Audi Q5 Diesel Sportback

• Body Glass
  • Acoustic windscreen
  • Front and rear electric windows
  • Rear wiper
• Brakes
  • Electromechanical parking brake
  • Electronic stabilisation control including ABS, ASR and EDL
  • Hill descent control
  • Hill hold assist
  • Multi collision brake assist
• Carpets/Rugs
  • Front/rear floor mats
• Chassis/Suspension
  • Dynamic suspension
• Communication
  • Audi connect safety and service (e-call)
  • Audi wireless smartphone interface
  • Bluetooth interface
  • Voice control system with Audi hotword activation "Hey Audi"
• Driver Aids
  • Acoustic front and rear parking sensor
  • Audi drive select
  • Camera based traffic sign recognition
  • Electro - mechanical power assisted steering
  • Lane departure warning
  • Reversing camera
• Driver Convenience
  • Automatic start-stop system with coasting functionality and efficiency programme
  • Power tailgate
• Driver Information
  • Audi virtual cockpit plus with 12.3" screen and three different layout designs
  • MMI navigation plus with 10.1" touch screen
  • Service interval indicator
• Driving Mirrors
  • Auto dimming door mirrors
  • Auto dimming frameless rear view mirror
  • Body colour door mirrors
  • Electric adjustable/heated/folding door mirrors
• Embellishment Trims
  • Air vents inserts and centre console in matte black
  • Aluminium rhombus inlay
• Engine
  • Diesel particulate filter
• Entertainment
  • 8 loudspeakers
  • DAB Digital radio
• Exterior Body Features
  • Air inlets in matt anthracite black with blades in matt aluminium silver
  • Aluminium roof rails
  • Body colour bumpers
  • Chrome plated exhaust trims
  • Door sills in Selenite silver
  • Loading edge protection in stainless steel
  • Lower bumpers painted in contrast Manhattan grey
  • Matt selenite silver underbody protection
  • Matt twilight grey radiator grille with chrome vertical struts
  • Rear chrome trim strip below lights
  • Rear diffuser strip in selenite silver
  • Rear side wing doors
  • Rear spoiler
  • Roof bars
• Exterior Lights
  • Automatic headlight adjustment
  • Automatic headlights and windscreen wipers
  • Daytime running lights
  • LED 3rd brake light
  • LED headlights and LED tail lights
• Heating/Cooling/Ventilation
  • Deluxe 3 zone electronic climate control
• Interior Features
  • 2 x USB charging port with aux input socket
  • 3 spoke multifunction leather steering wheel with shift paddles
  • Comfort front centre armrest
  • Door sills trims with aluminium inlays
  • Height/reach adjustable steering column
  • Luggage compartment cover
  • Tool kit
  • Twin leather upholstery
• Packs
  • High gloss pack - Q5
  • LED interior light pack - Q5
• Safety
  • 3 point seatbelts on all seats
  • 6 airbags - Driver, front passenger, curtain and side airbags
  • Attention and drowsiness assist
  • Electrically operated child locks on rear doors
  • First aid kit with warning triangle and vests
  • Front passenger airbag deactivation
  • ISOFIX child seat mounting for front passenger seat and ISOFIX child seat mounting with Top Tether for outer rear seats
  • Pop-up bonnet for pedestrian protection
  • Pre sense city
  • Seatbelt monitoring
  • Tyre pressure warning
• Seats
  • 3 rear headrests
  • Front head restraints
  • Front sport seats
  • Heated front seats
  • Manual seat adjustment with 4-way electric lumbar support
  • Single front passenger seat
  • Split folding 3 seater rear seat bench in 3 parts (40/20/40)
• Security
  • Anti theft alarm
  • Anti-theft wheel bolts
  • Remote central locking
  • Remote control key with SAFELOCK and keyless go
• Transmission
  • Quattro on demand
• Vanity Mirrors
  • Sunvisors with vanity mirrors
• Wheels - Spare
  • Tyre repair kit

