NEW 2025 Audi RS e-Tron GT First Drive: Better Than A Taycan?

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[@dnzry2218]

The R&D spokesperson is great! Not too serious, likes to joke and entertain. Great video.

[@denverflatpackjedithornton]

Totally agree I can see from his little bit of pacing backwards and forwards that he's got this energy that you really need to be a spokesperson for your brand

[@olatunjiajilore5345]

Also a good attitude to criticisms. This was refreshing.

[@felixsanhueza]

I get a little bit of a Christoph Waltz vibe from him. The accent, but even the tone, and some face features. He's fun 😊

[@BB-wf8kk]

They need a show together!

[@farzb]

His laugh is almost like a cackle!

[@Workmusic1988]

Damn, this Audi R&D dude needs his own show, he's amazing.

[@hagestad]

i liked his role in Inglourious Basterds

[@k.r.99]

He would fit better at BMW lol. I think Andy Wallace for example PERFECTLY fits with Bugatti. I wonder who Koenigsegg will pull out their sleeve as their representer 🤔

[@user-lg6ck6gw8x]

Have you any idea how rare it is to find a German with a sense of humor?! I would definitely watch a show by this gentleman.

[@chillestofthemall]

@@hagestad give him a glass of milk

[@user-gl4sd9xe3b]

The audi guy was super cool, we need more car brand engineers that listen to consumers

[@koolkeef]

"Camel Button" *takes notes

[@CJ95ZZ]

this format is great and having the R&D/spokesman working with Rory to talk about the prototype is great

[@michaelbrown9031]

He seems like a good guy to talk to as well. Doesn't get annoyed by answering questions he's bound to have been asked countless times before!

[@pramey]

this that jay leno formula

[@thenkindler001]

It’s also wholesome when a product rep wants genuine feedback. Shows Audi has balls

[@umutcakmak3221]

Thanks for talking about capacitive buttons, i hate those buttons.

[@alexnotlando]

womp womp

[@flaminggodofthunder9212]

​@@alexnotlando???

[@mk1gti]

I have a friend who met at random the guy who designed those buttons. He said the guy was kind of ashamed of them. Apparently a lot of manufacturers are backpedaling on the capactive touch buttons and going back to switches and knobs.

[@Afraz_9n3]

​@@mk1gtiEuro NCAP will also be marking cars that have excessive lack of buttons down on crash rating too so if manufacturers want 5 star they need physical buttons

[@Some0ne001]

Switches and dials are way better. I've hated recent Audis for all the touch buttons they have in their cars and every other manufacturer too. Big reason why I'm looking at a Hyundai ioniq 5 N is because physical buttons.

[@Bluerig-qf2xc]

Great to see Audi taking feedback from reviewers. Wish more companies did this

[@boy638]

They all do, just this particular video puts the representative in the spotlight. These big media/publications regularly gets invited to drive prototypes and get to chat with the people involved with the car.

[@jonathanboyle1165]

Who knew Christoph Waltz worked for Audi?!

[@josiahdavis8043]

Hahaha I thought the exact same thing

[@felixsanhueza]

​@@josiahdavis8043Same 😅

[@jrivelis]

I was waiting for him to say WAIT FOR ZE CREAM

[@davidkeenan5989]

Inglorious bastard

[@adamirelandes1105]

Zats a bingoo

[@genelim4839]

R&D dude should have his own channel!

[@Uchejnr]

The all important Rory approval. Always appreciate manufacturers actually listening on feedback. Etron is a great looking car

[@BM-ii6dw]

Designer clearly is a Need for Speed underground fan..

[@victor555117]

What car guy isn’t?

[@riesa85]

@@victor555117 Underground 2 is still the best arcade style driving game ever made, and I will fight anybody about it for this is the hill I will die on!

