He’s a great reviewer as well. He’s deadly honest and because it’s ltt he actually puts attention onto the tech instead of just the engine / speed. Legitimately Alex may be one of the best car reviewers on this platform because of it
@@kroasana That part was inconsistent to all other car vids. If it should be standard than make it a talking point in every vid like all the Frunk crap, I want shorter car to get a parking spot in the city center more often. ID.3 is 40 cm shorten than model 3 and I don't miss the frunk because I could not store something there in my Golf GTD before.
@@rickysmith3764 What is 'crap' to you is actually useful to most other people. However, your opinion should also be voiced since it is a very true and valid opinion. If you want a small EV, get a smaller one instead of crying about it. The ID.3 is still a large car. There are smaller alternatives on sale which you can go take a look at.
Seriously, screw SUVs! Why would you get an SUV when you can just get a wagon, or a hatchback? They have a lower center of gravity making them handle so much better. I blame the rise of SUVs for the death of manual transmissions. Thanks America, now I can't buy a new car that's any fun to drive.
@@adriandotexe the 4head buys a audi rs5 or rs6 with the sport but not race or track suspension and lifts the car 5cm up, your own faster suv with less mass, less fuel consumption and its even faster.
@@TheXhadeZ Linus still says he isn't interested when it comes up on the WAN Show. He knows they'll get more views on the main channel than their own and I have to agree. I watch them when they show up on LTT, I assume they're going to show me some interesting tech, but I don't care enough to subscribe to a whole channel about them. I'm sure others feel the same way.
@@emerje0 yes that's because every new channel is really expensive to get off the ground and requires money and workforce, so you don't only have to pay people to work and that new channel, they also can't spend this time on the main channel
“Alcantara”, “Porsche”, “Audi”… at this point I’m convinced Alex is on a mission to purposefully mispronounce as many automotive brand names as possible 😂
I'd take his pronunciation over people who try way too hard any day. The people who go YoU HaVe To SaY PoRsCh-Uh are so much worse. Sincerely, a native German speaker.
@@mastaw yeah agreed, i know a few words have their ways of pronouncing it due to their origins and what not but people (especially non-natives to the language, not implying that the commenter isn't a non native because i don't know) enforcing a way for others to speak is just plain dumb. Everyone has their reasons, some might find it easier to say it in their regional speak and some might have a harder time pronouncing. I'm sorry if im sounding like a keyboard warrior but this just kinda ticked me off.
@@itsHanibee exactly. Not to mention that the people correcting others aren't usually native speakers. Thus the example. Porsch-uh isn't the correct pronunciation either, so why even bother. Just say it however is comfortable
@@davidandrew7314 Audi and Porsche are German companies. So I use the same pronunciation as the founders of the companies. But you're free to have your own opinions. I don't care
they did a collab, and it already showed up in previous videos so yeah, there's a Donut Media fan and he/she was probably the one pushing for the collab in the first place (pretty sure it's Jake)
At this point when BMW releases their electric scooter, Jake's going to be the one reviewing that and Alex will review the rest of the electric cars XD
@UCxx81w_222o8ywSlDG8Q46Q eh, no? To me it sounded more like a Canadian accent specifically. I've never heard anyone in Europe pronounce it oddy. Always with au sound
@@FlameOnTheBeat they did repurposed it, that's how they can be competitive with the price but at the same time it is still expensive due to electric motors still being new to them
You're incorrect on the rear airbag situation. Rear curtain airbags come standard on all etrons, but it is the side abdomen airbag that is optional. Many people opt out of this side abdomen airbag, as it interferes with car seats, and is generally considered not a good idea for children, as it may end up hurting them. Side abdomen airbags are standard on the front seats, as only adults will be sitting there.
I don't understand why car makers keep making digital touchscreen controls for basic stuff like air conditioning, mechanical buttons are so much better at it
Thats actually why the Etron is great. The controls you can get to in the screen, still have buttons and stand alone controls. Most Teslas has that one screen that controls everything. Audi took the grown up route and kept buttons. The volume knob is best I've ever seen in any car I've been in since the 60s as a 1980 baby.
gotta appriciate ltt and sc and other linus channels, the amount of honesty is incredible and i like it, always tells about the bad things that comes with it instead of only bringing up the good things, gotta appriciate that and not take it for granted, many youtubers pretty much only saying the good things and not the bad things that also comes with it. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THIS HONEST!! Have a nice day guys.
I love the fact that Alex doesn't care too much about specs. Not only everybody else emphasis it's fast and loaded with the latest tech, but also we can check that by ourselves. We really need the impressions and the critics from somebody we trust, though. Keep being not neutral, please, but do not become parcial either, like most car reviewers that simply "love" the industry too much to challenge it on their videos. I loved your job, and I'm looking forward for the next masterpiece like this one.
