Audi RS E-Tron GT Road Test Review | The EV deluge is coming:
e not talking about pulling the plug in a bathtub – more like setting an explosive charge at the Long Beach Aquarium. An ice dam of the Clark Fork River, roughly 2,000 feet high at its maximum, would inevitably warm, catastrophically break and send a cataclysmic deluge of water toward the Pacific at 80 mph.
The RS E-Tron GT has 590 horsepower flow collectively through its front and rear electric motors, or 637 hp for a few seconds in Boost Mode. Torque remains at 612 pound-feet regardless of mode and comes on instantly – you can actually feel all four wheels slip as you plant your foot, your neck snaps back and everyone in the cars around you wonder where that blue Audi went. One could compare it to a breached dam suddenly unleashing half of Lake Michigan, but that metaphor’s already been used.
The three-chamber air suspension helps in that regard, as it slams the car by 22 mm in Dynamic mode and firms the spring rates to practically eliminate roll. With the letters GT in its name, ride quality still counts for something, and for that, the air suspension is even more impressive. Coming down off a speed bump feels like walking on those max comfort running shoes with 2 inches of squishy foam – you can feel it softly compress without commensurate rebound.
Space is plentiful, at least once you manage to fall into the deeply contoured buckets. Don’t plan on graceful exits. It’s even worse in the back, with its sloped roofline, but a 6-foot-tall passenger reported being impressed with the space and the firm, supportive seats back there. The trunk is more like what you’d find in a coupe, and one wonders if Audi couldn’t have gone that extra mile with an A7-like hatchback design to improve the GT’s GT credentials even further.
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