Audi SQ6 Sportback e-tron vs Vauxhall Grandland

The Audi SQ6 Sportback e-tron costs £52,795 more than the Vauxhall Grandland. For that premium it adds 47 miles more WLTP range, 110 kW faster peak rapid charging and 223 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Audi SQ6 Sportback e-tron comes out ahead overall.

The Vauxhall Grandland is £52,795 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £184 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Vauxhall Grandland comes out roughly £52,755 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 309 miles for the Audi SQ6 Sportback e-tron and 220 miles for the Vauxhall Grandland - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Audi SQ6 Sportback e-tron goes roughly 89 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 21 minutes in the Audi SQ6 Sportback e-tron and 30 in the Vauxhall Grandland, so the Audi SQ6 Sportback e-tron loses less time at each stop. That makes the Audi SQ6 Sportback e-tron the stronger long-distance car.

The Audi SQ6 Sportback e-tron is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 143 mm narrower than the Vauxhall Grandland. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 435 mm of total clearance for the Audi SQ6 Sportback e-tron and about 292 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Grandland. The Vauxhall Grandland also turns in a 1.2 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 SQ6 Sportback e-tron and 84% for the Vauxhall Grandland. 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.