Having a ride with brains, brawn and a gorgeous face isn’t anywhere near enough to have drive-o-philes tumbling over each other to get to the garage. In the days where sub-5-second 0-100 sprints wash over spec sheets like cream sauce on a vol-au-vent, you have to get under 4 seconds to raise a brow. If Audi’s sizzling 4.1 second e-tron GT gets your boy-juices flowing, then the 3.3 second RS e-Tron GT will have you reaching for the Kleenex, in a thoroughly wholesome and G-Rated kind of way of course.
While some Audis have deliciously filthy V8’s that make you cry with yearning, RS e-Tron GT fans that yearning into a roaring blaze. It has a couple of hefty electric motors glued into its gusset that make those testosterone-laden man-magnets blush with embarrassment.
When we first laid eyes on the RS e-Tron GT, it made us all quiver with anticipation. Its vivacious personality exuded from every pore, and even when waiting patiently at the kerb, looked like it was planning ways to kill you, and get away with it.
It is one of the very few cars to look better in dark and brooding hews because in light body colours, its front mask has the look of a bulldog with a personality disorder. Dressed for a formal occasion, RS e-Tron GT is a shadowy protagonist untouchable by the law. GT cars come in all shapes and sizes, and as electric drives allow more freedom in design, we can expect the wildest of concepts to reach fruition.
It is a sinful oversight that the driver rarely gets to see the fabulous light show put on by the rear arrays. Making the most of the gracefully arcing roofline, a large hatch gives the Audi an unexpected practicality. A family of 4 could sneak away for a quickie break amongst the vines, especially if they’re all packing soft totes.
The Audi rings on the grille are done in $700 worth of black. They say happiness is hard to put a price on, but apparently not that hard.
ABOVE: 2024 Audi RS e-Tron GT
The cabin
The cabin is a place you’d sell your mother to be in. It hasn’t got the gratuitous over-indulgence of Bentley’s Continental, Spur, and Mulliner, nor does it have the wicked come-flog-me allure of Lambo’s 2.4 second Revuelto yet RS e-Tron GT manages an attraction big enough to produce its own gravity.
Slipping into the back seats needs a supple frame, with the front pews being slightly more forgiving, but only slightly.
It is obviously an Audi. The parts bin was raided for the dash, audio system, controls and adornments, which have then been gently stirred into a lavish cocktail of style and refinement. The heated and cooled seats gently rub you up the right way with a shiatsu that makes you long for a cigarette after.
Bang and Olufsen’s speakers connect 710watts of bliss directly with your soul which once experienced, makes you rethink nirvana in a state of grace not usually available to mere mortals.
Naughty little Audi should be spanked for hiding the climate control sync under the AUTO button. Somehow, you’re meant to know that a press-n-hold brings the zones into unison. Other Audis have a button marked sync, while others need a gentle pinch on the touch screen that could get you arrested in some countries.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ever option an Audi with the electronic side mirrors. While they look utterly stunning, it is just something else to break. Worse still, they do not give passengers as good a view as conventional mirrors alone. Should you be able to option a digital centre mirror, then do so. It can be used in conventional or digital mode and allows a far better vision rearward.
Luckily our RS e-Tron GT wore a full compliment of good old fashioned tried-n-tested mirrors.
Steering wheels have become a command centre, and although stalks and voice controls can manage oft-used functions, space limitations force Audi to house the Lane Control on the end of the indicator stalk. Quite annoying if you forget it’s there.
Our test car, already the GDP of a small nation, has almost $20,000 in extras including the $8,400 sensory package. It lavishes the cabin with carbon fibre that you find yourself stoking in unguarded moments. While using the queue-assist system, I found myself doing a Dr Evil/ Mr. Bigglesworth on the dash while waiting for Sydney to stop vomiting its bile into a certain notorious toll-tunnel. I rather enjoyed being commander of the fastest ship, even none of us were moving.
From some angles the dash and centre console resemble the bridge of the ISS Enterprise, sans psychotic captain.
The Drive:
There is no rapturous cacophony at the press of a button. Instead, the sleeping giant wakes as gently a spring breeze through a willow, showing little sign of the Armageddon at your beck and call.
The RS is the killer version of the already volatile e-Tron GT, as if you needed a go-quicker version of a go-quick model.
Boost mode gives the Titanic RS e-Tron GT an extra 35kw over its already ludicrous 440kw output. No, we didn’t try it. Doing that crap on public roads will have men in blue doing unspeakable things to you, despite your insistence.
That reminds of a movie I once saw, but I digress-
Things are a little turbulent just now. The 2025 RS e-Tron GT facelift gets even more power, akin to Porker’s Taycan. Not only that but there are discounts for e-Tron GT models which lay under dust covers across the country. It might be time to release the Kracken.
Boost mode is a faff, but who is going to notice the tarmac you’ve destroyed if you don’t act like a gronk and a Union match? Since Bahn-storming is so last week, we opted for a saner spin into the mountains where RS e-Tron GT is actually at her inspiring best. The ride is limo-like yet firm in corners. While straights and fabulous, corners are king.
She gently-yet-urgently changes direction without turning your brain into a Roman ruin. Even with the determination of a Scud, the explosive performance is as still enjoyable as a big German sausage after a jug of Glühwein. The experience is as mind-bending, or not, as you wish.
Although one can’t but help thinking more than 300kw is nothing more than a phallus swinging contest, it does feel good inside. I realise I could have worded that better. I’ll pick it up in the edit.
While the 2025 RS e-Tron GT gets 320kw fast charging and new battery technology, 270kw is plenty for most. Although you get 6 years of free DC at Chargefox, you’re best doing the job at home on AC. Our car had the $6,900 22kW AC charger package which will make the most of snail-charge when our and about. You won’t get that speed at home, so don’t ask.
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Conclusion:
RS e-Tron GT is my new favourite car.
Its air suspension cradles you gently, yet can transmogrify into a load of bricks at a nanosecond’s notice. The Quattro throttles the road as if they’re mortal enemies, and the cabin’s understated elegance has the deco-esque charm of a mid-century club secreted in Berlin’s bosom.
Yes, it is expensive, but once you get much over 150grand it may as well be millions. Either you can afford it or you can’t, and you know that before you enter the portals of Audi’s gallery that has been sanctified, rarified, and bone fide.
Although I say roll on 2025, the 2024 model will do me plenty (a twist on the Keating quote).
2024 Audi RS e-Tron GT
- Manufacturer’s List Price – $246,875 (As tested $264,675)
- Drivetrain quattro / Dual motor / 2-speed transmission on rear motor
- Power 440kW
- Torque 830Nm
- Acceleration 0-100km/h in 3.3 seconds
- Power consumption 20.2 kWh/100km
- Exterior colour Daytona grey, pearl effect
- Interior colour Black
Options
- 22kW AC charger package $6,900
- Sensory package $8,400
- Audi rings and badging in gloss black $700
- 21″ alloy wheels in 5-double spoke concave module design in black with graphic print $1,800
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