Audi SQ5 TDI 2012-2016 a very SPECIAL car...

Audi SQ5 TDI 2012-2016 a very SPECIAL car...

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It used to be so simple - and so restrictive. If you wanted a genuinely rapid SUV, you had to buy something huge and unwieldy. In 2012, the Audi SQ5 TDI changed all that by offering us the world's fastest diesel SUV in a manageably-sized package. The brand's first ever TDI-powered 'S' model delivers a thumping 313PS packaged in a compactly practical bodyshape filled with the usual Audi good stuff inside. There's 540-litres of luggage space, comfortable seats for five and it can even get over forty miles from a gallon of diesel if you drive sedately. Yet it can climb a 31-degree gradient, cruise across a muddy field and on tarmac, charge to 62mph in five seconds. Truly a very special car.

Audi knows a thing or two about fast diesel sportscars. It won the Le Mans 24 hour race as long ago as 2006 under TDI power and since then, we've seen ever-more rapid and hugely potent V8 and even V12 diesel engines in cars like the A8 and the Q7. There was never though, a sporting 'S' model fuelled from the black pump. Until the 2012 launch of this car, the SQ5.
Yes, it's an SUV. But it's an SUV unlike any you've probably ever experienced before. The key reason why lies beneath the bonnet. Tucked under there is a 313PS twin turbo TDI powerplant endowing this mid-sized 4x4 with phenomenal punch. Before this car was launched, SUV buyers in search of that sort of acceleration used to have to stretch up towards the lottery-winning pricetags demanded by top performance versions of much larger models like Porsche's Cayenne, Mercedes' M-Class or BMW's X5. In creating this performance flagship for the smaller Q5 range, Audi made things a little more accessible.
With the SQ5, you have all of the practical aspects of a normal MK1 model Q5. That means it'll quite happily do the family duties, commute in comfort, put in a performance at IKEA and be low key enough for you to happily park on the street without a worry. Yet somehow, this model still retains the ability to outsprint a Porsche Cayman sportscar. Quite an all-rounder then. The car sold until Spring 2017 when it was replaced by a second generation SQ5 model powered this time by a 3.0 TFSI V6 petrol engine.

Writer - Jonathan Crouch

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