The official “mini-site” of the Audi Q5, next generation SUV, has officially arrived online. The important German off-road will be revealed in a world preview on the 19th of April.

With a superior graphic kaleidoscope on the site, it’s possible to register and win a preview test drive. According to Ingolstadt the Q5 will be “efficient but fun”, “sporty but not irrational” and will combine new technology with traditional company values.

All this will be needed: it’s useless to underline that in this sector, it will be given a run for its money…

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It is by now almost certain that the debut of the new Audi Q5 will be in Beijing, in about a month from now. The German company’s new medium SUV, ready to challenge the BMW X3 and the Mercedes GLK, should debut with a hybrid version and new S-Tronic trasmission, double-clutch and seven speeds, which will manage an engine of 550Nm of torque and 8500 rpm . Expectations of the final physical aspects of the Q5 have been reduced, given that spy photos have been circulating for some time.

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In an interview with Automotive News, Joel Weinberger, head of Audi’s dealer council, revealed some interesting information about the next Audi Q5. When questioned about the position of the market in the USA he replied, “The Q7 is a really big vehicle. Just size-wise you have to look at the (Lexus) RX 330 as your target. The Q5 will fit into that niche and it should not
cannibalize the Q7. It will be bigger than the (BMW) X3 and (Acura) RDX. Smaller SUVs tend to be more female-oriented.”

Other interesting news on the engine front: in the American market the hybrid variant will arrive first and only afterwards will the diesel version be released, “The Q5 will go hybrid first and not diesel. Audi has told me the unit cost of a diesel is $4,000 more but they realize they cannot sell it for $4,000 more - the premium will be half of that. We’ll sell them if they can keep pricing in line.”

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Audi will show tomorrow in Shanghai the S07 concept, a compact crossover/suv with a TDI engine.

We don’t know whether the S07 will be a precursor of the long awaited Audi Q5, the smaller sibling of the Q7, which might be shown in at the next Frankfurt auto show.

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