Audi A6 Sportback e-tron vs Renault Scenic

The Audi A6 Sportback e-tron costs £32,905 more than the Renault Scenic. For that premium it adds 71 miles more WLTP range, 120 kW faster peak rapid charging and 120 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Audi A6 Sportback e-tron comes out ahead overall.

The Renault Scenic is £32,905 cheaper to buy. The Audi A6 Sportback e-tron is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £184 for the Renault Scenic, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Renault Scenic comes out roughly £32,705 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 386 miles for the Audi A6 Sportback e-tron and 274 miles for the Renault Scenic - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Audi A6 Sportback e-tron goes roughly 112 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 21 minutes in the Audi A6 Sportback e-tron and 37 in the Renault Scenic, so the Audi A6 Sportback e-tron loses less time at each stop. That makes the Audi A6 Sportback e-tron the stronger long-distance car.

The two are within 18 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 536 mm of total clearance for the Renault Scenic and about 518 mm of total clearance for the Audi A6 Sportback e-tron. The Renault Scenic also turns in a 1.4 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Audi A6 Sportback e-tron and 84% for the Renault Scenic. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.