendary audis and part of the legendary status has been derived from the fact that it is a station wagon that it is in avon so it would be really cool if they could maybe do like an rs2 wish not to the past with this each roll but other than that absolutely great cars surprised me surprised us especially when it comes to performance it's super comfy super quiet super quick and super wide so thanks for watching i'm going to end it here fun is over as always you can subscribe by clicking the big button in the middle you can also check out this video of a porsche tycan turbo s or you can check out this playlist of reviews thanks for watching and i'll see you at the next one byewhat's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this pov review by auto top now my name is max and today we are taking a look at the all new 2021 audi rs etron gt the electric saloon the electric sports sedan by audi of course it's basically a porsche tai can um but we're going to see today if it feels any different and how this audi stacks up against the porsche tai can which we absolutely love so today i'm going to show you around it i'm going to show you the spec we've got it in and then we'll take it for a drive towards the autobahn for an ultrabomb blast and if you enjoy the video do me a favor and leave a like because it really helps us out with the algorithm now the rs etron is a very wide car wide not white it is suzuka gray this car which is super super light grey but it's very wide it looks like i don't know it sort of looks like an a7 but a bit wider with an e-tron front i i'm not sure about the look of it i'm curious to see what you guys think let me know in the comments i think it looks like a a broad build frog you know one of those frogs that's like super stretched out and low and wide yeah i don't i don't hate it i don't think it's ugly per se but uh i don't think it's pretty now we've got the audi matrix laser whatever lights the super fancy ones uh with a cool animation of course we've got a front with a lot of black in there now the rs etrons i've seen so far all had the bumper painted in the body color um this has the full black grille i'm not sure which i like better i think i liked it better when the bumper was body color because it looks kind of futuristic down there we've got some more you know sporty stuff going on this of course is the rs model so it should be the most sporty one these are the optional 21 inch wheels two 65 section tires at the front 305s at the rear and it has this blade design which does look pretty cool behind that as you can see we've got carbon ceramic brakes optional which is super super nice to have because it's quite a heavy car over 2300 kilos it's nice to have that insurance because it's it's hella fast and hella heavy so yeah it's good to have those brakes there even has an rs logo on the wheel there that's new so we've got some charge ports on the right and on the left this is the fast charge port on the right it's the same as with the tycan even though it has a regular like cover you don't have that swipe to open cover which is super cool on the thai can a little bit of a wide body here with a vent which looks pretty cool and i have to say that the creases on this car they're quite sharp and and there are a lot of them which it does make it feel and look quite futuristic i do quite like that like this line right here with a double crease it all looks really cool now we've got a glass roof which i think is standard on the etron but you can also go for carbon fiber roof which is cool and at the rear we've got the big led light bar with those arrow lights now let me see what happens that's a different car let me see what happens when i close it now we don't get the animation now but you know the animation where they go on and then they separately go off and whatever um rs badge on the rear with an e-tron gt badge and a little bit of a diffuser pretty nice okay so anyway i don't know where to open that thing um but it's called 85 liters of storage at the front as well now on the interior there are a few things i like and a few things i don't like so let's start with the things i like i like the fact that they ditched the screen down here so as you know um the a6 a7 a8 q7 all the new audis have this like two screen setup with all your climate stuff in here and it's way too complicated and i don't like the fact that you always have to look at what you're doing i just want buttons so buttons are back i don't know why because this is the most futuristic car you would put it on but they decided to go old school with regular climate control buttons and we've got this like ipod wheel which you can use to operate the audio don't know why that had to change all of a sudden again but anyway they will never stop with reinventing stuff that doesn't need reinvention just have a knob it's way better so on the interior we've got piano black accents and a lot of carbon fiber here on the dash little illuminated e-tron badge there which is pretty cool alcantara on top of the dials and on the center console as well little storage down there and the shape is pretty futuristic with all those lines and those textures in there um yeah it's not bad i do think it could have been more exciting it's a bit dull sometimes like this could also be in an a1 or something like that um but i guess i you know i should forgive them for that because i've got my buttons back so i won't complain about that we've even got ventilated seats as well which is nice and an alcantara steering wheel with the rs badge right there so on the inside it's definitely a different car compared to a porsche tycan and uh well underneath it's it's basically the same so we've got the same j1 platform um with the air suspension set up so that came from bentley and porsche from the panamera then to the tycan now to the rs e-tron but the setup is a bit more comfortable so it should be a bit more gt-ish and we've got a 93 kilowatt hour battery now this is the rs model so that means that's the most powerful one 646 horsepower and 830 newton meters of torque in overboost uh regularly it's 598. so it is quite powerful not as powerful as the porsche tycan turbo because that has 680 and the turbo ss 761 so it's just below that now let's find out what it's like to drive i think it was already turned on when i got in yeah okay so we'll turn that on now if we switch to dynamic mode do we already get the sound no okay so we do have fake sound there are a couple of speakers in here two in here to outside