I amazes me how little buyers know about the cars they signed up for at $50K. Why not wait until you can touch, inspect and drive the car?
I’m not either. This and the heat pump are the main reasons I haven’t pre-ordered. Hoping that in 2022 they’ll bring it.
You can almost bet that's what's going to happen and which is why Audi will be getting likely my money when I decide to pull trigger on purchase.
On Q4 you’ll probably have to spend $65k to get these kinds of features though. And I’m sure the lower trim Q4’s won’t be as well equipped as the ID.4. (If it’s anything like Audi’s ICE lineup)
My dealer confirmed that there would not be a heat pump for the US, but it has also been discussed extensively in another thread. See e.g. Heat pump
Which is my point. If it is buried in several layers of menus, it won't be used. I just saw that UK owners manuals have been posted, maybe they will give a clue.
It seems that the German luxury car makers business plan is to make it very hard to avoid adding expensive "options" and any car on the floor will have them. But, an ordered "base" Audi will likely have as standard many of the things that will be part of upper tier VW's. At trade-in time, the stripper Audi will have retained more of it's cost than an upper tier VW. So, if you are looking at total life cycle costs over 5 years, the stripper Audi ends up costing less; plus you have had the benefit of the Audi nameplate for that time. Usually, none of us are able avoid loading up on the options.
Exactly what I’m expecting as well if it’s anything like the VW Tiguan vs Audi Q5. Top spec ID.4 is $48k. Similar optioned Q4 will probably be $58k to $62k, and a Q4 with all the features, like surround view camera, will be in the mid $60k to $70k range. And then from there the big E-Tron will take over.I've never been able to buy a base Audi Premium. For me the Premium Plus has been the sweet spot as far as what I wanted in options but still below the ludicrous Prestige price point
Come to think of it, the mid-level Apple computer has always been my bang for the buck choice as well.
As far as 4 versus 5 seater on Q4 goes, it gets confusing. The concept car was a 4 seater, which can be easily seen on the images and also in quoted text. However, some of recent articles with all the spy photos clearly reference it as a 5 seater. For example, 2022 Audi Q4 E-tron: Design, Performance & Everything Else We Know About The Electrified Compact SUV | Carscoops states "Inside, the spacious 5-seat cabin promises to be one of the best EV interiors in the business." - I honestly think that releasing a 4 seater at this price would be a shot in their own knees. The space is there, clearly, it is just the concept had an odd-ball back seat layout is seems.
