Ranked #103 car in the UK · Coupe SUV (EV) · 14,437 units sold last year
WLTP
The short version
Forecourt score
Value 8 · Reliability 71 · Insurance 9
The Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron loses value faster than most cars and is dearer to run than most. Its MOT-based reliability is excellent, 80 out of 100, ahead of 71% of the cars we track. On three-year value retention it ranks better than 8% of models. The main things to check on a used one are the 12v battery and heat pump availability.
The Forecourt score blends how this car ranks against the catalogue on value retention, reliability and insurance cost (weighted 40/40/20). Higher is better; running cost is not yet folded in.
Estimates are tuned to the version you choose.
Fuel
Electric
Power
286 ps
Drivetrain
RWD
Efficiency
3.7 mi/kWh
The volume Q4 Sportback - coupe-roofed Q4 e-tron, slightly more aero so a touch more range than the SUV. 82 kWh (77 usable), 286 PS RWD, ~349 mi WLTP. MEB platform. Heat pump standard.
Tidy and well looked-after for its age — the typical car.
Remembered as you browse other cars.
Optional — fills in the exact year and ULEZ status for your specific car. The registration isn’t stored.
Estimated market value
How we got this number — click for the breakdown, or to challenge it.£26,650
Range £21,750 – £31,900
medium confidence
How a 2023-registration Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron loses value over time.
Based on the 2023 car with 25,500 miles you entered above — worth about £26,650 today — here is the cost of owning it for the next 5 years, at roughly 8,500 miles a year.
5-year total
£20,165
Per year
£4,033
All-in per mile
£0.47
Fuel per mile
7.7p
If a company carAround £63/mo Benefit-in-Kind tax at the 40% rate (£31/mo at 20%) — 3% band (EV)
If you're a company-car driver
At 3% BIK, this would cost a 40% taxpayer about £63/month in company-car tax (£31/month at 20%) — one of the strongest cases for choosing an EV via salary sacrifice. Full BIK table below for context.
Best age to buy — around 2 years
A 2-year-old example loses roughly £7,950 a year — under half the £17,750 a one-year-old sheds. The steepest drop is behind it.
Uses current UK pump and home-charging prices (DESNZ weekly), typical-driver insurance and manufacturer service intervals. "Fuel per mile" is just the energy input — so an EV at ~9p and a diesel at ~22p make running-cost comparison direct. A guide; your own costs will vary.
Where this car ranks against the 340 vehicles in our index — higher is better.
Percentile rank across our full index. A measure is shown only where the data spreads meaningfully across the index.
How the available versions compare on price, running cost, and the headaches each tends to develop.
All-wheel drive 82 kWh — the touring sweet spot. ~285 real-world miles, 175 kW DC. ~£3k premium over RWD variant justified by traction and ~50 PS extra peak power.
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Single-motor 82 kWh — best efficiency in the range. WLTP 345 mi (real-world ~290). Lighter than quattro, better range, lower price. The value pick of the 82 kWh trims.
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Entry 55 kWh — significantly less range than the 82 kWh trims (~165 mi real-world vs ~285). Suitable for shorter commutes; motorway use requires frequent stops.
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Fuel/energy costs based on this week’s UK averages (w/c 22/06/2026) · Petrol 153.3p/L, Diesel 172.5p/L, Electricity 27.0p/kWh · DESNZ
Group 38 of 50 (high — premium bracket) · Comprehensive · 3 years NCB
Indicative annual comprehensive premiums for this car, by driver age band and risk profile. Pick the combination closest to your circumstances.
Estimated annual premium · typical, age 33-39
£1,648/ year
Roughly £137 per month
Typical
Average UK driver — 3 years NCB, average postcode, no recent claims.| Age band | Lower risk | Typical | Higher risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age 17-25 | £3,757 | £4,697 | £6,106 |
| Age 26-32 | £1,961 | £2,307 | £2,815 |
| Age 33-39Selected | £1,450 | £1,648 | £1,945 |
| Age 40-49 | £1,231 | £1,368 | £1,587 |
| Age 50+ | £1,098 | £1,220 | £1,439 |
How we estimate this
Indicative annual comprehensive premium estimates. The 'Typical' figure represents an average UK driver in each age band; Lower and Higher risk show the realistic spread driven by factors UK insurers legitimately price on (postcode, occupation, claims history, NCB, voluntary excess, modifications). Based on 10,000 miles/yr, £250 voluntary excess, and the no-claims bonus selected above. Always get individual quotes before buying.
Adjust the annual mileage to match how you'll actually use the car. Insurance is what you selected above (age 33-39, typical risk, 3 yrs NCB).
Routine service
£380
Annual main-dealer service
Major service
£310
Every 2 years, annualised
Road tax
£195
Standard rate, post year-one
Electricity
£620
3.5 mi/kWh, 27p blended
Insurance
£1,648
Age 33-39, group 38
Clean-air zones
✓ ULEZ compliantBased on London ULEZ standards — Birmingham, Bath, Bristol, Sheffield, Glasgow and other UK clean-air zones generally follow the same rules.
Excludes depreciation and unscheduled repairs (see next section).
Drawn from owner reports and warranty data. Filtered for relevance to 25,500 miles.
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Failure typically happens around your current mileage.
Upcoming
A known weak point — but you haven't reached its usual mileage yet.
Already due
Past its usual failure mileage. Either already fixed, or about to.
Endemic across all VW Group MEB EVs. Flat 12V disables HV battery enable + central locking. Multiple Audi TSBs improve management but the underlying issue persists. Aftermarket lithium 12V is a common upgrade.
