Compare the2024 Audi Q8 e-tron SportbackVS 2024 Land Rover Range Rover Sport

For enhanced safety, the front seat shoulder belts of the Audi Q8 e-tron Sportback are height-adjustable to accommodate a wide variety of driver and passenger heights. A better fit can prevent injuries and the increased comfort also encourages passengers to buckle up. The Land Rover Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer height-adjustable seat belts.

The Audi Q8 e-tron Sportback has standard driver and front passenger side knee airbags mounted low on the dashboard. These airbags helps prevent the driver and front passenger from sliding under their seatbelts or the main frontal airbags; this keeps them better positioned during a collision for maximum protection. Knee airbags also help keep the legs from striking the dashboard, preventing knee and leg injuries in the case of a serious frontal collision. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer knee airbags.

The Q8 e-tron Sportback has a standard Secondary Collision Brake Assist, which automatically applies the brakes in the event of a crash to help prevent secondary collisions and prevent further injuries. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer a post collision braking system: in the event of a collision that triggers the airbags, more collisions are possible without the protection of airbags that may have already deployed.

Earlier warning of stopped traffic, traffic signals, dangerous road conditions, weather, or accidents, can keep driver's safer and prevent crashes. The Q8 e-tron Sportback has Car-to-X Services, a system that seemlesly communicates important warnings to the driver about impending danger, if they're available. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer a system that can receive automated systems from infrastructure.

Both the Q8 e-tron Sportback and the Range Rover Sport have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, four-wheel antilock brakes, all wheel drive, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning and available around view monitors.

The Audi Q8 e-tron Sportback achieved a “Top Safety Pick” rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for the 2024 model year. This recognition was based on its impressive performance in the small overlap frontal crash test, updated side impact crash test, headlight evaluations, and pedestrian crash prevention testing. The Range Rover Sport has not yet been evaluated by the IIHS for 2024.

The Q8 e-tron Sportback’s corrosion warranty is 6 years longer than the Range Rover Sport’s (12 vs. 6 years).

There are over 50 percent more Audi dealers than there are Land Rover dealers, which makes it much easier should you ever need service under the Q8 e-tron Sportback’s warranty.

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2022 survey of the owners of three-year-old vehicles provides the long-term dependability statistics that show that Audi vehicles are more reliable than Land Rover With 52 fewer problems per 100 vehicles in the first three years of ownership, J.D. Power ranks Audi higher than Land Rover.

The Q8 e-tron Sportback has more powerful engines than the Range Rover Sport:

As tested in Motor Trend the Audi Q8 e-tron Sportback (base engine) is faster than the Range Rover Sport P550e 3.0 turbo/supercharged 6-cylinder hybrid:

On the EPA test cycle the Q8 e-tron Sportback gets better mileage than the Range Rover Sport running on electricity:

On the EPA test cycle the Q8 e-tron Sportback gets better mileage than the Range Rover Sport running its gasoline engine:

The Q8 e-tron Sportback can travel with zero emissions on a full charge for 253 to 300 miles. The Range Rover Sport P550e has to start its internal combustion engine after only 51 miles.

In its Green Vehicle Guide, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rates the Audi Q8 e-tron Sportback higher (10 out of 10) than the Land Rover Range Rover Sport (6 to 7). This means the Q8 e-tron Sportback produces up to 12.9 pounds less smog-producing pollutants than the Range Rover Sport every 15,000 miles.

For better stopping power the Q8 e-tron Sportback’s standard front brake rotors are larger than those on the Range Rover Sport:

The Q8 e-tron Sportback stops much shorter than the Range Rover Sport:

The Q8 e-tron Sportback handles at .92 G’s, while the Range Rover Sport Autobiography pulls only .78 G’s of cornering force in a Motor Trend skidpad test.

The Q8 e-tron Sportback executes Motor Trend’s “Figure Eight” maneuver 1.8 seconds quicker than the Range Rover Sport Autobiography (25.4 seconds @ .75 average G’s vs. 27.2 seconds @ .66 average G’s).

The front grille of the Q8 e-tron Sportback uses electronically controlled shutters to close off airflow and reduce drag when less engine cooling is needed. This helps improve highway fuel economy. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer active grille shutters.

The Q8 e-tron Sportback has .5 inches more front legroom and 1.3 inches more rear legroom than the Range Rover Sport.

The Q8 e-tron Sportback has a larger cargo volume with its rear seat folded than the Range Rover Sport with its rear seat folded (54.5 vs. 53 cubic feet).

J.D. Power and Associates surveys of service recipients show that Audi service is better than Land Rover. J.D. Power ranks Audi 8th in service department satisfaction (above the industry average). With a 50% lower rating, Land Rover is ranked 30th.

If the windows are left open on the Q8 e-tron Sportback the driver can close them all at the outside door handle or from a distance using the remote. On a hot day the driver can lower the windows from a distance using the keyless remote. The driver of the Range Rover Sport can only close the windows from inside the vehicle, with the ignition on.

To shield the driver and front passenger’s vision over a larger portion of the windshield and side windows, the Q8 e-tron Sportback has standard extendable sun visors. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer extendable visors.