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My dad currently owns a etron 55. Wonderful car if you ask me just not my riding style. But the service from Audi is absolutely horrific over here. Big part due to the official importer for the vehicles. Services is non existent and surprise bills of 10K+ are common.
That would be a reason for me to steer away from Audi as well. However the car I got in mind is indeed the etron GT. In my opinion a much more premium car then the Porsche taycan. I have driven in both and the etron clearly wins drive comfort to me. Just Audi service is so bad...
The I4 would be a more nice middle ground for me but then BMW does this type of shit. In regards of driving electric. Yes that is a requirement. We have all been driving for 12+ years fully electric at this point.
The car manufactures that IMO becomes more and more interesting is KIA and Opel. Service is great cars are more serviceable hen other brands. And pricing is not half bad. Unfortunately they don't make nice sporty electric vehicles yet.
Interesting, I tried the etron 55 and it even had air springs, but it still just didn't feel right to me. Didn't absorb bumps well enough, but also didn't have the kind of road feel you'd want for sporty driving. In comparison, my current 2007 A6 Allroad manages both better despite 400k km on the clock, possibly because it weighs significantly less. The interior it had also soured me on any and all new Audi products, though I guess the new Porsches aren't any better when it comes to that. Fuck forcing a touchscreen for everything.
I'll also admit I haven't driven the Taycan or etron GT, but was more making an assumption based on the fact that in other shared platform cars I've driven, the Porsche equivalent was much nicer than the Audi one. Specifically, I owned a first gen Cayenne and it was so much better than its sibling, the Q7 that it's not even funny. It was both more comfortable AND had better driving dynamics, you could just tell that a lot more thought went into engineering the Cayenne, whereas the Q7 feels like a big clumsy A6, even has the A6 C6's interior. Similarly the old Panamera feels much nicer inside than anything Audi made at the time. I guess this trend has reversed then.
Idk, honestly I just feel like anything made in at least the last 6 or 7 years that has the four rings, is a downgrade from Audi's past quality. I've been looking at BMW myself, mostly the G30/31 5 series in 540d guise since it's an excellent engine and they've depreciated enough for me that I could get one this year, or wait a few more years and get the i4 since I don't need a wagon these days, no longer need to take a stroller everywhere... And BMW was nice enough to still offer rotary dials for infotainment control in those vehicles, but now they pull this bullshit and I feel like continuing to drive old cars remains the right choice even if I don't like the pollution or fuel economy. I don't know how long I'll stay loyal to my Audi, but at least I own the piece of shit, there's no connectivity unless I buy a CarPlay module from mr12volt and even then it's my phone that gives it the smarts, not the car itself.