[@shamsaddinamanov3879]

This Audi guy is a legend. He is so relax, fun, did laugh at the "washing machine" joke for the stupid sound :D

[@derrickkekeli8262]

The Audi guy has a great sense of humour. Great content Rory. Watching from Ghana 🇬🇭

[@ryadderdar991]

again, this is the best looking electric car to date , and powerful too

[@theeALister]

*Porsche Taycan has entered the chat* but I like this too. Can’t wait to see the actual production vehicle.

[@Seventschiko]

@@theeALister imo looks wise, the Porsche can't really compete with the Audi. Pure looks wise.

[@chillmeisterchillmeister4997]

@@theeALister u do know that ur instantly loosing money buying a taycan right ? its like throwing money in the sea. also the taycan looks like shit xD

[@4literv6]

Uh the svelte gac aion hyper ssr would beg to differ and the Batista or evija might also weigh in. 😀

[@Just_a_random_birb]

Taycan is best the best-looking electric car in my opinion, and the most powerful electric cars goes to rimac nevera.

[@prodKay]

Taycan Beater❌ Taycan brother✔

[@tshiamomogale207]

Thank you for pointing this out. Was waiting for someone to say it 👍

[@robertvandeveer1846]

I think design wise the Audi looks better. It just seems better proportioned. Looks are subjective though.

[@davidkeenan5989]

Tayan in sheep's clothing.

[@gregsouther7293]

@@robertvandeveer1846 I agree, which is why I own one.

[@Thubelihle_LN]

Probably the best Audi representative we have on the channel on this video💯😂😂 He’s entertaining as well🙌🏿.

[@DPCcars]

Absolutely loving the energy in this video! 😄 The R&D spokesperson really brings it to life with that mix of humor and insight. It’s great to see Rory teaming up to showcase the Etron prototype-definitely adds credibility and excitement!

[@ElyciusM]

I love that Audi is doing these with Rory. Feels like we're in good hands. Good on them for getting outside opinions.

[@CHIEF_420]

🤘

[@fastfabi5068]

As a german i feel the english of the audi guy

[@jvgoddard4296]

Ever since I found Auto Traders YT channel, I’ve been so impressed with the production value. I feel like I’m watching the old school Top Gear format when cars are being reviewed. Rory is such a great presenter/reviewer and loving the overall channel (my fav YT auto channel by far now).

[@theKlassiqueOne]

Awesome as always Rory, but let’s give a big round of applause to Christian - he needs his own Audi channel.

[@chrstnldg6652]

He was great fun

[@jaymzcheong6582]

this is my dream car, yea, just a dream. I got the chance to sit inside the current model RS e-tron GT and it feels so good sitting in the driver seat. damn

[@Back_Road_Hero]

I’m an etron GT owner and the steering wheel is perfect as it is. I went Audi instead or Porsche due to actual buttons and lack of haptics. Just hope they don’t ruin it.

[@gregsouther7293]

Same here, I own a RS and I hated the touch buttons on the wheel and climate controls when I drove the Taycan. I hope they kept the physical buttons elsewhere.

[@yebzy]

The RS E-Tron GT was already one of my favorite cars, the main issue was range Assuming this gets the same level of improvement the taycan gets in the range department this might be a serious consideration To lease, cause the depreciation on luxury EVs is insane

[@shakeelahamed4677]

One of the best car review formats I've seen - keep up the awesome work and please have more of these in future; it was really fun to watch!

[@TheCreativeLlama17]

“1 is very good, 6 is critical” is the most mental rating system I’ve ever heard 😭

[@timwalter2379]

He is using this system because its the grade system used by german schools (from grade one to ten) and as you can hear from his accent hes clearly german. So it makes kind of sense for him but for others it can be a bit disturbing.

[@TheCreativeLlama17]

@@timwalter2379 makes sense. It just catches you off guard. We’re so used to 10 being the best and failing that then a 1 to 5 system. 1-6 just sounds random 😅

[@hntr5495]

@@TheCreativeLlama17 it’s based on schools that grade tests from 1(very good) to 6(inadequate)

[@DuBstep115]

@@hntr5495 Its kind of weird that its reversed to Finland, we used to have rating from 5-10 ( 10 being excellent) and it changed in 2018 to 1-5 where 5 is excellent

[@ralfulrich6254]

@@DuBstep115 5 star web components are cheaper and more common. Great idea.