I guess it would be less appropriate to the ShortCircuit format but I'd like to get more information about the technology and engineering of the cars. Is there anything to distinguish it from others? What are the specs on paper? How do they compare to real life performances? Weight, torque, type of suspension, drag coefficient... I'd like a similar format to the informational, occasionally educational, in depth LTT tech videos. Me nerdy, me like learning and stats!
@@theredstoneminetrap9145 Donut don't review cars and they are not into electrics. Probably not the best recommendation. The strait pipes do reviews, maybe electrics too. I would generally advice to watch few reviews of products that you find interesting. Different reviewers have different strengths. Alex would talk about general feel and usability, as well as the interior tech.
Hate piano black interior pieces, totally agree with Alex! Not only are those sections almost instantly dirty, they honestly look cheap. I've even experienced a few cars where the sun hits at the right angle at those type of panels they focus the light into my eyes and briefly blinds me. Our current car did that, so wrapped some of the pieces in vinyl sticker.
218 miles? That doesn't even get me to Vegas. Yo, SoCal peeps! Once you get to the pass, where the heck are we charging before we hit Vegas? Baker? F that!
I had an Audi SUV as my driving school car and i gotta say they drive well. You can go fast through tight corners, snow is not a Problem at all and all in all they are a good experience getting from a to b. But if you wanna have fun while doing it they just aint it chief. It's the only car that at 250 kph feel like a smooth 120kph in others.
Alex is a natural at car reviews, I've seen all sorts of reviews over the years, and often found the presenter annoying or distracting. Alex is both Informative and brutally honest, whilst being very personable. I've really enjoyed the format too, I like we spend a lot of time around the car and inside the car before actually driving, it's often all those small details that Alex has explained that you only discover after buying a car and they become annoying and you wish you knew about them before. Side thing, I really don't like the move to touch screen for everything that we're increasingly seeing. Frankly I think it's dangerous! In my VW Polo, a baby Golf, I know exactly where all the physical knobs and buttons are, and from muscle memory and touch, I can adjust everything without taking my eyes off the road. There's no way you could adjust temp or fan speed on a touch screen without looking down at it.
i for sure didnt realize only thinking this guys sounds familiar but talks so different from other car reviewers, until...... he pulls out the LTT water bottles... lol good job guys. love it!
@@CarlosLins1 If it's just the visuals, I would expect the Audi's to be better since it looks like you are using Google earth rather than the flat 2D animations that google maps mostly uses
Google maps will have better real time traffic data and integration with assistant. Audis maps are google based, but don’t rely on google for the whole experience. It’s pretty much personal preference for what overall user experience you like.
"If you like driving, don't get this car. It's not an accelerating drive" (in terms of acceleration) "If you don't like driving, this is an exceptional machine. The adapt of cruising is like no other car" So basically they tell to people that likes driving not to get the e-tron because it's not fast at acceleration. Great review.
As a Mk7 GTI owner, felt lined door pockets is truly an underrated feature and I wish every car had them, not only just for water bottles and things to not bump around, but because my EZpass sticks to it when I go on road trips.
@@s13shaka but your logic isn't very convincing - pretty much all manufactered goods most people use were made in china, and Congo has some, but not much lithium. Chile, Bolivia, US and China have the largest reserves. we don't depend on Congo for it.
@@Eroamagorath Cobalt is mined in the Congo. 90% of Neodymium is processed and manufactured into batteries in China. The key difference is everyone knows how oil is mined and produced; EVs are passed off as fake green products bc they’re cash grabs.
Did you have this in efficiency the whole time? calling this car slow is hilarious, its not slow at all, the 30-80mph time on it is faster than a mk7 Golf R, Audi S3, Mercedes A35 AMG and BMW M135i. It's very nearly as fast as the B58 powered BMW M340/440i from 30-80mph (Real world driving) - the 0-30mph sprint does not give you 100% power to preserve battery and make it a more enjoyable driving experience, i.e. not throwing you and your passengers back in your seat unnecessarily- but 30mph onwards its a rocketship. It's also faster than the BMW X5 40i and Mercedes GLE 53 AMG - its main petrol competitors, by a fair bit. It's able to have all of that speed (which is more than enough) whilst maintaining its level of luxury, which is probably the highest level of any EV, and far more luxurious than any Petrol SUV
Yeah. No. Hes abit of a derp when it comes to cars apparently. Thats a Sun Screen. Spare tires are tiny by design. Its a spare and does not need to be inflated. Thatd be stupid in case of an emergency and pretty much useless.
@@haywoodjablome440 I am pretty sure that this is an inflatable space saver spare tire. Usually cars equipped with these have an air compressor to inflate it.
