2019 Audi Q5 vs Jaguar F-Pace

What's the difference?

The Q5 is the most popular SUV in Audi’s line-up and for good reason, or for at least seven good reasons, as you’ll see after reading this review of the 50 TDI Quattro Sport.

Yes, if you’ve been looking at BMW’s X3 or Mercedes-Benz’s GLC you need to stop and read this before you make any final decisions, because I’ve just lived with this Q5 for a week and, having handed it back, I’m missing it already. Which is really saying something, because I’m now test driving a Bentley Bentayga.

Jaguar's first foray into SUVs was the F-Pace. Odd name but built on a brand new, aluminium platform, it is an impressive machine. More impressive is the fact that the vast majority of them now run Jaguar's own 'Ingenium' engines - with sometimes startling outputs - for a 2.0-litre turbo.

The F-Pace has been with us for a few years now and is holding its own in a very busy part of the market. It's always surprising to people when you tell them the price - they seem to expect it's going to be well into six figures but look pleasantly surprised when you tell them the F starts under eighty grand.

The range-opener Prestige is powered by a range of 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo engines of Jaguar's own making, with a lightweight aluminium-rich chassis and a surprisingly big interior.