Audi Q5 Sport 2017 review: snapshot

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EXPERT RATING
8.0

Likes

Bigger screen media
Virtual cockpit
Advanced safety equipment

Dislikes

More grunt would be good
Petrol is becoming pricey
No standard auto parking
Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
16 Jul 2017
2 min read

The Sport grades sits above the entry Design spec in the Q5 range and lists for $70,900 if you'd like it with a diesel engine, or $73,211 for the petrol.

That diesel is a 140kW/400Nm 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo matched with a seven-speed dual clutch automatic. Fuel economy is good with Audi's official combined figure being 5.5L/100km.

The petrol engine is a 185kW/370Nm 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo and it also has the seven-speed auto. The official fuel economy number is 7.3L/100km.

Standard features include an 8.3-inch multimedia screen with sat nav and a reversing camera, 12.3-inch ‘virtual cockpit' instrument display, DVD player and 10-speaker stereo, front and rear parking sensors, three-zone climate control, adaptive LED headlights, auto tailgate, leather seats, power front seats, aluminium roof rails, ambient interior lighting, digital radio and 20-inch alloy wheels.

The Sport grade comes standard with city AEB which can recognise pedestrians, detect a potential collision at up to 85km/h, and reduce speed by 40km/h in an emergency. There's also adaptive cruise control, rear cross traffic alert, blind spot warning and an alert which will sound if you're about to open your door on a cyclist or car. Another cool standard safety feature is a rear collision detection system which will flash the hazard lights to alert surrounding traffic to a potential impact.

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Audi Q5 2017: 2.0 Tdi Quattro Sport

Engine Type Diesel Turbo 4, 2.0L
Fuel Type Diesel
Fuel Efficiency 5.5L/100km (combined)
Seating 5
Price From $18,590 - $23,540
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$26,492
Based on 89 cars listed for sale in the last 6 months.
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$14,990
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Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
Laura Berry is a best-selling Australian author and journalist who has been reviewing cars for almost 20 years.  Much more of a Hot Wheels girl than a Matchbox one, she grew up in a family that would spend every Friday night sitting on a hill at the Speedway watching Sprintcars slide in the mud. The best part of this was being given money to buy stickers. She loved stickers… which then turned into a love of tattoos. Out of boredom, she learnt to drive at 14 on her parents’ bush property in what can only be described as a heavily modified Toyota LandCruiser.   At the age of 17 she was told she couldn’t have a V8 Holden ute by her mother, which led to Laura and her father laying in the driveway for three months building a six-cylinder ute with more horsepower than a V8.   Since then she’s only ever owned V8s, with a Ford Falcon XW and a Holden Monaro CV8 part of her collection over the years.  Laura has authored two books and worked as a journalist writing about science, cars, music, TV, cars, art, food, cars, finance, architecture, theatre, cars, film and cars. But, mainly cars.   A wife and parent, her current daily driver is a chopped 1951 Ford Tudor with a V8.
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