I saw the SUV version of this Audi E-tron on the road two weeks ago and we were doing 100 km/h and I was in my ICE car behind the E-tron on passing lane and were going to pass some cars because the speed limit was 120 km/h. I slammed on my accelerator and I thought I accelerate nicely. Then the E-tron slammed on the accelerator and oh boy it just seriously pulled. It even kicked up rocks at 100 km/h speed! It over took 3 cars within like 2 seconds. I had to spend a good while to pass those same 3 cars. That moment cemented my thoughts on getting an EV and not just any EV but Tesla Model 3 Performance. EVs just have colossal amounts of torque and they pull like mad. They have such powerful motors and ICE cars are always left eating dust when EV comes on the scene and starts pulling.
I had driven Audi Q7 (2017) and I think the Audi navigation is much better than phones in a big city like Shanghai, where GPS signal is spotty at best due to the sky scrapers. Especially the virtual route and lane information displayed at where the rev counter is. Helps a lot not missing an exit at complex interchanges.
@@Marct536 It is but only UA-cam's proprietary HDR format. If they record in 12bit Dolby Vision or HDR 10 with dynamic meta data it wouldn't convert on UA-cam.
Personally I think videos look better in SDR. I have the 1000nit G Sync Ultimate display, but turning on HDR locks your color controls and makes everything look dull. Even worse is in many games it just drops the general vibrancy just to make the sun and certain lights brighter in comparison as in SDR the display still is run at full brightness for the brightest looking elements. So it just means less lighting for random objects which means also weaker color performance.
@@joeserra9825 I’m pretty sure you’re wrong on both points - last I checked floatplane didn’t support HDR (not sure though) and I watch plenty of HDR content on UA-cam, it’s well supported on many platforms.
I would love to see a review/first look at the VW ID 4! I love seeing your guys' views on these cars and the VW seems like it could be a good "entry" level EV for a more decently affordable price.
You didn’t even look or mention the DMD headlights. I know not available in the US and Canada but the rest of the world has the possibility of using a proper projector with 1.3 Million pixels in each headlamp. Visual lane assist is so awesome.
The armrest was definitely designed for those cougars. Every rich mom I've seen drive drives right on top of the wheel, it's like they are afraid it will run away from them and they have to hug it. So why would they give you a bigger armrest when the vast majority of owners won't use it
Most driver's teachers in EU tell you to not rest your wrist on the door typically. They don't like it for X reason. Since it is German engineering, I bet that has an influence on it.
I believe in the US, the rear side curtain airbags are mandatory. Since you are in Canukastan, they may not be required yet. I wish you would have mentioned the curb weight, SUV weighs in at a hefty 5700 pounds. That is the reason it's so slow. That's also the reason that it feels like a giant marshmallow on the road.
They don't do enough of it for a dedicated channel. Plus it fits the short circuit formula pretty well. A quick overview, with more focus on look and feel rather than specs. The idea for short circuit was also originally a place to dump random stuff that they wanted to do, but didn't really fit on the main channel. This fits that category perfectly.
@@KeppyKep short circuit is an unboxing channel or a first look channel. It is clear Alex spent some time on this review, he knows about the internal gadgets inside out, and even gives an opinion about how it drives. It's pretty much a full blown review at this point. When Brandon does his camera reviews on this channel, he is holding those cameras for the first time and does an overview and first impression - different from what Alex is doing with car reviews. The last car review was a week ago with the mini Cooper. A video a week is not bad for UA-cam. Hire a couple of people dedicated to the channel, and 1 video every week or 2 is possible.
12:53 sounds like you are mistaken. Side curtains are standard, it is rear side torso airbags (like in the front seats) that is optional, it is this way on a lot of German cars because they aren't required for a good crash test result. Why don't they put seatbelt airbags in it too? Not necessary.
@@seasong7655 Although ioniq 5 and ld3 & id 4 have batteries from SK ionvation, ioniq 5 has the silicon carbide inverter and are very efficient, on 800v. id is shit when charging in winter with small and medium battery.
He seems like he's genuinely enjoying these electric car reviews.
who wouldn't?
His entire job is playing with tech and now cars. Not surprising.
He’s a great reviewer as well. He’s deadly honest and because it’s ltt he actually puts attention onto the tech instead of just the engine / speed. Legitimately Alex may be one of the best car reviewers on this platform because of it
I miss Alex doing more machining stuff. Like the weird diy coolers.
@@tannerharcus8833 People with more mental capacity than a child?
"if you want to set some cougar traps" words I never thought I'd hear for 500 Alex
Cougar traps are real!
toy boy plus something else you need to regularly need to charge. Batteries are included. 😉
Alex should really do all the car reviews
but only if he learns how to pronounce the names correctly, he failed in this one
Agree
@@seljd 90% of the audience here has no idea about cars. They won't notice.
@@seljd aoidi😔
@@seljd It's a damn car name it doesn't matter.
I love how mad he was about the none standard side airbags
As everyone should be!
@@kroasana That part was inconsistent to all other car vids. If it should be standard than make it a talking point in every vid like all the Frunk crap, I want shorter car to get a parking spot in the city center more often. ID.3 is 40 cm shorten than model 3 and I don't miss the frunk because I could not store something there in my Golf GTD before.
