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Positioning itself between the analogous Q3 and the Q8, which is the coupé interpretation of the Q7, the Q5 Sportback closes the circle of sporty suvs of the Four Rings, directly opposing the BMW X4 and Mercedes Glc.
Audi Q5 Sportback, reasoned evolution
The sporty variant of the Q5 is aesthetically characterized by the impetus given to the silhouette by the sloping roof, by the grille of the specific design grille that makes the expression of the front gritty together with the air intakes, as well as by the Oled rear lights that to choose between three different luminous signatures. The Sportaback’s outfit does not detach its dimensions from those of the normal Q5. In fact, it too is 4.68 meters long, 1.89 meters wide and 1.66 meters high. Contrary to what one might think, it therefore offers the same availability of space as the kin also in the rear area of the passenger compartment, where the sliding sofa is always present, which allows you to modulate the space in favor of the passengers rather than the boot. The latter also offers the same capacity in the versions with thermal engines in the standard configuration as that of the Q5, as it goes from 520 to 510 liters. The maximum drops slightly, since it is 1,480 instead of 1,520 liters. These values are downsized a bit in the hybrid versions on tap, since they amount to 455 and 1,365 liters, due to the presence of the battery. The interior of the Sportback does not offer any aesthetic differences compared to that of the newly renewed Q5.
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Audi Q5 Sportback, great space for advanced technologies
In the passenger compartment, therefore, the Mib 3 operating system can be found which can be controlled from the 10.1 “touch screen and offers the personal assistant, which is always connected to the internet, which interacts via wireless with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and which allows you to access Car-to-X and the services provided by the house and to use the dedicated app to manage the car even remotely.
As well as the renewed Q5, the Sportback technologies for semi-autonomous driving of level 2 and under the guise hides only electrified engines. They are the 12 or 48 V petrol and turbodiesel mild-hybrids (in this case also V6) with powers ranging from 163 to 341 horsepower, and the 299 and 367 horsepower plug-in hybrid powertrains. Both consist of a 252hp 2-liter turbo petrol engine and a 143hp electric unit integrated into the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission; the difference in power is determined by the specific electronic calibration of the most powerful. These modules are the same offered by the Q5 Tfsie even before the renewal, but now take advantage of a larger battery. It has a capacity of 17.9 instead of 14.1 kWh, increases the electric range from 49 to 62 kilometers and, working in synergy with an updated flow management, it asserts itself on the average petrol mileage declared. In fact, they go from 48 to 67 kilometers with a liter. The battery is recharged from a domestic system in 8 hours and from a 7.4 kWh wallbox in two and a half hours.
Audi Q5 Sportback, how is the 55 Tfsie quattro S Tronic going
In the cockpit of the most you can of the Sportbacks on tap, it costs 74,000 euros, only the specific configurations of the digital dashboard and the switch of the modes dedicated to electrification, drowned in the middle of those of the secondary services in the lower part of the center console, distinguish this Q5 from those with heat engines. The Sportback is also aligned with the latter for dynamism and reliability that do not reveal the higher mass of about 200 kg, especially when the trim is integrated by the adaptive pneumatic suspensions that are also valid on comfort, and are advantageous from the responsiveness of the quattro “ultra” drive that optimizes behavior, as it calls into question the on-demand rear axle and therefore also helps to “round” the curves. In our test up and down the hills of the Langhe, this Q5 has therefore instinctively let itself be guided even using the Dynamic configuration once the battery is drained and therefore not ideal for consumption purposes, with which the power is better enjoyed and, still, more, and the torque of 500 Nm available at just 1,000 rpm. A load that is reflected as much on the reactivity of the engine as on the linearity with which it reacts, regardless of the position of the accelerator. To these obvious sensations the 55 Tfsie has combined those aroused by the real efficiency of the flow management, since despite the climbing on the uphill sections but taking advantage of the consistent energy recoveries in the descents, in electric mode (with which it is also possible to reach 135 per hour) has practically kept what it promises in terms of autonomy.