Audi’s next mid-size SUV rival to the Mercedes-Benz GLC and BMW X3 is taking shape.
The SQ5 SUV is hotter was tested at the Nurburgring, with what look like production headlights and taillights hidden beneath that black and white camouflage.
Our spy photographers also think there are production-ready grilles and bumpers lurking in there somewhere, even though they’re hard to spot.
With four aggressive exhausts, big brakes and bigger wheels than the regular Q5 prototypes we’ve seen before, there’s no doubt this is a SQ5.
What will power the car is unclear. We believe it will have some kind of mild-hybrid assistance, like the SQ5’s current 3.0-litre V6 turbodiesel.
Whether that engine or the 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 petrol engine offered abroad will continue is yet to be confirmed.
Previous spy shots showing the car side-by-side with the current model suggest it is noticeably lower and wider than the current model and we expect a longer wheelbase to free up more interior space. the seventh.
Inside, expect a cabin that borrows heavily from the Volkswagen Group’s latest offerings. That means lots of big screens and very few buttons.
The steering wheel with touch buttons and gear selector looks almost identical to the steering wheel on the all-electric Q4 e-tron.
It is understandable that the next generation Audi Q5 will use an updated version of the current MLB Evo platform, just like the next generation Audi A4 which former spy.
The next Audi Q5 could be the last with petrol and diesel engines, with the company’s plans Stop selling internal combustion engine cars outside of China by 2033.
The current generation Q5 has been on sale locally since 2017 and it has been refreshed for 2021.
Sportback coupe SUV versions of the Q5 and SQ5 were available in the domestic market in August 2021.
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