Goodbye
In a ‘Look at me!’ world of vulgar self-promotion, the Audi e-Tron GT is a shining example of under-the-radar brilliance.
In aviation, stealth technology is the art of evading radar with weird shapes, tiny cross-sections and funky coatings. Rendered in a fetching shade of grey and with none of the visual menace of, say, an RS6, the e-Tron GT is the B-2 Spirit of premium EVs. Launched with little fuss, overshadowed by both a Porsche version of the same thing and a flashier RS version of itself, the e-Tron GT has been cruising our collective airspace undetected since 2021 .
This is a crying shame for several reasons. As an argument for going electric, the Audi’s proved highly persuasive. Naturally electric sceptics will be rubbing their hands together with glee as I set about espousing the virtues of a £90k, 2.4-tonne Audi that required a £1200 wallbox to get the most from it, and that’s managed to shed 42 per cent of its value over 12 months and 10,000 miles… But bear with me.
They say you never forget your first love (and if you’re reading this Sophie Gratton, you still owe me for that Michael Jackson T-shirt you tore), and when it comes to EVs the e-Tron GT will forever remain the EV that converted me – that proved that when it comes to day-to-day mobility, pure electr
