One thing for sure, Audi has ensured it lives up to its S badging in its looks. The e-tron gets a signature S makeover: more flared wheel arches boost the body’s width by 50mm (2-inches), there are new reprofiled front and rear bumpers, more prominent inlets and, at the rear, a wider new diffuser insert. Impressively the e-tron’s wind-cheatingly low Cd is largely undamaged, with the sleeker Sportback recording an excellent 0.26, when equipped with the (still optional) virtual mirrors.
Body details are executed in silver and the mirrors (unless you opt for the cameras) are finished in trademark aluminium. To add a splash of colour, brake calipers can be painted orange as an option. Inside Audi’s now-familiar and much-copied virtual cockpit takes pride of place, alongside S essentials of sports seats and lots of dark and moody Nappa leather.
A new electric car driving champion? Time, and that mountain of torque, will tell. Meanwhile, Audi is offering £150 of free electricity if you order one before year’s end. Mind you, you’ll still have to find £87,000 (around £15,000 more than the base standard car) to join the electric S club, or £88,700 for the more pleasing looking Sportback.