@@rickysmith3764 What is 'crap' to you is actually useful to most other people. However, your opinion should also be voiced since it is a very true and valid opinion. If you want a small EV, get a smaller one instead of crying about it. The ID.3 is still a large car. There are smaller alternatives on sale which you can go take a look at.
Justifiably angry. Why would they make them optional. Why.
@@SamboC76 Also seems like one of those things that could be easily overlooked when configuring
I'm all in on a "Alex might be a serial killer" gimmick
Gimmick?
I mean, I'm sure he's not a SERIAL killer....
I think you mean Mobster contract killer.
"I'm a bit of an SUV hater"
Oh, I see you're a man of culture as well
Seriously, screw SUVs!
Why would you get an SUV when you can just get a wagon, or a hatchback? They have a lower center of gravity making them handle so much better.
I blame the rise of SUVs for the death of manual transmissions. Thanks America, now I can't buy a new car that's any fun to drive.
@@adriandotexe the 4head buys a audi rs5 or rs6 with the sport but not race or track suspension and lifts the car 5cm up, your own faster suv with less mass, less fuel consumption and its even faster.
@@tarkitarker0815 What are you on about? No offense, but I can barely understand your broken english.
@@adriandotexe its literally not broken english, its just the second part of the comment that lacks "now you have" ffs.
@@tarkitarker0815 I wasn't being hostile, jeez. I just don't really understand the point you were trying to make.
At this point LMG can start a car focused channel hosted by Alex and Jake, I'd definitely watch it
I have a feeling they are testing the waters. Linus is a smart fella’
They can record the carpool podcast in them
yes. laptime. or like.. linus track tips :D
@@TheXhadeZ Linus still says he isn't interested when it comes up on the WAN Show. He knows they'll get more views on the main channel than their own and I have to agree. I watch them when they show up on LTT, I assume they're going to show me some interesting tech, but I don't care enough to subscribe to a whole channel about them. I'm sure others feel the same way.
@@emerje0 yes that's because every new channel is really expensive to get off the ground and requires money and workforce, so you don't only have to pay people to work and that new channel, they also can't spend this time on the main channel
“Alcantara”, “Porsche”, “Audi”… at this point I’m convinced Alex is on a mission to purposefully mispronounce as many automotive brand names as possible 😂
I'd take his pronunciation over people who try way too hard any day. The people who go YoU HaVe To SaY PoRsCh-Uh are so much worse. Sincerely, a native German speaker.
@@mastaw yeah agreed, i know a few words have their ways of pronouncing it due to their origins and what not but people (especially non-natives to the language, not implying that the commenter isn't a non native because i don't know) enforcing a way for others to speak is just plain dumb. Everyone has their reasons, some might find it easier to say it in their regional speak and some might have a harder time pronouncing. I'm sorry if im sounding like a keyboard warrior but this just kinda ticked me off.
@@itsHanibee exactly. Not to mention that the people correcting others aren't usually native speakers. Thus the example. Porsch-uh isn't the correct pronunciation either, so why even bother. Just say it however is comfortable
@@mastaw You being a native German speaker gives you zero extra weight on your opinion.
@@davidandrew7314 Audi and Porsche are German companies. So I use the same pronunciation as the founders of the companies. But you're free to have your own opinions. I don't care
"Might have to chop 'em up a bit." Um... Linus may need to consider a psych eval for Alex 😝
In his defense, that might be something that the mafia might be open to and they were the ones that Alex targeted that tip towards..
Why? You won't fit a whole body in there if you don't co chop it up earlier.
"hrsprs"
Someone at LMG is a Donut Media fan.
Glad I wasn't the only one that caught that
they did a collab, and it already showed up in previous videos so yeah, there's a Donut Media fan and he/she was probably the one pushing for the collab in the first place (pretty sure it's Jake)
Came here to say this, but you beat me to the punch.
I had to open comments section just to look for this 😃
🍩
At this point when BMW releases their electric scooter, Jake's going to be the one reviewing that and Alex will review the rest of the electric cars XD
It will probably be Taran and his "unboxing video" is an hour long and takes 6 months to make.
@@jfolz and he has no final conclusion ^^
"Prosche steal it from Audi" -> would not be stealing, because its the "same" company -> VW
Lexus people get mad if I call their cars expensive Toyotas. :)
@@Mp57navy lmao the venza is a better and cheaper Lexus
E-tron GT and Taycan are literally the same car.
@@SumoPoweredAlanLi eh they have some differences
thats why he said it
First time I hear Audi pronounced "Oddy."
I can hear Speedcomparer shout loudly now
@@Norshuttle97 well then take your medication
You could say it's an "odd" pronunciation
@UCxx81w_222o8ywSlDG8Q46Q eh, no? To me it sounded more like a Canadian accent specifically. I've never heard anyone in Europe pronounce it oddy. Always with au sound
everyone pronounce German car brands incorrectly
I hope that Alex continues using corpses as a trunk space measure.
