Competitively priced with more power than its competitors, the new top-spec diesel Q5 should definitely make your shopping list.
As the entry-level version in the 2017 Audi Q5 range, the 2.0 TDI design model doesn't set any new benchmarks – but that could be exactly what you want.
While it may not look all that different, the all-new Audi Q5 brings with it a revitalised driving experience and loads of technology.
Audi has pulled out all stops on its new-generation Q5 to ensure it regains its market-leading position against some stiff competition. Is it enough?
See the full article here. The all-new second-generation Audi Q5 has very big shoes to fill, if it is to achieve anywhere near the success of its world-beating predecessor. From 2009 to 2015 the Audi Q5 was the world’s most successful SUV in its class. It was also Audi’s single biggest seller, at least as a body style, trumped only by the far broader A3 range...
The new Q5 is bigger but lighter than the car it replaces. While the looks are conservative, the car has plenty of technology brought down from the larger Q7 to ensure it becomes a really powerhouse in the premium mid-size SUV segment.
SUVs are such a widely accepted part of the automotive landscape these days that few batted an eyelid when Jaguar, after 80-odd years of racing cars, and manufacturing sporty coupes and sports sedans, released the F-Pace soft-roader in 2016. (And this, after years of denying it would tread on sister company Land Rover’s toes, of course...
Luxury car makers absolutely love producing mid-sized SUVs based on passenger-car platforms, because aspirational upper-middle class family types are buying them in droves. The newest entrant to the class is Audi's second-generation Q5, which pairs clinical design with cutting-edge cabin tech and typically Teutonic execution...
Considering luxury SUVs are big business, the Lexus NX can’t be accused of being rushed to market. It’s more than a decade since Toyota’s luxury division introduced its last new SUV, the GX that is a spruced-up Prado and never sold in Australia. You then have to go back into the 1990s for the (LandCruiser-based) LX and (Highlander-based) RX...
The Audi Q5 55 TFSI e Quattro has been revealed, powered by a 185kW/370Nm 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine paired to a 105kW/350Nm electric motor built into the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. Total system outputs are rated at 270kW and 500Nm – the latter available from just 1250rpm...
Audi Australia has issued a recall for the 2019 model-year Q5 over concerns the master brake cylinder could fail. The German marque reports the aforementioned master cylinder made develop a leak as the wall thickness may not meet correct specifications, which could lead to a hydraulic brake system failure...
Audi Australia has announced a trio of new Black Editions, based on the Q5, SQ5 and SQ7 SUVs. Each edition gets a range of appointment and equipment upgrades that are valued at over $10,000 respectively, with pricing kicking off at $80,300 before on-road costs for the Q5 45 TFSI Black Edition...
Audi has revealed its new range of plug-in hybrids, based on various model lines including the A6, A7, A8 and Q5. UPDATE, 25/2/19: Audi's local division has released a statement regarding the introduction of the new PHEV models in Australia...
I have access to drive a few 2012 models cars, including my own 2012 Mazda CX7 luxury sports, Renault Megane Sport RS 250 and a couple of friends/ family who own some new cars. One of them is my brother in law, who owns the 2012 Audi Q5, 2.0 TDI. Optional packs he has added: 1. Navigation Pack 2. S Line Exterior (20" inch alloys and other shiny bits and pieces) 3...
Standing next to the petrol-powered Q5, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a diesel. So is the rapid tick-tick-tick of direct injection. Cruising around, the effortless powertrain shifts up between 1800-2100 RPM, slipping into seventh at seventy. Sadly at these revs, a diesel-like note is omnipresent...
