WATCH!!! NOW 2018 AUDI Q5  START AT $42,475
Channel: Auto Today
Date: 2017-05-29

WATCH!!! NOW AUDI Q5  START AT $42,475. For 2018, the Q5 gets not only a new suit of clothes but its first full reworking in the model’s nine-year history. This includes a new generation of Audi’s familiar turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder, now making 252 horsepower and 273 pound-feet of torque, plus a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic in place of the last Q5’s eight-speed conventional automatic and an all-new platform that integrates more aluminum bits.

But like the recently renewed A4 and A4 Allroad, the Q5 is a very familiar all-new car. At a glance, the ’18 Q5 is the same vehicle, the new model being within an inch of the vehicle it replaces in every major dimension. It’s 10 pounds heavier than the old one—that’s the equivalent of 10 pounds of feathers or rocks or grape-flavored Pez—and a closer look reveals a couple of new curves above the wheels, a lazy rolling wave along the sides of the thing. The Q5, like the BMW X3 and the Mercedes-Benz GLC300, is pleasantly inoffensive, soft in shape and in impact. There are more-distinctive-looking crossover options out there, from the edgy Cadillac XT5 to the grotesque Lexus RX.
The new Q5 carries a base price of $42,475. Our Premium Plus test car included LED headlights, a panoramic sunroof, heated front and rear seats, a heated steering wheel, a Bang & Olufsen audio system, navigation, and various other niceties for $52,700, par for this particular hole. You might not be surprised to learn that the Mercedes GLC300 4MATIC and the BMW X3 xDrive28i have base prices within $500 of the Q5’s.

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