There are enough car reviews coming from LTT we’re ready for the Linus Track Tips channel
collaboration with MCM
They r really packed
Imagine doing so with DDE as fellow Canadian 🤣
"It doesn't have a frunk"
**shows the frunk**
"It's slow. It's really slow"
30seconds later
"It's pretty quick"
@@FlameOnTheBeat they did repurposed it, that's how they can be competitive with the price but at the same time it is still expensive due to electric motors still being new to them
@@targatom quick meant acceleration, slow meant it don't go very fast.
@@YamaZombies you really think he tested the top speed?
@@targatom No, but that doesn't change what he meant.
Mob bosses watching this video: "thanks alex!"
since top gear went down, mob bosses really struggled with finding proper car reviews... until now
@@olotocolo Same with the Albanian Kingpins, they don't what luxury getaway car to pick!
@@davidcazares7441 well definietely not bentley...
You're incorrect on the rear airbag situation. Rear curtain airbags come standard on all etrons, but it is the side abdomen airbag that is optional. Many people opt out of this side abdomen airbag, as it interferes with car seats, and is generally considered not a good idea for children, as it may end up hurting them. Side abdomen airbags are standard on the front seats, as only adults will be sitting there.
"It's a SLOW car"
20 secs later:
"It's... pretty quick"
Slow as opposed to fast. Quick is more of a responsiveness adjective in this context.
Slow compared to other electric cars. It still kicks ass if you were to compare it to gas guzzlers, but for an EV it's kinda étron
@@Vonliktenstien you can def drive the car 250kmh or so, so its def not slow slow.
@@DeeSnow97 yea because if you wanted a fast ev from audi you'd get the etron gt rs
It's car reviewer slow. They think anything over 5.5 secs 0-60 is SLOOOWWW
I don't understand why car makers keep making digital touchscreen controls for basic stuff like air conditioning, mechanical buttons are so much better at it
Thats actually why the Etron is great. The controls you can get to in the screen, still have buttons and stand alone controls. Most Teslas has that one screen that controls everything. Audi took the grown up route and kept buttons. The volume knob is best I've ever seen in any car I've been in since the 60s as a 1980 baby.
alex should be the car reviewer going forward, especially since he knows how to setup a cougar trap
I love Alex. He’s got really good presenter vibes. Factual, funny, and just genuinely pleasant. More car reviews!
not a single minute in and we know that its a cougar trap . nice xD
gotta appriciate ltt and sc and other linus channels, the amount of honesty is incredible and i like it, always tells about the bad things that comes with it instead of only bringing up the good things, gotta appriciate that and not take it for granted, many youtubers pretty much only saying the good things and not the bad things that also comes with it. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THIS HONEST!!
Have a nice day guys.
"Zone out on the commute home" Do NOT do this please XD
I love the fact that Alex doesn't care too much about specs. Not only everybody else emphasis it's fast and loaded with the latest tech, but also we can check that by ourselves. We really need the impressions and the critics from somebody we trust, though. Keep being not neutral, please, but do not become parcial either, like most car reviewers that simply "love" the industry too much to challenge it on their videos. I loved your job, and I'm looking forward for the next masterpiece like this one.
I guess it would be less appropriate to the ShortCircuit format but I'd like to get more information about the technology and engineering of the cars. Is there anything to distinguish it from others? What are the specs on paper? How do they compare to real life performances? Weight, torque, type of suspension, drag coefficient... I'd like a similar format to the informational, occasionally educational, in depth LTT tech videos.
Me nerdy, me like learning and stats!
As someone who doesn't know anything about cars, I think this would be worth it considering how many car reviews have been happening recently.
@@lorphex if u want to get into like cars and shit u should consider watching donut media, its like the LTT for cars
@@theredstoneminetrap9145 Donut don't review cars and they are not into electrics. Probably not the best recommendation. The strait pipes do reviews, maybe electrics too. I would generally advice to watch few reviews of products that you find interesting. Different reviewers have different strengths. Alex would talk about general feel and usability, as well as the interior tech.
i want ltt version of doug demuro
@@theredstoneminetrap9145 Donut media is not a reliable source of information.
Hate piano black interior pieces, totally agree with Alex!
Not only are those sections almost instantly dirty, they honestly look cheap. I've even experienced a few cars where the sun hits at the right angle at those type of panels they focus the light into my eyes and briefly blinds me. Our current car did that, so wrapped some of the pieces in vinyl sticker.
Fyi: "Etron" is french for "Turd".
Sincerely the half german half french kid.
I think Jeremy Clarkson brought that up in the Grand Tour CMIIW lol
Appropriate
France doesn't count. Sincerely everyone that isn't France.
@@tinncan Quebec (french-speaking canada) has the same problem...
