Excellent Electric Range has its price
The Audi Q5 is One of the Many Brand-New Models Launched by Ingolstadt Into the Automotive Market. We’ve already sampled the sporty sq5. Much more relevant to the Netherlands is the Q5-WITH plug, and we had to wait a bit for that. Is Patience Rewarded?
Audi is bombarding the automotive world with one new model after another. In Just about A Year, The Brand Introduced the New Q3, A6, Q6 Sportback E-tron, A6 E-tron, A4 Successor A5, and the Brand-New Q5. It’s more the rule than the exception for audi to present a new body variant shortly after unveiling a new model. Also Typical of Audi is Keeping the Plug-in Hybrid Variants Under Wraps A Bit Longer. In March, we already made the first meters with the third generation of the audi Q5, but the plug-in versions are there. The Solution: We Drove around with A 367 HP Audi SQ5 With A 3.0 V6. The Importer isn’t Entirely Sure Whether to Bring That SQ5 to the Netherlands; It can naturally already hear the tax authorities drooling from the bpm taxes. This time, we’re again sampling a 367 hp audi Q5, but this time a version that is much more relevant.
This time we are driving the plug-in hybrid with 367 hp. It is only available as s edition competition with sporty trim, lots of equipment and a highher price.
Until the Importer Decides to Welcome the SQ5, the Audi Q5 and Q5 Sportback in the Netherlands are only Avareable as E-Hybrid Plug-in Hybrids. It Comes in Two Power Variants: 299 HP and 367 HP. However, The Hardware is Virtualy Identical. In both Cases, there is a 2.0 four-cylinder up Front that generates 252 HP and 380 Nm, and between the Engine and Seven-Speed Dual-Clutch Automatic Transmission is A 143 HP Electric Motor. The System Power of That Electromechanical Dance is Determined by Software, After which Audi’s Quattro System Distributes The Forces About All Four Wheels. The Q5 E-Hybrid Illustrates Like No Other How Big The Steps Parent Company Volkswagen HAS Tasks in PHEV Terms. Regardless of the Power Variant, The Q5 E-hybrid has a 20.7 kWh Battery (Net). That is Almost Half The Size of the Previous Generation Plug-in Hybrid Q5s and Is Almost As Large As The Package that the Electric Renault Zoe had in Bottom about Twelve Years ago.
Completely Audi 2025. And Therefore with a ‘High-Tech’ Appearance. The Screen for the Passger is not Standard.
You pay a price for that. Unlike Young Plug-Ins Like the Tiguan E-Hybrid on the Mqbevo Platform, The Battery in Audi’s On PPC Basis is not Mainly Under The Rear Seat, But Under The Trunk. The Q5 E-Hybrid Eats 438 and With the Rear Seat Folded Down 1,358 Liters (Sportback: 433-1,300 Liters), A Mild-hybrid Q5 With Quattro Drive Consumes 520 to 1,473 Liters. A Significant Difference, Althegh the Flat Bottom, the Rear Seat that can be moved separate from Each Other about a distance of 10 centimeters, and the excellent shape of the luggage compartment somewhat soften the pain. The Battery Pack has no consequences for the space in the back seat, where you can sit comfortably with an average posture.
The Audi Q5 E-Hybrid That We Drive is the 367 HP Version and is only Avareable As A Sporty Trimmed and Richly Equipped S Edition Competition. From the outside you recognize that top version – its name already gives it away – by typical s line trim that is also available for the 299 hp version, supplemented with an extensive collection of black accents that are reserved for this top version. We Mention: Black Roof Rails, Dark Chrome Exhaust Tailpipes and Black Side Mirror Caps. The S Edition Competition is also Standard Equipped with Adaptive Air Suspension, While the 299 HP Versions Have Standard Steel Springs. Air Suspension is an option for the lesser Gods of the Q5 Range.
The Battery Takes Up Some of the Luggage Space. The Battery is Located Under The Cover Plate.
Altheghe we have not yet leg able to feel a Q5 With the Standard Steel Springs – So Not the Sports Suspension of the SQ5 – the € 1.995 Option Seems to Be A So -Called No -Brainer. Make No Mistake: The Q5 E-Hybrid Never Feels Light-Footed. The SQ5 Didn’t, and This 2,245 kilos Heavy Plug-in on Sports Shoes Does Even Less. With its adaptive air suspension, the Q5 e-hybrid does make a good attempt to conceal as many disadvantages of automotive fatness as Possible. While the kilos do their best to dive down aftertin a threshold, the whole thing is quickly and smoothly damped and stabilized. Without Dipping Deeply, Without After-Effects. By Means of Drive Select You Can Have The Q5 E-Hybrid Take On The Dynamic Character in Addition to Efficiency, Comfort, And Offroad. We would leave that for what it is, despite the advantages it sacrifices. The Q5 E-Hybrid Drops 1.5 centimeters Closer to the Asphalt Without Becoming Uncomfortly hard. Pleasant for those who want to eat their kilometers a little more lively.
Fortunately, The Placement of the Battery Has No Consquences for the Space in the Back Seat.
Audi Gives an Electric Range of Around 100 kilometers for the Q5 E-Hybrid. Please note: that applies to the variants on the smallest (18-inch) Wheels. Our test car is on optional 21-inch wheels with rubber in the size 255/40/21 around it. They reduce the factory specification to around 80 kilometers. Duration our first acquaintance – In which we did not do an economy run – we did not get any indication when looking at the instrumentation that a comparable electric range would not be feasible in practice. Electric Driving is Possible with Sufficient Soc up to a speed or 140 km/h. No More Power? No problem: then the Q5 e-hybrid behavior like a normal hybrid. The interaction between the Gasoline Engine and Electric Motor is Almost Shock and Vibration-Free, the 2.0 only Verbally and Modestly Lets You Know That Has Awakened.
Drive Select Offers Pre-Programmed Driving Modes. Individual sacrifices a solution for those who want a little of everything.
The Q5 E-Hybrid S Edition Competition With Its Starting Price or € 74.990 is of Course The Most Expective Flavor There is. The 68 HP That the Q5 E-Hybrid S Edition Competition Offers More than the 299 HP Versions is a Treat That Adds Little More than a Touch of Excess to the Q5. A Milder Q5 E-Hybrid (from € 67.990) with Optional Air Suspension is Considerly Less EXPENSive and also Certainly Doesn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’t us, AltheHOUNOUS OBOUT HOW THE Q5 E-Hybrid Springs Fare.