Compare the2024 Audi Q4 e-tron SportbackVS 2024 Genesis Electrified GV70

Safety
Warranty
Fuel Economy and Range
Suspension and Handling
Chassis
Ergonomics
Recommendations

Safety

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Both the Q4 e-tron Sportback and the Electrified GV70 have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, 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.

Side impacts caused 23% of all road fatalities in 2018, down from 29% in 2003, when the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety introduced its side barrier test. In order to continue improving vehicle safety, the IIHS has started using a more severe side impact test: 37 MPH (up from 31 MPH), with a 4180-pound barrier (up from 3300 pounds). The results of this newly developed test demonstrates that the Audi Q4 e-tron Sportback is safer than the Electrified GV70:

	Q4 e-tron Sportback	Electrified GV70
Overall Evaluation	GOOD	GOOD
Structure	GOOD	GOOD
	Driver Injury Measures
Head/Neck	GOOD	GOOD
Head Injury Criterion	41	57
Neck Tension	178 lbs.	201 lbs.
Torso	GOOD	ACCEPTABLE
Shoulder Force	178 lbs.	290 lbs.
Torso Max Deflection	.83 in	1.34 in
Torso Deflection Rate	4 MPH	12 MPH
Pelvis	GOOD	ACCEPTABLE
Pelvis Force	357 lbs.	959 lbs.
Head Protection	GOOD	GOOD
	Passenger Injury Measures
Head/Neck	GOOD	GOOD
Torso	GOOD	GOOD
Shoulder Deflection	.28 in	.43 in
Shoulder Force	112 lbs.	178 lbs.
Torso Max Deflection	.71 in	1.1 in
Torso Deflection Rate	4 MPH	9 MPH
Pelvis	GOOD	GOOD
Pelvis Force	446 lbs.	736 lbs.
Head Protection	GOOD	GOOD

Warranty

The Q4 e-tron Sportback’s corrosion warranty is 5 years longer than the Electrified GV70’s (12 vs. 7 years).

There are over 26 percent more Audi dealers than there are Genesis dealers, which makes it easier should you ever need service under the Q4 e-tron Sportback’s warranty.

Fuel Economy and Range

On the EPA test cycle the Q4 50 e-tron Sportback gets better mileage than the Electrified GV70 (100 city/89 hwy vs. 98 city/83 hwy MPGe).

The Q4 50 e-tron Sportback can travel longer on a full charge than the Electrified GV70 (242 miles vs. 236 miles).

Suspension and Handling

The Q4 e-tron Sportback has vehicle speed sensitive variable-assist power steering, for low-effort parking, better control at highway speeds and during hard cornering, and a better feel of the road. The Electrified GV70 doesn’t offer variable-assist power steering.

Chassis

The Q4 e-tron Sportback is 4.9 inches shorter than the Electrified GV70, making the Q4 e-tron Sportback easier to handle, maneuver and park in tight spaces.

Ergonomics

If the windows are left open on the Q4 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 Electrified GV70 can only close the windows from inside the vehicle, with the ignition on.

In poor weather, headlights can lose their effectiveness as grime builds up on their lenses. This can reduce visibility without the driver realizing. The Q4 e-tron Sportback Prestige has standard headlight washers to keep headlight output high. The Electrified GV70 doesn’t offer headlight washers.

The Q4 e-tron Sportback has a standard heated steering wheel to take the chill out of steering on extremely cold winter days before the vehicle heater warms up. A heated steering wheel is only available on the Electrified GV70 Prestige.

Recommendations

Consumer Reports® recommends both the Audi Q4 e-tron Sportback and the Genesis Electrified GV70, based on reliability, safety and performance.

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