The irritating array of seven ride options, everything from offroad to allroad to comfort and dynamic as well as a smattering of individual modes smacks of choice for choice’s sake, but decide on the one that suits the road and the new Q5 is really very impressive. Steering is accurate and surprisingly communicative, the ride is firm but not harsh - though one suspects you need the airride for 20-inch wheels or the S-Line trim’s 21s - the body control peerless in this sector. And much as it surprises me to say it, they both drive very neatly indeed. But what’s it like to actually drive?Īs I’ve mentioned, we’ve only tried the 3.0-litre TDI and 2.0-litre petrol, both generously specced and on the nice-looking 20-inch wheels (standard being 17s). Ok, we get it, there’s a few ways you can spin this. In either front or four-wheel drive versions, you’ll get some decent torque vectoring, though the only cars we’ve so far sampled are the 3.0-litre TDI and the 2.0-litre petrol. All get quattro four-wheel drive apart from the base 150bhp diesel (front-drive only, with quattro as a cost option), with the rear axle only being driven when actually needed, and the autos come with a freewheel function to save precious extra fuel. As far as gearboxes go, there’s a six-speed manual, seven-speed S-Tronic auto and eight-speed Tiptronic, although the latter only comes mated to the 3.0-litre TDI.
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