• Emissions - ICE
  • HC:
  • Standard Euro Emissions: EURO 6
  • WLTP - CO2 (g/km) - Comb: 168
  • WLTP - CO2 (g/km) - Comb - TEH: 178
  • WLTP - CO2 (g/km) - Comb - TEL: 168
• Engine and Drive Train
  • Camshaft: DOHC
  • Catalytic Convertor: Yes
  • CC: 1,968
  • Engine Code: FYTBUY
  • Engine Layout: NORTH SOUTH
  • Fuel Delivery: COMMON RAIL
  • Gears: 7 SPEED
  • Transmission: SEMI-AUTO
• Fuel Consumption - ICE
  • EC Directive 1999/100/EC Applies: No
  • WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Comb: 6.4
  • WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Comb - TEH: 6.8
  • WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Comb - TEL: 6.4
  • WLTP - MPG - Comb: 44.1
  • WLTP - MPG - Comb - TEH: 41.5
  • WLTP - MPG - Comb - TEL: 44.1
• General
  • AdBlue: Yes
  • Alternative Fuel Qualifying: No
  • Badge Engine CC: 2.0
  • Badge Power: 204
  • Based On ID:
  • Coin Description: TDI Quattro
  • Coin Series: Sport
  • Generation Mark: 2
  • Insurance Group 1 - 50 Effective January 07: 35E
  • NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %:
  • NCAP Child Occupant Protection %:
  • NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09:
  • NCAP Pedestrian Protection %:
  • NCAP Safety Assist %:
  • Safety Concerns?: No
  • Service Interval Frequency - Months: 24
  • Service Interval Mileage: 18,000
  • Special Edition: No
  • Special Order: No
  • Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage: 60,000
  • Standard manufacturers warranty - Years: 3
  • Vehicle Homologation Class: M1
• Performance
  • 0 to 60 mph (secs): No
  • 0 to 62 mph (secs): 7.6
  • Engine Power - BHP: 204
  • Engine Power - KW: 150
  • Engine Power - PS: Yes
  • Engine Power - RPM: 3,800
  • Engine Torque - LBS.FT: 295
  • Engine Torque - MKG: 40.8
  • Engine Torque - NM: 400
  • Engine Torque - RPM: 1750
  • Top Speed: 137
• Test Cycles
  • Emissions Test Cycle: WLTP
  • RDE Certification Level: RDE 2
• Tyres
  • Alloys?: Yes
  • Space Saver?: No
  • Tyre Size Front: 235/60 R18
  • Tyre Size Rear: 235/60 R18
  • Tyre Size Spare: TYRE REPAIR KIT
  • Wheel Style: 5 TWIN SPOKE
  • Wheel Type: 18" ALLOY
• Vehicle Dimensions
  • Height:
  • Height (including roof rails): 1,612
  • Length: 4,689
  • Wheelbase: 2,832
  • Width (including mirrors): 2,140
• Weight and Capacities
  • Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres): 65
  • Gross Vehicle Weight: 2,510
  • Luggage Capacity (Seats Down): 1475
  • Luggage Capacity (Seats Up): 505
  • Max. Loading Weight: 685
  • Max. Towing Weight - Braked: 2,400
  • Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked: 750
  • Minimum Kerbweight: 1,825
  • No. of Seats: 5
  • Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb: 11.8

Ten Second Review
Audi's Q5 Sportback offers strong competition to more established trendy mid-sized premium badged coupe-style SUVs like BMW's X4 and the Mercedes GLC Coupe. As with those cars, there aren't too many practical compromises in creation of this model's more stylish look and clever OLED rear lighting tech offers an extra showroom incentive.

Background
Audi's usually pretty good at filling obvious market niches but the brand was slow to spot the potential of coupe-style SUVs. The first such Ingolstadt model, the Q3 Sportback, wasn't introduced until 2019 - and that wasn't large enough to take on two more established mid-sized coupe-SUV contenders, the BMW X4 and the Mercedes GLC Coupe. Here though, is an Audi that is, the Q5 Sportback. This Mexican-built model is significant in the way it will considerably broaden the appeal of Audi's global bestseller - over 300,000 Q5s were delivered in 2019. And its arrival now means that the Ingolstadt maker has the widest range of coupe-SUVs on the market, the Q3 and Q5 Sportback models sharing showroom space with the brand's all-electric e-tron Sportback.

Driving Experience
Though the engineering isn't really any different here from an ordinary Q5, this Q5 Sportback will feel a bit different to drive from most standard models because it only comes with firmer sports suspension. You might think it too firm, in which case you'll be minded to pay extra for either adaptive damping or full air suspension. The mainstream engine range is based around two '40'-designated models, both putting out 204PS and identifiable by '40 TDI' (diesel) and '40 TFSI' (petrol) designations. These use a 7-speed S tronic dual clutch auto transmission. If you want more power, there's a potent SQ5 Sportback diesel variant with a 347PS twin turbo V6 TDI unit beneath the bonnet, mated to an 8-speed tiptronic auto transmission. You can also ask your Audi Centre about a couple of plug-in hybrid TFSIe petrol models, a 50 TFSIe variant, which offers 300PS, and a more potent 55 TFSIe version with 367PS. Whatever Q5 you choose, it'll come with a quattro all wheel drive system that in some cases includes an on-demand system that can disengage the rear axle in everyday driving conditions for maximum efficiency, then reconnect it predictively within fractions of a second when required. The 'Audi drive select' driving modes dynamic handling system puts the driver in control of several technical components, including the air suspension in top variants.

