2016 Audi SQ5 Plus Review | Audi’s Steppenwolf (In Sheep’s Clothing…)
SUBTLE AND UNASSUMING, UNLESS YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, THE 2016 AUDI SQ5 PLUS IS AN ABSOLUTE POWERHOUSE... BUT IN A PLAIN WRAPPER.
It first arrived as one of the first medium performance SUVs in the premium class - the SQ5 blended Audi’s traditional poise with really beefy turbo-diesel performance.
Now, despite its advancing age, Audi has given the SQ5 a rework for the SQ5 Plus. It pounds out a touch more power and plenty more torque from its 3.0 litre turbo diesel engine, and keeps the SQ5 at the head of the performance-SUV pack.
Vehicle Style: Medium Performance SUV
Price: $108,900 (plus on-roads)
Engine/trans: 250kW/700Nm 3.0 litre twin turbo diesel V6 | 8spd auto
Fuel Economy claimed: 6.8 l/100km | tested: 8.9 l/100km
OVERVIEW
What do you get in a Plus that you don’t in a regular SQ5? Well, for one thing, there’s the engine with 10kW more power, and 50Nm more torque.
While the SQ5’s 0-100 km/h times aren’t altered by the extra urge, rolling response is, for even more urgent overtaking.
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