[@MartinBuhr]

Rory - would love it if you could pass the following along to the eTron GT team. As a long time RS GT driver, I hope you can relate. I have a 2023 RS GT and my wife has a 2021 Tesla Model S Performance. I've long said that my Audi is a better car with terrible software (I've worked as a software product manager in FANG companies for the past 20 years). Two things that both my wife and I have to do daily with our cars: charge them and raise the suspension to avoid scraping the nose on obstacles like speed bumps. The Tesla is seamless for both, while the Audi is terrible. The Tesla has to option to automatically geotag spots where you raise the suspension, and will do this automatically afterward when the car approaches this location. This, combined with other automation features, mean that when my wife leaves, the garage door closes automatically, the car raises its suspension, and she just drives away (her car does the reverse process when she comes home). On the other hand, I have to remember to tap the Audi MMI multiple times (why not map a physical button on the console for this?), which irritates me every time I leave our home as our street has speed bumps on it and I have to close our garage door manually. This also clutters up the MMI, as the parking proximity sensor often triggers at the same time. For charging, the Tesla has an automated charging door cover. When I press a button on the charger, the door pops open on its own. When I remove the charger, it closes. On my Audi, the charging door is no different than I had on my beat up Honda 20 years ago. When it is clean, it is a fingerprint magnet. When it is dirty, I get grime on my fingers and I worry about scoring the paint by repeatedly pressing on it to pop it open and close it. Why not do something similar for the Audi home charger, and put a button on the key fob for use when using public chargers? These are small things, but they irritate me every I get in the car (in addition to the constant inconsistencies I get from the MMI software). They are the sort of thing I would have expected Audi to address when going after the market leader for EV sports cars.

[@jakeringer3153]

These cars are not super low exotics - are you sure you even need to raise them to clear a speed bump?' 2025 Taycans all have power charge port covers, likely Audi will have the same.

[@MartinBuhr]

@@jakeringer3153 yes - where we live, we regularly have to raise both cars to avoid scraping the chin on speed bumps, curbs, etc

[@ralfulrich6254]

@@jakeringer3153 it is actually quite low. In the range mode it drops even more to the point you scrape it everywhere. I would like to have at least a dedicated button or always available menu item to lift it. It is always -> drive select button -> sometimes close reversing camera view blocking the menu -> tap on the air suspension -> sometimes multiple times because it is a toggle between lowering and raising

[@3storiesUp]

Rory knocking out great vids again. Class.

[@markusdeep42]

I thought Rory was with brother Vin Diesel on board of the GT e-tron

[@CDCDC697]

Absolutely AMAZING VIDEO! Now I can’t wait for this car to come out!!

[@JayDubster]

Lovin this one, great review Rory, and the R&D guy's funny :)

[@OliverIskra]

Solid work by the sound guy dealing with all that wind noise.

[@urbanstrencan]

This is the car I have been waiting for Audi E-tron GT with lastest Taycan upgrades, live it and Rory great work with YT keep it up😊❤❤❤

[@bullshitbingo2259]

Awesome car! The suspension is great engineering. I love the Porsche/Audi cooperation. The PPE platform of the Porsche Macan/Audi Q6/A6 is also nice

[@amritbhupal8514]

Is this not built on the same platform as the Taycan..?? I’m fairly certain it uses a lot of the same parts also…

[@trichtertus6221]

It is. Seen especially by the new suspension. Its exactly the same tech porsche just released in their facelift taycans.

[@almac9203]

They use the same ingredients but prepare two different dishes. The Taycan and the Etron are similar but have their own focus and personality.