Design and Build
There are no half measures here. The Q5 body shape has been completely re-designed from the B-pillar backwards, with a sloping roofline and a tapering rear window. Plus the lower body line has been raised to make the car appear longer - it actually is, but only by 7mm, due to a protruding set of OLED tail lamps which, in a segment first, can be customised with a choice of three lighting signatures. There are changes at the front too, the Sportback-specific grille featuring a bespoke honeycomb-style design borrowed from the brand's S performance models. This is flanked by the latest LED headlights lately introduced into the standard Q5. Inside, it's the same as that standard model up-front of course - which means that like the latest improved version of the ordinary Q5, you get Ingolstadt's latest third generation MIB 3 infotainment platform with its bigger 10.1-inch screen. Plus a 12.3-inch 'Virtual Cockpit' instrument binnacle display of course. Out back, rear seat passengers lose 1-2cms of headroom to the sloping roofline, but can still benefit from the optional 'rear bench seat plus' sliding bench. Boot capacity falls from 550 to 510-litres, though you can increase that to 1480-litres by folding the rear seat.

Market and Model
Expect only a small price premium to have this Sportback bodyshape rather than the standard SUV Q5 body style. That'll mean asking prices for mainstream variants that mostly fall in the £45,000 to £55,000 bracket and the mainstream range is based around 'Sport', 'S line' and 'Vorsprung' trim levels. All versions get a large 10.1-inch centre-dash MMI infotainment screen and a standard Audi Virtual Cockpit 12.3-inch instrument binnacle screen. Even base 'Sport' derivatives feature full-leather upholstery - there's alcantara and leather in the mid-range 'S line' versions or diamond stitched Fine Nappa leather with the top flight 'Vorsprung' trim. As befits their status, the 'Vorsprung' models also feature an extended upholstery pack which takes in the lower section of the centre console and the door armrests, plus full electric adjustment and a massage function for the front seats. At this top level in the range, the outer rear seats are also upgraded with heating to match the front seats - which are heated throughout the range. Across the line-up, you get front and rear parking sensors complemented by a reversing camera and cruise control, plus the 'Pre sense city collision avoidance and mitigation' system and 'hill descent control'. Q5 Sportback 'Vorsprung' variants supplement this tally with upgraded adaptive cruise control and Pre sense systems, as well as assistants to take care of everything from manoeuvring into a parking space and then reversing out again to turning at junctions, monitoring blind spots and observing motorway lane boundaries.

Cost of Ownership
This second generation Q5 design has always been very class-competitive in terms of efficiency - and that's reflected by the WLTP figures here. The 40 TDI diesel variant manages up to 38.2mpg on the combined cycle and up to 134g/km of CO2. These excellent figures have been aided by the so-called 'twin dosing' catalytic converter technology for this variant's 2.0 TDI unit, which features dual AdBlue injection, significantly increasing emissions cleanliness. With 'twin dosing', AdBlue is injected upstream of two SCR catalytic converters arranged in series, with the result of cutting emissions of nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 80% compared with older versions of this engine. Elsewhere in the range, the SQ5's 3.0 TDI diesel delivers 32.5mpg and 229g/km. For the 45 TFSI petrol model, the figures are up to 32.1mpg and up to 199g/km. For the 50 TFSIe plug-in petrol/electric variant, it's up to 117.7mpg and up to 55g/km. And residuals? Well, trying to buy a used Q5 is quite a depressing experience as they cling onto their value with some tenacity. This is great news for the new buyer and part of a trend certain to continue with this Sportback model. After the usual three year / 60,000 mile ownership period, expect it still to be worth around 45% of what you originally paid for it.

Summary
It's surprising that Audi gave BMW and Mercedes the mid-sized coupe-SUV market to themselves for so long. But this Q5 Sportback corrects that oversight with characteristic Ingolstadt thoroughness. If the sales profile of the smaller Q3 Sportback is replicated, it'll likely be the preferred Q5 body shape in future for most customers. With more conventional Audis, we often talk of a driving dynamic shortfall to an equivalent rear-driven BMW, but that's much less the case here. Anyway, refinement and luxury have always been bigger priorities in this segment, these always Audi strong points. There's a 'want one' factor here. Which should stand this car in very good stead.