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L.A. Auto Show: Audi’s New Q5 is Another Win
Nov 20 2008 by Kristin Varela
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage. Of course, in the 21st century more and more hipsters are mixing up that order — just like Audi. It entered the SUV market with the three-row Q7, and it’s now working backward (or forward, if you ask me), coming out with a smaller two-row crossover, the Q5.
The Q5 — available in March ’09 — has plenty of family-friendly functionality mixed with German engineering and a sexy design. It doesn’t get much better than that. We’re talking sensuous LED daytime running lights, gorgeous wood-grained accents (actual real wood from actual real trees), heated and cooled cupholders, second-row seats that recline slightly to help properly angle child-safety seats, fabulously accessible Latch connectors, a backup camera, an automatic tailgate and more.
For families who haul lots of stuff on top of their cars, such as skis, luggage, Christmas trees and the like, the roof’s cross rails communicate with the Q5’s stability control system. Just as you walk differently when you’re carrying a 30-pound toddler on your hip, your car should drive differently when it’s carrying a heavy load, as well. Now that’s smart engineering!
It’s about to develop a newer compact SUV below the Q7. It would be a direct competitor against the x3, isn’t it? It would be more improvised via its latest front wheel bearings, rims and wheel.