[@thegreatpaulsmith]

It's the exact same car as taycan, just software tuned. It looks like it's even the same as the Turbo GT, but that has 900amp inverter I've tuned my RS Etron GT so we have found out through going through the code

[@tennisdude07]

I really wanted him to answer a question with "That's a bingo" 👌

[@felixsanhueza]

That made me laugh so hard 😂😂

[@jermainen7846]

This was a really good video. Thanks for raising genuine issues us drivers have like capacitive buttons and road noise. Keep it coming.

[@deef0]

Imagine they change the capacitive buttons because of your feedback

[@4ndib]

Hed the etron since launch never had an issue with the capacity buttons, never accidentally hit them. looking forward to the upgrade 💪👍

[@singel09]

Christian reminds me of the Austrian actor Christoph Waltz. Enjoyed watching this. I love the e-tron GT. Can never afford it, but what a car. And way to go Rory! What an honor to be doing this with Audi!

[@philsymons9614]

Hi Rory, crackin vid. The pure passion you exude when you are enjoying the vehicle you are testing is infectious. Lucky I'm not a multi-billionaire as I would buy just about every vehicle you test and I would need a massive property to house them all. While I've never considered a electric vehicle, I thoroughly enjoyed this test. Keep up the awesome work.

[@pierodelgrosso6551]

It was Amazing meeting you in the hotel lift in Gatwick Airport. Well done, I love your videos.

[@GadgetsBoy]

So fast when it goes up. I love this car man

[@domindrajwer]

Great Video!maximum honesty on Rory's part alsow Audi Guy!

[@vladus..]

Nice to see someone from Audi take some notice on paper !👌👍💪🏻💯💯💯 Nice to see after Yaycan a new Audi E Tron.👍👍

[@shehanmello2489]

loved the video format. Listening to a car "review" with an accompanying German accent is something magical 😆

[@simongibbs2986]

Mate. You are the best motoring journalist hands down. Keep up the great work. Cheers.

[@eranlevinzon577]

Wow this car is very impressive. Great review and interaction with the audi engineers. What a cool idea

[@doszl]

Based on counting the frames in the launch, I'd say the 0-60 time would be around 2.6-2.7 seconds, give or take .1 second.

[@smariukas]

Is there an upgrade in the storage space field? Or does the trunk still resemble a drawer?

[@theosmoral7734]

I love the candid start of the car :D

[@mtx1212]

As an owner of the current gen GT, these are subtle but very tasteful aesthetic changes, especially the front end

[@haisesasaki8473]

Been my favourite audi ever since I watch King The Land. Need to start saving now

[@ralfulrich6254]

good for you they lose value quite fast. Awesome buy used.

[@mizake01]

Awsome view into engineering,. Perfect host questions, feedback, relatable. 🎉

[@channelsibley]

This is a great video. Informative and also fun

[@muhammadmustapha6843]

I would buy this car just for the suspension

[@ralfulrich6254]

You can pay 8k extra just for the suspension. Same thing.

[@vipstarizm6990]

Excellent and honest review. Gotta love Audi for allowing this to take place.

[@mvmorr01]

They kept looking at the screen when changing the drive modes. Hope they didn't get rid of the physical buttons! I can switch drive modes now without even looking for the button, and gauge cluster shows what you're changing it to if you need to verify. I don't have the HUD, but I'm sure it shows the mode too.

[@volvo_kristian]

Awesome video 👍 Huge fan of the GT

[@DriveElectricWithDomenick]

I just want to know how you shot this in heavy wind with no visible mic showing. Magic!

[@alanacevedo4928]

When I say, I’ve been WAITING on this one!!!

[@GadgetsBoy]

Been waiting for this one. My fave car

[@alexnelson3242]

Rory in a matching prototype wrap T Shirt 😂

[@BlessByYou777]

The car makes everyone happy. Its a happy+cool car.

[@XtianJade]

This one got moves, the looks, and the speed! Add to that the charisma of Christian and you have a clear winner. Taycan beater it is!

[@gene978]

Impressive R & D Man. I agree he could have his own Channel. Great Job Guys and Nice Dream Car!

