Saturday, May 25, 2013

Audi Q5

 
 MSRP: $35,600 - $43,000
Invoice: $33,108 - $39,990
Fuel Economy: 20 mpg City, 27 mpg Highway

Days To Turn: 13

Another import that has proved popular, while having a limit on how many dealers can get. Thats why Audi is going to start building Q5s in Mexico. That way, the supply will be steadier and the costs lower than the ones now coming from Europe.

The Q5 is unmistakably Audi. Without carefully looking, it could be mistaken for its larger Q7 brother, if only ran through a clothes dryer. That is one of its charms. It is less tank-like than the Q7 and fits the current driving taste in America --tidy utility vehicle crossovers with decent fuel economy.

The Q5 is based on the Audi A4/A5s Modular Longitudinal Platform. Relatively compact, the Q5s lines share the recent Audi family style, which suggests constant forward motion by playing light along the surface detailing in a raked manner; lower in front than in back, like a modern, Teutonic hot rod.