AUDI Australia has introduced particulars of its inaugural Q5 Sportback coupe-SUV vary, which options the choice of on-line buying, a five-year service plan and the selection of gentle hybrids in two diesels and a petroleum engine.
The 2 Q5 variants and an SQ5 efficiency SUV, in-built Mexico at a manufacturing facility that derives all its energy from photo voltaic panels, will launch right here in August priced from $77,700 plus on-road prices.
The Sportback trio are extra to the Q5 vary and can increase the mannequin to 11 variants.
Audi unveiled the Q5 Sportback in Europe final 12 months and promptly obtained robust curiosity from Australian consumers.
Audi Australia managing director Paul Sansom stated the five-door Sportback fashion “has met an ideal match within the terribly well-liked Q5 SUV”.
“We’ve had very excessive ranges of buyer curiosity within the Q5 Sportback vary because it was first unveiled final 12 months, and we’re happy to now be delivering on its promise,” he stated.
“The Q5 Sportback appears set to start a profitable new period for the Q5 vary.”
The Q5 Sportback is distinguished by its coupe-like tail that follows the traces of the Q3 and e-tron Sportback. It retains Audi’s signature ‘singleframe’ grille flanked by LED or matrix LED headlights.
Its profile exhibits the third facet glass tapering sharply to the rear to finish with a dramatically sloping rear window and high-mounted bumper.
Tail-lights will be optioned as OLED items that show a warning sign to drivers following inside 2m by making a choreographed sequence of flashing lights.
Audi will specify all of the Q5 Sportback fashions with the S line exterior styling, together with honeycomb sample grille, trapezoidal entrance bumper design with matt-aluminium inserts, S line rear spoiler and diffuser with selenite silver trim, in addition to S line badging.
The diesel-engined SQ5 Sportback 40 TDI will open the mannequin vary with a $77,700 value earlier than on-road prices and the Sportback 45 TFSI petrol is priced at $86,300. The SQ5 shall be $110,900, plus prices.
The 40 and 45 characteristic gentle hybrid electrical automobile (MHEV) expertise for effectivity and extra efficiency and have a seven-speed S Tiptronic transmission with Audi’s quattro all-wheel drive system.
Beneath the bonnet of the Q5 40 TDI is a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel rated at 150kW/400Nm that provides the Q5 a 0-100km/h dash time of seven.6 seconds.
Audi claims it has an “distinctive long-distance vary” due to its 5.4 litres/100km common and 70-litre gasoline tank that provides it a theoretical vary of greater than 1250 km.
The Q5 Sportback 45 TFSI has a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine with MHEV, creating 183kW/370Nm for a dash time of 6.3 seconds.
Audi’s premium efficiency Q5 is the SQ5 Sportback that arrives with a 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel engine that includes 48-volt MHEV system and electric-powered compressor (EPC) to supply 251kW/700Nm.
The engine delivers a flat torque band with its full power between 1750rpm and 3250rpm. The early energy supply, attributable partly to the forced-air electrical compressor, offers it a 0-100km/h time of solely 5.1 seconds.
The effectivity good points supplied by the MHEV system additionally offers it a 7.1L/100km gasoline common.
Audi stated the fitment of an actuator within the exhaust system offers the V6 “a particular and sonorous sound” that may be managed by way of Audi drive choose.
To cut back emissions, the 2 diesel engines have a twin-dosing expertise of two SCR catalytic converters working collectively. The primary of those is behind the exhaust manifold the place it additionally capabilities as a particulate filter, whereas the second is positioned additional away from the engine underneath the automobile ground.
Audi stated each catalytic converters complement one another as a result of they cowl totally different working conditions and exhaust fuel temperature home windows. The SCR catalytic converters are fed by AdBlue urea answer by way of a big tank.
The emissions techniques permit each diesels to return ranges “considerably beneath” the most recent Euro 6d emissions requirements, which additionally stipulate a dramatic discount in NOx emissions on the WLTP real-world take a look at cycle, Audi stated.
The SQ5 mates its V6 engine with an eight-speed tiptronic transmission that feeds drive by the quattro system to all wheels.
It has a self-locking centre differential that is ready to direct 40 per cent of the torque to the entrance axle and 60 per cent to the rear in regular driving circumstances, with as much as 85 per cent directed to the rear wheels if circumstances demand. Elective is a sport differential that may direct nearly 100 per cent of torque to both rear wheel.
The SQ5 additionally will get commonplace adaptive suspension with damper management that provides it a 30mm decrease journey peak than the Q5 Sportback. Air suspension, that adjusts the journey peak by 5 ranges relying on the driving state of affairs, is non-compulsory.
Security options embody a five-star ANCAP score, eight airbags, AEB with pedestrian detection, driver consideration help, facet help and lane help (with lane change warning), exit warning, hill-descent management, rear cross-traffic alert, hill-hold help, park help, parking system plus with reversing digital camera, tyre-pressure monitor and pre-sense fundamental/rear, in addition to clever 360-degree cameras.
The Q5 Sportback 45 TFSI quattro and SQ5 Sportback TDI additionally embody adaptive cruise management with site visitors jam help as commonplace.
Cabin options embody Android Auto and wi-fi Apple CarPlay, Digital Cockpit Plus with a ten.1-inch high-resolution touchscreen, wi-fi telephone charging, two simultaneous Bluetooth connections, Digital DAB+ radio and 4 USB shops (two within the rear).
All Q5s have an embedded SIM card for connectivity together with built-in on-line site visitors, climate, gasoline costs, parking data, vacation spot send-to-car and Google Maps. It additionally has a service request to the vendor and an emergency name perform.
The brand new trio construct on the cabin options of the opposite Q5 variations however add high-end gadgets together with sports activities entrance seats and heated auto-folding mirrors with auto dimming and reverse dipping.
S line appointments embody black material headlining, aluminium trim inlays, black gloss surfaces in black gloss and illuminated door sills.
Within the 45 TFSI, commonplace package consists of tremendous Nappa leather-based upholstery with diamond stitching for the seats together with the entrance sports activities seats, inlays in matt brushed aluminium, stainless-steel pedals and contrasting stitching. It additionally will get a sliding and reclining rear seat.
Regardless of the coupe roof line, the bags compartment is 510 litres – simply 10 litres lower than the SUV bodystyle – whereas additionally providing “substantial” headroom for all occupants.
The SQ5 Sportback TDI options the identical stage of specification because the just lately launched SQ5 TDI, aside from a brand new 21-inch turbine alloy wheel design.
Audi will provide the Sportbacks in a number of 9 exterior colors and a wide range of inside color schemes.
It should even have a complete Audi five-year service plan bundle priced at $3140 for the 2 Sportbacks, and $3170 for the SQ5.
Possibility packages are additionally accessible, together with the Consolation bundle (40 TDI) and Technik bundle (40 TDI and 45 TFSI).
The Q5 Sportback and SQ5 Sportback TDI are made at Audi’s San José Chiapa website in Mexico, which derives 100 per cent of its energy from renewable power sources, generated by a photovoltaic plant in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Patrons will even be capable of purchase the brand new Sportback on order by the Audi on-line buy platform.
