Audi SQ5

Audi sticks with the fast diesel treatment for its mid-sized SUV. Is it a winning combo?

MODEL TESTED SPORTBACK TDI QUATTRO Price £61,945 • Power 337bhp • Torque 516lb ft • 0-60mph 5.1sec • 30-70mph in fourth 5.0sec • Fuel economy 29.0mpg • CO2 emissions 215g/km • 70-0mph 47.8m Bring to mind one of Audi’s S-model fast executive cars and you are likely to picture a more traditional example – an S8 limousine, perhaps, or an S4 Avant performance estate. Quite understandably, since they are among the ones we have known for longest. But in 2022, Audi’s more familiar go-faster options are being commercially outperformed by its newer-groove models, one of which is in our road test crosshairs this week. The SQ5 Sportback entered Audi’s UK showrooms in early 2021, along with the rest of the Q5 Sportback model line-up. It has since become one of the…

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Autocar (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 3, 2022

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