Audi Q4 e-tron vs Renault Scenic

The Audi Q4 e-tron costs £9,265 more than the Renault Scenic. On the headline specs that premium buys little measurable advantage - the two are closely matched on range, charging and space. The Renault Scenic is not just cheaper - it also offers 118 miles more WLTP range. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Audi Q4 e-tron comes out ahead overall.

The Renault Scenic is £9,265 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £160 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Renault Scenic comes out roughly £9,145 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 229 miles for the Audi Q4 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 Renault Scenic goes roughly 45 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 1 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 535 mm of total clearance for the Audi Q4 e-tron. The Audi Q4 e-tron also turns in a 0.7 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 Q4 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.