Wonder who has the balls to drive a 'Turd' in france lmao ahahha
218 miles? That doesn't even get me to Vegas. Yo, SoCal peeps! Once you get to the pass, where the heck are we charging before we hit Vegas? Baker? F that!
"I've never trusted it for that last like 15 kilometers to stop"
lol
@ 9:29
kilometres per hour🙄.
@@djhokage1 nah, he meant just “meters”
That intro song for that car at 0:08 - 0:16 is so good. We need a full song made out of that so we can blast that in our EVs! So good!
I had an Audi SUV as my driving school car and i gotta say they drive well. You can go fast through tight corners, snow is not a Problem at all and all in all they are a good experience getting from a to b. But if you wanna have fun while doing it they just aint it chief. It's the only car that at 250 kph feel like a smooth 120kph in others.
Alex is a natural at car reviews, I've seen all sorts of reviews over the years, and often found the presenter annoying or distracting. Alex is both Informative and brutally honest, whilst being very personable. I've really enjoyed the format too, I like we spend a lot of time around the car and inside the car before actually driving, it's often all those small details that Alex has explained that you only discover after buying a car and they become annoying and you wish you knew about them before.
Side thing, I really don't like the move to touch screen for everything that we're increasingly seeing. Frankly I think it's dangerous! In my VW Polo, a baby Golf, I know exactly where all the physical knobs and buttons are, and from muscle memory and touch, I can adjust everything without taking my eyes off the road. There's no way you could adjust temp or fan speed on a touch screen without looking down at it.
It amazes me how bad the Porsche infotainment system is compared to the Audi when they're owned by the same company.
It's even funnier when you realize that technically Porsche owns VW and Audi.
@@nsp585 VW owns Porsche. Not Porsche owns VW. Vw bought Porsche fully in 2012
How can anyone *hate* driving??
Driving is so much fun 😆
I never want to hear the words "just turn it on and zone out" in a car review ever again 😂
Lmfao I thought the same shit too however however it’s lowkey a selling point for me anyway
I can't stop saying how much I enjoy Alex on car reviews. Well, i enjoy Alex on everything but this man was born to make car reviews.
honestly, I'm watching a seasoned car reviewer. I did not expect that, good job.
i for sure didnt realize only thinking this guys sounds familiar but talks so different from other car reviewers, until...... he pulls out the LTT water bottles... lol good job guys. love it!
7:03
Alex: Audis Map is bad - Google is better
Me: isn’t Audi using Google Maps 😅
I think it's more about where the nav map is not who provides the map data.
Exactly I don't think he really used it.
They use Google map data, but it doesn't run the same as maps... Is just an audiovisual difference, but this really can make or break the experience
@@CarlosLins1 If it's just the visuals, I would expect the Audi's to be better since it looks like you are using Google earth rather than the flat 2D animations that google maps mostly uses
Google maps will have better real time traffic data and integration with assistant. Audis maps are google based, but don’t rely on google for the whole experience. It’s pretty much personal preference for what overall user experience you like.
One thing I loved about this vid is how bro smiles and laughs constantly, very friendly vid to see.
No, I'm not geh...
"If you want to set some cougar traps..."
Alex is speaking from his heyday experience, I see.
"If you like driving, don't get this car. It's not an accelerating drive"
(in terms of acceleration)
"If you don't like driving, this is an exceptional machine. The adapt of cruising is like no other car"
So basically they tell to people that likes driving not to get the e-tron because it's not fast at acceleration. Great review.
That hard "Porsh" and "Oddy" keep throwing me off.
that's the second person that commented oddy, but he clearly said aw-ddy, like awww lol. which seems weirder...
Infuriating
Love it when car nerd engineers do car reviews, they just get it! Such a fun addition to the channel, Alex is nailing it
Alex being as nit picky and needlessly annoyed by certain things (sometimes to a fault lol) makes him great at car reviews.
Audi should step up their range game in their EVs. Like only, give or take 300kms of range for that price ain't a good option.
the interior looks great at night, but will we show you? NO!
As a Mk7 GTI owner, felt lined door pockets is truly an underrated feature and I wish every car had them, not only just for water bottles and things to not bump around, but because my EZpass sticks to it when I go on road trips.
i like electric cars reviews focused on the new technologies, yeah, keep it up
Shame electric car makers are also pushing them to have the repairs of cell phones vs normal cars.
EVs are cash grabs powered by blood batteries created off the backs of children in the Congo and Chinese workers
@@s13shaka i'd rather have that instead of oil anyway to be honest. if we're calculating blood for blood, oil still seems bloodier.
@@s13shaka but your logic isn't very convincing - pretty much all manufactered goods most people use were made in china, and Congo has some, but not much lithium. Chile, Bolivia, US and China have the largest reserves. we don't depend on Congo for it.
