All bark and lots of bite

The second generation Audi Q5 is here and Cyril Klopper muddies it up in the name of science.

It would be a gross understatement to say that the Q5 is a popular SUV. By this time last year, Audi had sold over a million Q5s in more than a 100 countries. Europeans are particularly smitten with this mid-size SUV. From Milan to Manchester, you’ll find a Q5 parked on almost every street. Like the A4, the Q5 is an important model for Audi, and they absolutely needed to get it right with this second generation model. The German manufacturer hopes to sell around 100 units per month in South Africa, which seems doable considering they sold 90 in July of this year, a mere month before this new Q5 was launched. So what changes did Audi make?

On the outside

There is a strong evolutionary link between the new and old Q5, unlike the second generation Q7, which was completely redesigned to distance itself from the first generation Q7. It’s as if the old Q5 was sent to boot camp and returned all muscled and toned. The character lines are crisper and the