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CarsLore / Compare / Large cars / RS 7 vs Panamera 4S E-Hybrid

Audi RS 7 vs Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid

Two large cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 1 like-for-like measure: the Audi RS 7 leads on 0, the Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid on 1.

Where each one leads

Audi RS 7

Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.

Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid

  • New Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 57 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 290 for the Audi RS 7 in 2022.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Audi RS 7Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid
Model years in the US safety record2014–20262019–2023
New cars registered in Europe1,482 (2013–2022)2,467 (2020–2022)

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Audi RS 7Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid
New York safety inspections failed0.8%—
… against cars of the same year−39%—
US owner complaints17—
Most complaints aboutEngine—
Model year with most complaints2016 (6)—
US recall campaigns162
Manufacturer service bulletins5,186790
NHTSA defect investigations—2

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Fuel, emissions and price

Audi RS 7Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid
Official combined fuel use, Canada13.9 l/100 km (2026)—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid15.4 l/100 km—
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe290 g/km57 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe441 kW (591 hp)324 kW (434 hp)
Average mass in running order2,156 kg2,322 kg

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).