@@Eroamagorath Cobalt is mined in the Congo. 90% of Neodymium is processed and manufactured into batteries in China. The key difference is everyone knows how oil is mined and produced; EVs are passed off as fake green products bc they’re cash grabs.
Did you have this in efficiency the whole time? calling this car slow is hilarious, its not slow at all, the 30-80mph time on it is faster than a mk7 Golf R, Audi S3, Mercedes A35 AMG and BMW M135i. It's very nearly as fast as the B58 powered BMW M340/440i from 30-80mph (Real world driving) - the 0-30mph sprint does not give you 100% power to preserve battery and make it a more enjoyable driving experience, i.e. not throwing you and your passengers back in your seat unnecessarily- but 30mph onwards its a rocketship. It's also faster than the BMW X5 40i and Mercedes GLE 53 AMG - its main petrol competitors, by a fair bit. It's able to have all of that speed (which is more than enough) whilst maintaining its level of luxury, which is probably the highest level of any EV, and far more luxurious than any Petrol SUV
"Privacy screens" yeah the sun is gonna have a hard time seeing what you're up to back there
Yeah. No.
Hes abit of a derp when it comes to cars apparently.
Thats a Sun Screen.
Spare tires are tiny by design. Its a spare and does not need to be inflated. Thatd be stupid in case of an emergency and pretty much useless.
@@haywoodjablome440 ah yes we got the car expert right here
@@haywoodjablome440 I am pretty sure that this is an inflatable space saver spare tire. Usually cars equipped with these have an air compressor to inflate it.
@@haywoodjablome440 Every car and truck I've ever owned over the last 23 years including my new 2021 has had an air filled spare tire.
@@flixerify That would make sense if it comes with a compressor.
I saw the SUV version of this Audi E-tron on the road two weeks ago and we were doing 100 km/h and I was in my ICE car behind the E-tron on passing lane and were going to pass some cars because the speed limit was 120 km/h. I slammed on my accelerator and I thought I accelerate nicely. Then the E-tron slammed on the accelerator and oh boy it just seriously pulled. It even kicked up rocks at 100 km/h speed! It over took 3 cars within like 2 seconds. I had to spend a good while to pass those same 3 cars.
That moment cemented my thoughts on getting an EV and not just any EV but Tesla Model 3 Performance. EVs just have colossal amounts of torque and they pull like mad. They have such powerful motors and ICE cars are always left eating dust when EV comes on the scene and starts pulling.
"Just steal from audi" lmao they don't have to do that they are the part of the same volkswagen group anyway
I think that was the point, go down one floor and steal from your colleagues
Like borrowing from friends/family without the intent to return.
As a french speaker, I can only appreciate that audi named the car S-HIT. Nice and honest.
Alex is extremely qualified for car reviews 🙂
It's nice to see tech youtube channel that reviews real cars and not just Teslas.
Alex: "mob bosses, invest in these"
Aubs: "mall bosses..."
Ordered mine March 29, 2021. Still waiting on delivery... hell, I'm still waiting for the car to be built as production is on hold in Germany.
"Ooodi e-tron"
Sounded more like he was saying awdeeeh.. I've always heard it as owdee
@@actschp1 you're right - it is "ow-dee", not "or-dee"
How do people still not know how to say Audi correctly?
@Taistelu_pelto congrats! you can spell, if you get better at it, maybe you can start working on your shapes
As a German I just want to get in here and say you are all wrong
I had driven Audi Q7 (2017) and I think the Audi navigation is much better than phones in a big city like Shanghai, where GPS signal is spotty at best due to the sky scrapers.
Especially the virtual route and lane information displayed at where the rev counter is. Helps a lot not missing an exit at complex interchanges.
This video would look crazy in HDR
They film this in HDR but UA-cam doesn’t support it but apparently on floatplane you can view it in HDR.
@@joeserra9825 hdr is on UA-cam
@@Marct536 It is but only UA-cam's proprietary HDR format. If they record in 12bit Dolby Vision or HDR 10 with dynamic meta data it wouldn't convert on UA-cam.
Personally I think videos look better in SDR. I have the 1000nit G Sync Ultimate display, but turning on HDR locks your color controls and makes everything look dull. Even worse is in many games it just drops the general vibrancy just to make the sun and certain lights brighter in comparison as in SDR the display still is run at full brightness for the brightest looking elements. So it just means less lighting for random objects which means also weaker color performance.
@@joeserra9825 I’m pretty sure you’re wrong on both points - last I checked floatplane didn’t support HDR (not sure though) and I watch plenty of HDR content on UA-cam, it’s well supported on many platforms.
First thing he talks about is how “massive” it is. A giggled watching this in my Expedition.
I would love to see a review/first look at the VW ID 4! I love seeing your guys' views on these cars and the VW seems like it could be a good "entry" level EV for a more decently affordable price.
Alex talking about cougar traps is the best thing ever I love it
“COUGAR Trap” LMAOOOOO
I am happy that you are wagon person! One day everyone understands wagons are the ultimate cars.
