It absolutely was a rate date having a German super model going to the nation for a brief time. Simply 10 minutes in an electrically charged situation that we’d been mutually invited and set-up to. She travelled to NZ for a brief see, it would only be short rendezvous before returning home, kind of like a holiday flings so I knew. Oh, and right here’s where it gets only a little embarrassing: there were three other suitors.
Adequate utilizing the double entendre, even as we just have actually restricted time. Audi’s latest and greatest RS e-tron GT model did certainly go to NZ in May, for some quick days, in left-hand drive guise, to preview the all-electric Grand Tourer. Therefore on a rainy near Bombay, we were greeted by the Tactical Green e-tron GT, among the trees, with an allocation of a 10 minute road drive loop to get familiar morning.
RS is strong in NZ, representing 20 percent of most Audi product sales, locally. And production associated with the e-tron is managed in a carbon basic factory.
Let’s cope with the elephant into the space very very first: specifically the Taycan within the space. The e-tron GT does share parts and underpinnings using the BEV Taycan, such as the battery pack and engine. It’s a slower that is little plus it’s additionally just a little cheaper, perhaps not that the largely academic figures are that bad. Try 0-100km/h in 3.2 seconds (or faster!), an assortment up to 487km, and beginning at $194,500 for the e-tron GT and $273,500 for the RS e-tron GT. Continue reading “Audi RS e-tron GT New Zealand drive: rate date. It was a rate date with a…”