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Audi Q8 e-tron - Reliability and safety

The Audi Q8 e-tron (formally e-tron) should be a very safe car; the brand’s Driver Power score has fallen

Reliability and Safety rating

3.7

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Regarding safety, the Q8 e-tron should prove a tough family car. The pre-facelift model achieved the maximum five-star crash safety rating from industry experts Euro NCAP in 2019, and every model is fitted with Audi Pre-sense Front and Basic, lane departure warning, cruise control with a speed limiter, camera-based traffic sign recognition, a reversing camera, parking sensors all round and a host of airbags.

Top-of-the-range cars also come with adaptive cruise, swerve assist and cross-traffic alert, among additional safety kit, that are included in the optional Tour Pack and the City Assist Pack.

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The Audi brand has slipped down the Driver Power rankings, coming in a woeful 30th place out of 32 manufacturers in the 2023 survey. That puts it behind Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar, and even upstart Tesla.

Warranty 

As with any new Audi, the Q8 e-tron comes with a three-year/60,000-mile manufacturer warranty. Extended warranties are available for both the Q8 e-tron and the Q8 e-tron Sportback, priced at £635 for the four-year/75,000-mile warranty, and £1,670 for five years/90,000 miles of coverage.

Q8 e-tron owners also benefit from an eight-year/100,000-mile battery warranty, which matches Jaguar I-Pace’s powerpack coverage. Teslas get an eight-year/unlimited mileage battery warranty, however.

Servicing 

The Audi Q8 e-tron only needs to be serviced once every two years or 18,000 miles, whichever comes first. To make life easier, Audi has three service plans available for the Q8 e-tron, offering different levels of attention according to how far owners are likely to travel. 

A basic ‘Level 1’ package with a single service costs £399 up front or £33.25 per month over twelve months, while a two-service Level 2 is £785 or £32.71 per month, and Level 3, which also includes two MOTs for the third and fourth years of ownership, is £880 or £36.67 per month.

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