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Spy Shots: Audi Q5 takes shape
by Chris Shunk on May 1st 2007 at 11:36AM 
The small luxury crossover is quickly becoming en vogue, with the success of the X3, the new LR2, and the RDX helping their respective companies add sales while bolstering their bottom lines. With its grandios expansion plans over the next few years, Audi can't be held out of this burgeoning luxury 'ute market for long, and it's preparing the Q5 to add more sales to their expanding portfolio.Our spy photography friend Hans Lehmann snapped some pics of the Q5 in action, and the basic form of the forthcoming ute is shown quite well, and the little utility vehicle doesn't appear to have the same shape as the recently unveiled Cross Coupe Quattro.The Q5 will be underpinned by the A5 platform, which means it will have the flexibility to have several powertrains from which to choose, including the FSI 2.0L turbo, 3.2L inline six, and even a 4.2L V8. Diesel options will be available in Europe and we can all dream that they'll be available in the States as well.
Other options for the Q5 include hill descent control and air suspension, but due to the small size of the A5 platform a third row doesn't seem plausible. Audi has a goal to reach 1.5 million annual sales by 2015, and we think the Q5 will go a long way towards that goal.
[Source: WorldCarFans]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brian 11:54AM (5/01/2007)
are you kidding? you cant see a damn thing from that photo
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bmoredlj 12:21PM (5/01/2007)
Isn't Infiniti a little pissed, themselves having a Q-SUV?
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Yago Bal 12:26PM (5/01/2007)
" [...] and the little utility vehicle doesn't appear to have the same shape as the recently unveiled Cross Coupe Quattro."
That's because the Cross Coupé Quattro, with it's tranversal engine architecture, previews the Q3, not the Q5, which will be based on Audi's new longitudinal engine platform.
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Quattrofan 12:40PM (5/01/2007)
Brian, most spy shots here on Autoblog are usually an equivalent of Gisele Bündchen wearing a Burka. E.g. they SUCK!
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BKadalur 1:21PM (5/01/2007)
isn't infiniti's the QX56, not Q56?
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rwcmick 2:02PM (5/01/2007)
Is the RDX selling that well?
I see a lot of cheap offers in the paper for them.
This Auto Spies article talks about the RDX being a flop:
http://www.autospies.com/news/Why-has-the-Acura-RDX-been-sales-flop-12993/
I don't know what numbers Acura projected, so far this year they've sold just over 13k of them.
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zack 2:34PM (5/01/2007)
no allroad..
just what the world needs another freakin' SUV
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