Ok, I'll get right on that boss..... 5 years from now
Well said Alex.... Every manufacturer that charges extra for safety should F@#K off. Safety features should be standard!!!!
Man they're really getting into cars
Yeah that's how you drive them
You didn’t even look or mention the DMD headlights. I know not available in the US and Canada but the rest of the world has the possibility of using a proper projector with 1.3 Million pixels in each headlamp. Visual lane assist is so awesome.
I abandoned any notion that this might reasonably priced when you mentioned the Volcano Ash.
You got me with the cougar trap...... Two thumbs up boys! 👍👍
The armrest was definitely designed for those cougars. Every rich mom I've seen drive drives right on top of the wheel, it's like they are afraid it will run away from them and they have to hug it. So why would they give you a bigger armrest when the vast majority of owners won't use it
Most driver's teachers in EU tell you to not rest your wrist on the door typically. They don't like it for X reason. Since it is German engineering, I bet that has an influence on it.
I like that ShortCircuit is a car review channel also. Also “circuit” being another name for racetrack total works 👍🏼
I drive like an elderly person so this car sounds great haha.
You can drive any car chillo millo btw
I like how you are making these car videos.
My wife measures trunk sizes by how many bodies can fit in it.
Can you review the Volvo XC40 next?
Or the C40 when it's available
CarWoW did a video on it just today! Includes 6 EVs. Might worth a check to checking it out ;)
As someone with an Audi, that shiny trunk protector stays shiny forever.
The term "Ass-conditioning" needs to be normalized for ventilated seats 😁
Edit: wagons ftw
gotta agree with you on that one
After seeing the EQS and IX review.. I think Audi seems to have nailed this one!
Alternate title:
E-tron receive (a mobs perspective)
I believe in the US, the rear side curtain airbags are mandatory. Since you are in Canukastan, they may not be required yet. I wish you would have mentioned the curb weight, SUV weighs in at a hefty 5700 pounds. That is the reason it's so slow. That's also the reason that it feels like a giant marshmallow on the road.
"it's slow. It's really slow"
30seconds later
"It's pretty quick"
Love how he calls the sunshade a "privacy screen".
Seems weird this is on short circuit, they should make a car review channel
They don't do enough of it for a dedicated channel.
Plus it fits the short circuit formula pretty well. A quick overview, with more focus on look and feel rather than specs.
The idea for short circuit was also originally a place to dump random stuff that they wanted to do, but didn't really fit on the main channel. This fits that category perfectly.
@@KeppyKep short circuit is an unboxing channel or a first look channel. It is clear Alex spent some time on this review, he knows about the internal gadgets inside out, and even gives an opinion about how it drives. It's pretty much a full blown review at this point. When Brandon does his camera reviews on this channel, he is holding those cameras for the first time and does an overview and first impression - different from what Alex is doing with car reviews. The last car review was a week ago with the mini Cooper. A video a week is not bad for UA-cam. Hire a couple of people dedicated to the channel, and 1 video every week or 2 is possible.
12:53 sounds like you are mistaken. Side curtains are standard, it is rear side torso airbags (like in the front seats) that is optional, it is this way on a lot of German cars because they aren't required for a good crash test result. Why don't they put seatbelt airbags in it too? Not necessary.
First time hearing Audi pronounced Aadi.
yeah ive only ever heard it pronounced as "ow-dee"
@@neoburst1 I've heard both, doesn't matter really.
My grandparents neighbors got an e-tron hybrid in 2018 and it's rlly nice lol
Alex: I thought was kind of just like a wagon, but no it is proper big.
Is English your native language?
@@post-leftluddite yes, why do you ask :p
For Alex maybe the Audi e-tron GT would be better, smaller, more power, and a bit "harder"
228 miles isn’t really that good for 2021
Alex is an undercover german with his taste in cars (wagons over SUVs, golf gti as his daily and german brands in general)
awdi?
Yeah that kept bugging me
Oohdeee
Ow! Ow! Dee 🤣
Who cares dude. He has an accent
@@everythingiswonderful.ever8651 I was wondering if it was a candians thing or just a weird alex thing. you never know...
@@knifeyonline Nope, mostly everyone says it properly here. A lot of people even say BMW and Volkswagen properly too.
2024 checking in. My 2019 Etron Prestige for 32k 2 years ago is still better than most Evs and all Teslas Ive been in. And theyre under 30k now. ✌🏽
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Honestly thanks for the honesty!
This is one of the most inefficient EVs
And it's still more efficient than all ICE cars
@@seasong7655 that's no big achievement
@@seasong7655 Although ioniq 5 and ld3 & id 4 have batteries from SK ionvation, ioniq 5 has the silicon carbide inverter and are very efficient, on 800v. id is shit when charging in winter with small and medium battery.
I think it's time for LMG to have a dedicated automotive channel.