[@thierryvt]

Looks good, and its release appears to be timed just right as I'll be starting my search for a new car around then as well. At the very least it's on my list of cars to check when the time arrives :)

[@Grant.G.Simpson]

physical buttons and make the bouncing suspension a press n hold keyfob party trick

[@challis2009]

I love the energy of both you guys 😅😅

[@Brentonlangaigne_93]

Looks like they got out before the 'cloud seeding catalyzed' rainstorm hit. Brilliant review regardless. Iron man is sure the love this one.

[@kishlayverma6622]

Similar suspension to that of panamera 3rd gen?

[@ES1236]

3:22 - got to do the handshake Rory don't leave him hanging like that

[@andrewb325]

Beautiful car. I love the wrap. I'd want mine to look like that.

[@Jason-ml3vs]

I like the Audi guys energy. He seems like a cool, funny guy. Sometimes the car reps are so serious and almost grumpy.

[@tshepangnk]

Now i love this car even more!!!

[@limitless88]

Great video!!!

[@mmd8074]

Looks so great ❤

[@bp19870]

Wow! It comes with the HSL feature to help you in and out of it.

[@Aztasu]

Amazing, what a beast!

[@gregsouther7293]

*As a RS Etron owner there are a couple of things I hope they fixed. 1) It defaults to whatever your previous drving mode was.The current one resets to comfort which is annoying. 2) Add a sync button to the climate control so you can adjust all zones at once. 3) Better self driving software. My 23 Model X blows the Audi away here. 4) More range. My Tesla's blow this away too.*

[@markrhoden68]

I'm not in the market and coukdnt afford such a car but if I was able and willing I must admit out of all the luxury sports electric car the Audi Etron is my personal favourite, I just like the way looks even if it is electric. Nice thing 👏

[@25jai123]

So the new suspension is basically the same as Porsche Active Ride? Or if there are differences what are those?

[@BF26595]

Could it be that underneath it's a slightly detuned tycan GT?

[@obieWanmotivation]

If they improve the range to anywhere near 300 miles, it will be a winner and hopefully my next EV when I'm ready to switch out of the i4 M50.

[@tomaszcybulski7212]

more of this stuff ! audi guy is awesome

[@ma40]

Awesome car. Makes me wish that Audi had a sister car to the Sport Turismo version of the Taycan as well.

[@justthevoicebackup280]

The Etron has always been the best looking electric car to me, it just needs more competitive range and performance for the price which I'm sure they've done.

[@markp864]

That’s the big question: what is the range on the updated 2025 E Tron?

[@liyuanzhou]

Same as taycan😅@@markp864

[@newby2224]

what is the fast charge 20% to 80% time? Volts?

[@sexpistill]

The first generation was near perfect but it is now 💯. Still buffled why it sells less than the more expensive Taycan.

[@richardparker5425]

I wish more companies try to take feedbacks and understand users issues. Kudos Audi!

[@MrGlobali]

Thank you very much.

[@elmuszhakata7277]

I like the audi guy. His good. I also like the sound of the audi. It sounds genuine.

[@datcuandreiutz4933]

Brilliant, “Rory what do you think about the steering ……I really want that the Etron GT have the steering feel like Taycan” 😅👌👏

[@nicholascooke5263]

Christian - what an absolute rockstar!

[@Papa-Kilo75]

Serious Christoph Waltz vibes. Kept waiting for him to say, “That’s a bingo!” 😉

[@PsychicOracle]

5:36 funniest moment in any preproduction drive ever

[@gaycha6589]

Is that T shirt also an Audi design prototype Rory?

[@daddy_keen1568]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Underrated Comment

[@andersborum9267]

Any info related to range for the final models?

[@rainerrudolf-benoit3432]

Awesome new Audi and great video

[@grmmjhnsn2]

Is this a refresh or an all new vehicle?

[@nerdynephew]

Isn’t that the same as Porsche’s active ride suspension that came out as an option on the Panamera and new taycan?