Slow response, occasional crashes, navigation errors. 2024+ refresh and software updates significantly improve. Check current MMI software version at PDI.
Electronic latch sometimes fails to release cable. Manual override in boot side panel. MEB platform pattern across VW Group EVs.
Multiple TSBs over the model's life addressing regen feel + transition to friction brakes. Always check service history for current calibration.
Rear door cards develop rattle from interior panel clips loosening. Cosmetic but persistent.
Heat pump is an option, not standard. Without it, winter range drops 30-40% vs heat-pump-equipped cars. Check VIN spec sheet — buyers often overlook this on used.
Optional air suspension on top-spec quattros develops compressor faults at high mileage.
"Parts low/medium/high" indicates how easy the replacement part is to source — discontinued or specialist parts mean longer workshop time and bigger bills.
Excellent
Estimated from the Q4 e-tron, with which it shares the MEB platform, motors and battery; this Sportback body is too low-volume for its own MOT sample.
MOT outlook
Insufficient MOT history at this car's reference age — too few tests to compute a reliable percentile.
Safety recalls
Manufacturers occasionally issue safety recalls to fix a fault free of charge. You can check whether the Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron, or your exact vehicle, has any outstanding recalls on the official DVSA service.
Check on GOV.UKOpens the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency recall checker. Choose the make, model and year of manufacture — no registration needed.
A general indicator from UK 2025 theft data and this car’s characteristics — not a prediction for any one vehicle.
Whole-car theft
Higher
Desirable SUVs like this are relay-theft targets — keyless entry can be exploited from the driveway in under a minute.
Parts theft
Lower
As an electric car it has no catalytic converter, so the most common parts-theft vector doesn't apply.
Worth doing
Whether driving a Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron into a UK clean-air zone will cost you anything. Rules use the same Euro standard across most zones — petrol from 2006 and diesel from 2015 onwards are exempt; pure electric is always exempt.
| City | Area | Daily charge | Likely outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | All of Greater London (within the M25) | £12.50 | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Birmingham | Inside the A4540 Middleway | £8.00 | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Bristol | City centre and part of the Portway | £9.00 | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Glasgow | City centre | — | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Edinburgh | City centre | — | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Aberdeen | City centre | — | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Dundee | City centre | — | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
Model-level guidance only. To check a specific registration, use the official gov.uk clean-air zone checker. Zone charges and boundaries are set by local councils and change over time.
Winter range estimates assume ~5°C ambient with cabin heating; figures from manufacturer cold-weather testing where available, otherwise derived as a fraction of WLTP. DC times are manufacturer-claimed 10–80% on the headline charger; real-world sessions on UK rapids can be slower. Charging cost is a full battery at the home/blended electricity rate; public rapid charging costs more.
UK charging network
As of 2026-04-01, the UK has 119,080 publicly available EV chargers, up 12.6% on the prior year (13,281 added in 2025). 23% of those are rapid (50 kW+) or ultra-rapid (150 kW+), so the network can support both home and on-route charging.
3-8 kW
50%
Standard
8-50 kW
27%
Standard plus
50-150 kW
12%
Rapid
150 kW+
11%
Ultra-rapid
Source: Department for Transport / Zapmap · Released 2026-05-21 · DfT statistics
What HMRC's Benefit-in-Kind charge looks like if you ran this Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron as a company car, by tax year and income-tax band. Calculated from a CO₂ of 0 g/km and a WLTP electric range of 295 miles, using £62,500 as the P11D value.
EVs sit at the bottom BIK band — currently 3% — so this is one of the cheapest ways to take a company car.
| Tax year | BIK % | Tax @ 20% | Tax @ 40% | Monthly @ 20% | Monthly @ 40% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 3% | £375 | £750 | £31 | £63 |
| 2026-27 | 4% | £500 | £1,000 | £42 | £83 |
| 2027-28 | 5% | £625 | £1,250 | £52 | £104 |
| 2028-29 | 7% | £875 | £1,750 | £73 | £146 |
| 2029-30 | 9% | £1,125 | £2,250 | £94 | £188 |
P11D value is approximated from the latest new price; the exact figure on your tax code will depend on options fitted. The 4% diesel surcharge applies only to non-RDE2 (pre-2021) diesels — we assume RDE2 compliance for current models. Bands and rates from HMRC's Autumn Budget 2024 confirmation through 2029/30.
How well-supported Audi is across the UK — a practical read on how easy servicing, parts and warranty work will be to find.
Franchised UK dealers
~115
Large network
Premium mainstream
Network size relative to the UK's largest (Audi is 2.6% of all franchised outlets)
Servicing, parts and warranty work are easy to find UK-wide, and most independent garages know the brand well — which keeps maintenance competitive.
For context, the UK has roughly 4,500 franchised car-dealer outlets in total, plus about 15,500 independent garages.
Approximate figures, curated from public UK industry sources (NFDA, Car Dealer Magazine). Franchised networks shrink year on year — these indicate network size, not an exact count.
Of every Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron ever registered in the UK, this is what's actively on the road, parked off the road on a SORN, or gone for good.
Total ever registered
57,693
Currently taxed & on road
57,419
100% of all registered
SORN (off road)
274
0% of all registered
Scrapped or exported
0
UK fleet trend — 2021 to 2025
+31.8% vs 2024Source: DfT VEH0124 vehicle licensing statistics (year-end 2025) · Updated 1 Jul 2026
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Answers are generated from this car's Forecourt data — DVSA MOT records, DfT licensing statistics and our valuation model — and update with the weekly data refresh.