Compare the2025 Audi Q4 e-tron SportbackVS 2025 Genesis Electrified GV70

The Q4 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 Electrified GV70 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.

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:

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.

On the EPA test cycle the Q4 55 e-tron Sportback gets better mileage than the Electrified GV70 (107 city/92 hwy vs. 98 city/83 hwy MPGe).

The Q4 55 e-tron Sportback can travel longer on a full charge than the Electrified GV70 (258 miles vs. 236 miles).

For better stopping power the Q4 e-tron Sportback’s front brake rotors are larger than those on the Electrified GV70:

The Q4 e-tron Sportback stops shorter than the Electrified GV70:

The Q4 e-tron Sportback’s optional 255/40R21 rear tires provide better handling because they have a lower 40 series profile (height to width ratio) that provides a stiffer sidewall than the Electrified GV70’s 45 series tires.

For better ride, handling and brake cooling the Q4 e-tron Sportback offers optional 21-inch wheels. The Electrified GV70’s largest wheels are only 20-inches.

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.

The Audi Q4 e-tron Sportback may be more efficient, handle and accelerate better because it weighs about 150 to 300 pounds less than the Genesis Electrified GV70.

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.

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.

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