I just purchased a new 2025 RS Etron GT Performance and wanted to provide a overview of the experience. This is related to this specific vehicle. Just as a background, I have owned an Audi S4, RS4, RS5, TTRS, currently own a 2018 Audi R8 and now a new Etron.
As of right now, there are no new incoming RS Etron GT's at dealerships, due to the hold at the ports by Audi. That may be relaxed shortly. New orders are a few months out. For me, that meant that if I wanted to purchase one, I had to get dealer stock. Most of the Dealer Stock are factory orders. The vast majority of vehicles have forged carbon on them. I personally don't find the forged carbon looks great on the eTron. I am a fan of forged carbon, but just not in this situation. Given that, I found one vehicle with the exact spec I was looking for. Daytona Grey, with RS Grey package, Dynamic Package and Red Brake Calipers. There are great deals going on from a leasing perspective. I got $31,000 off on the vehicle and the money factor was equivalent to 1% interest. With no money down, I got a $184,000 eTron for $1,700 a month. A lot of car for not too bad of a price.
I have purchased it in Atlanta, drove through the North Georgia mountains for a few days and then drove it back to my home in Florida.
Overall the design of the car is great. I find this as one of the best looking vehicles Audi has ever designed. The interior is top notch. Leather with deviated stitching is found on almost every surface on the car. The remaining surfaces have either alcantara or matte carbon. A few out of the way, unseen surfaces have a high grade soft touch plastic on them. The seating position in the car is great. You feel that you are sitting into a cockpit and not on a seat. The massaging seats are great. The only fault I have with the interior, is the hard entry and exit due to the small opening between the roof, A-Pillar and B-Pillar. I can get in, but it is a bit harder than my R8 and about on par with my 911 with carbon bucket racing seats. The technology and features are top-notch. The only tech feature I think it is missing is a more active self driving feature like BMW has. I also find that the in built nav is not as effective as BMW's especially the integration with the HUD and the augmented reality feature found in new BMW's. Other than that, it is great. One feature that no one has called out is the metal "shifters" behind the steering wheel. While these are not really shifters but used to increase or decrease regen, the big thing here is that they are metal. For years and years and years Audi has been criticized putting cheap plastic shifters on their performance cars. Even my R8 has the same plastic shifters found on an A3. Well the eTron proves that Audi can build great metal shifters that fit the look and feel of their performance vehicles. Now they just need to put it in across their RS lines.
One thing that I really like about this vehicle is that it stands out. There are Taycans everywhere. But you barely see any Etron's and when you do, you barely see any RS Etrons. This car looks better than a Taycan, is more rare and now with 2025 performs on par with the Taycan Turbo S and GT in terms of dynamics. Very happy with the purchase so far.
Range. I drove from Helen, GA to Jacksonville, FL. I made one stop in Valdosta to fill up for free at an Electrify America station. If took 16 minutes. About 5 minutes more than taking a bathroom break and getting a drink. It was smooth and effiicent experience. I got about 320 miles of range out of the vehicle, driving about 5 miles over the speed limit. Mostly on Highway in efficiency mode. Pretty happy with the range. Put it in RS performance and the range goes out the window.
As others have stated, yes very fast. Significanlty faster than my Supercharged R8 with V-10. Handles great, and stops great. Very precise vehicle. Happy overall in my first week of ownership.
As of right now, there are no new incoming RS Etron GT's at dealerships, due to the hold at the ports by Audi. That may be relaxed shortly. New orders are a few months out. For me, that meant that if I wanted to purchase one, I had to get dealer stock. Most of the Dealer Stock are factory orders. The vast majority of vehicles have forged carbon on them. I personally don't find the forged carbon looks great on the eTron. I am a fan of forged carbon, but just not in this situation. Given that, I found one vehicle with the exact spec I was looking for. Daytona Grey, with RS Grey package, Dynamic Package and Red Brake Calipers. There are great deals going on from a leasing perspective. I got $31,000 off on the vehicle and the money factor was equivalent to 1% interest. With no money down, I got a $184,000 eTron for $1,700 a month. A lot of car for not too bad of a price.
I have purchased it in Atlanta, drove through the North Georgia mountains for a few days and then drove it back to my home in Florida.
Overall the design of the car is great. I find this as one of the best looking vehicles Audi has ever designed. The interior is top notch. Leather with deviated stitching is found on almost every surface on the car. The remaining surfaces have either alcantara or matte carbon. A few out of the way, unseen surfaces have a high grade soft touch plastic on them. The seating position in the car is great. You feel that you are sitting into a cockpit and not on a seat. The massaging seats are great. The only fault I have with the interior, is the hard entry and exit due to the small opening between the roof, A-Pillar and B-Pillar. I can get in, but it is a bit harder than my R8 and about on par with my 911 with carbon bucket racing seats. The technology and features are top-notch. The only tech feature I think it is missing is a more active self driving feature like BMW has. I also find that the in built nav is not as effective as BMW's especially the integration with the HUD and the augmented reality feature found in new BMW's. Other than that, it is great. One feature that no one has called out is the metal "shifters" behind the steering wheel. While these are not really shifters but used to increase or decrease regen, the big thing here is that they are metal. For years and years and years Audi has been criticized putting cheap plastic shifters on their performance cars. Even my R8 has the same plastic shifters found on an A3. Well the eTron proves that Audi can build great metal shifters that fit the look and feel of their performance vehicles. Now they just need to put it in across their RS lines.
One thing that I really like about this vehicle is that it stands out. There are Taycans everywhere. But you barely see any Etron's and when you do, you barely see any RS Etrons. This car looks better than a Taycan, is more rare and now with 2025 performs on par with the Taycan Turbo S and GT in terms of dynamics. Very happy with the purchase so far.
Range. I drove from Helen, GA to Jacksonville, FL. I made one stop in Valdosta to fill up for free at an Electrify America station. If took 16 minutes. About 5 minutes more than taking a bathroom break and getting a drink. It was smooth and effiicent experience. I got about 320 miles of range out of the vehicle, driving about 5 miles over the speed limit. Mostly on Highway in efficiency mode. Pretty happy with the range. Put it in RS performance and the range goes out the window.
As others have stated, yes very fast. Significanlty faster than my Supercharged R8 with V-10. Handles great, and stops great. Very precise vehicle. Happy overall in my first week of ownership.