that generate fake sound but it's it definitely sounds different from the porsche so we're going to test that as well all right so we've got the gear selector down here ah that's when the sound turns on i don't know if that's just cooling yeah okay and we also have the four wheel steering just checking so that's optional as well uh same as the carbon ceramics both are options i would definitely go for because the four wheel steering shrinks the car makes it much more easy to handle in cities and the carbon ceramics are just delicious now a very smart trick in this car is that the first bit of your brake pedal so when i brake now the first 0.3 gs of retardation so slowing down is just recovery energy recovery so you're not actually using the brakes which i thought was very clever and i'm not sure if porsche uses that as well because i've never heard of it or read about it but this car has that and i think that's very smart because that means that you're actually not using the brakes when you just want to slow down a little bit so launch control dynamic mode foot on the brake full throttle man that is intense and that's also a very good way for me to demonstrate that we've got a gear i don't know if you heard that but as with the porsche we've got that 800 volt architecture which is much much better than the standard 400 volt everyone else uses and it means that energy can be discharged and charged much more quickly so that means that there's better heat management and if you combine that with a gear the rear electric motor so there are two one at the front one at the rear the rear is the most powerful one and there's also a gearbox with two gears back there which is mainly used for acceleration so the second gear you use when you drive around the first gear you use when you want to do launch control and is also used as sort of a kick down version of electric acceleration on the ultraman or whatever it just gives you a little bit more flexibility but the sound the fake sound so the fake that was a weird sound as well the fake sound we've got i quite like it it's a bit deeper than the porsche oh man this thing is freaking quick so we actually measured the zero to 100 of course uh audi says it should do 3.3 we've been able to do 3.2 so that is pretty insane and as with the porsche you have that over boost power so 646 is an overboost with loss control if you do a regular start from 0 to 100 so without launch control with the 598 horsepower it did 3.4 seconds so there's definitely quite a big difference there but i mean there's a lot that we were expecting from this car but the performance is better than expected i mean yes we knew the air suspension the platform the chassis was all going to be amazing since it came from porsche and we love the thai can but this one is a bit more comfortable there's a bit more roll in the body which makes it more comfortable and a bit more suitable for regular driving i think the porsche feels a bit better because it feels stiffer and it also has the 48 volt anti-raw stabilization which this car doesn't have but performance wise this car is outperforming itself because it's not supposed to be this quick it's not supposed to be this close to a porsche tycan turbo s which we measured from 100 to 200 at 7.19 this car did a 7.31 so that is just just over one tenth of a second slower which it's not supposed to be that quick i think it's supposed to be close to a turbo not a turbo s so yeah it's definitely performing there um the thing goes around corners like i mean that's the benefit of these cars with that battery pack in the floor the the center of gravity is so low that it just feels like it's on rails and uh it's just very clever and of course the benefit of this 800 volt electrical system is that as i said discharge can be done much quicker and it means that you don't have the heat issues or overheat issues that teslas have so this is 175 kilometers an hour flooring it still goes and has no problem maintaining the acceleration maintaining the performance for longer periods of time for example on the ultraman and that's how these cars separate themselves from the teslas yes the teslas have better range better performance but they can't do what these cars can do they overheat after one run or during the first run basically and this car is made to do this a lot of course we haven't driven the new tesla model s plaid which is supposed to be you know crazy and the craziest thing tesla has done up to now so maybe they fix the problems as well with that car we're going to find out in the future when it finally gets here but for now the titan and the audi rse troll are in a league of their own when it comes to doing stuff like this should you go for a tie can or an rse throne well i guess it just depends on your preference uh they are so close in performance in in technique that it really doesn't matter it is up to you if you like this audi rs stuff more or if you like the the porsche stuff more i think the tycan handles a bit better and it just feels i just like the feel of a porsche better than i like the feel of an audi but that's entirely up to you i haven't talked about range yet uh weirdly enough so the regular e-tron gt has a range of like 485 kilometers this is 470 something like that so that's pretty decent the only thing is the porsche of course you can get that as the cross turismo the cool station wagon off-roady version which i personally think is super cool there are no plans for an rs eatroll avatar or something like that so like an rs6 competitor but electric i haven't heard anything about it haven't read it audi hasn't confirmed it so it's probably not going to happen anytime soon which is a shame it would be very cool to see audi do a fast electric station wagon because it's really in their blood you know the the rs6 the rs4 the rs2 are all legendary audis and part of the legendary status has been derived from the fact that it is a station wagon that it is in avon so it would be really cool if they could maybe do like an rs2 wish not to the past with this each roll but other than that absolutely great cars surprised me surprised us especially when it comes to performance it's super comfy super quiet super quick and super wide so thanks for watching i'm going to end it here fun is over as always you can subscribe by clicking the big button in the middle you can also check out this video of a porsche tycan turbo s or you can check out this playlist of reviews thanks for watching and i'll see you at the next one bye\n"