The new Audi Q5 Sportback has been revealed with a new design, fresh interior and a starting price of £52,350.
Mirroring the line-up of the standard Q5, itself unveiled last month, the rakish Q5 Sportback is available with a mild-hybrid petrol, diesel and thumping petrol V6.
Priced from £52,350 – £2500 more than the SUV – the entry-level Q5 Sportback draws 201bhp and 251lb ft from a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol four-pot with electric assistance. Power is sent to the front wheels through Audi’s S tronic seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
For £54,100, buyers can instead specify a diesel powertrain with matching power. Those after extra grunt can opt for the SQ5, which is equipped with a 362bhp petrol V6 and is priced from £76,900.
Like the Q5, two plug-in hybrid powertrains, with 295bhp and 362bhp, will follow next year. These will offer electric-only ranges of around 50 miles. Prototypes with plug-in hybrid powertrains have already been spotted testing in Germany.
The Q5 Sportback car is based on the Premium Platform Combustion (PPC) architecture, which represents a significant technical step-change over its predecessor, thanks to a complete wiring overhaul and new tech. New steel springs and passive dampers are claimed to improve the car’s ride and air suspension is optional.
The Q5 Sportback also gets a more modern cabin. Three trim levels are offered – Sport, S Line and Quattro. Top-rung cars adopt Audi’s new ‘Digital Stage’ set-up, which features an 11.9in digital instrument display and a 14.5in infotainment touchscreen that combine in one huge OLED panel. As with the Q5, a 10.9in touchscreen for the front passenger is available as an option.
The Audi Q5 Sportback will go on sale in January 2025 and customer deliveries will begin in May.
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Nothing to see here. Just another more Audi. No new ideas or design to it. Boooorrrrrriiiiing.
From £52k? Yeh but I bet they never sell a single one at that price. Like many others, Audi have more or less dropped individual options and replaced them with packs.
The other thing I note is the diesel option. To incentify EV, whatever happened to manufacturers being fined for selling a percentage of ICE options? It's 2025 before this car is available, if gov plans were working, then no manufacturer would still be producing ICE. What's the betting this is another mad incentive scheme that's about to be delayed or shelved altogether?
Ban on ICE by 2030? Or is it 2035? Either way, it'll won't happen.
Option packs have been around for yonks,it was a way of getting you to spend more money by splitting the options that were popular into pother packs with stuff you didn't really need and hence yo7 spent more money,and £52K doesn't seen to phase some buyers.
Option packs have become more popular as manufacturers have to certify emissions with various options. Porsche still offers many individual items as they also test more variants. Probably why a Porsche option costs more than exactly the same VW kit!