So I’ve had my Q5 for a little while now. It’s a Q5 Sportback 45 TFSI quattro. My thoughts are as follows:
- It is VERY thirsty. Spending £80 a week in petrol.
- It is a boring car to drive. The Q3 felt more dynamic.
- The steering is almost completely devoid of feeling; there is no sense of connection to the car and what it is doing.
- It is too big for cramped car parks in the UK. Getting in and out of bays is difficult, even with the sensors and camera.
- The power behind the accelerator and the strength of the brakes makes low speed manoeuvres (such as 3 point turn) difficult, and kangarooie.
- The power, grip and torque is very impressive. Putting your foot down to go from sat 20 to 70 is pretty cool.
- The car is in its element cruising long distances. It makes light work of long motorway journeys and is like travelling on an aeroplane first class.
- It looks very big from the outside, but pretty ordinary on the inside. Spacious, but not massive, and certainly not cramped.
- The stuck on iPad simply doesn’t look as good as a built in MMI of the newer design e.g. Q3, Q8 etc.
- The Sport trim is a bit cheap aesthetically speaking but robust and hard wearing which is ideal for a family car.
- The standard suspension is great for bumps, pot holes, which you don’t particularly notice.
- It misses some safety features like lane keep assist, blind spot monitoring which are standard on an entry level Q3.
- The seats are a bit hard and uncomfortable, although that feeling lessens as you wear it in.
- The floor is too high up making it feel like your knees are lifted right up to where the steering wheel sits.
- The engine is very quiet and rarely sounds strained.
- The arm rest does not have a latch as a cost saving measure.
- There are few ways to play music. Only through phone.
- The speed limiter is very effective. It has a 1mph margin of error if you catch it by surprise by going down a hill. Lessor marques’ speed limiters effectively stop working completely when going down hills.
- The wheels are huge.
- You can’t fit a roof box on the Sportback model despite it having roof bars.
- The car doesn’t look very ‘modern’ on the inside, but is a nice place to be.
- The boot is massive, even on the Sportback model.
- Once your eyes are used to the Sportback model, seeing the normal SUV shape is quite jarring as it looks very boxy and boring looking.
- Despite the sloping roof, the Sportback doesn’t feel remotely like a ‘coupé’.
- The 12 inch high def Virtual Cockpit is the best in the business, it looks the bees knees and is functionally fantastic.
Anyway, would love to hear your thoughts.
- It is VERY thirsty. Spending £80 a week in petrol.
- It is a boring car to drive. The Q3 felt more dynamic.
- The steering is almost completely devoid of feeling; there is no sense of connection to the car and what it is doing.
- It is too big for cramped car parks in the UK. Getting in and out of bays is difficult, even with the sensors and camera.
- The power behind the accelerator and the strength of the brakes makes low speed manoeuvres (such as 3 point turn) difficult, and kangarooie.
- The power, grip and torque is very impressive. Putting your foot down to go from sat 20 to 70 is pretty cool.
- The car is in its element cruising long distances. It makes light work of long motorway journeys and is like travelling on an aeroplane first class.
- It looks very big from the outside, but pretty ordinary on the inside. Spacious, but not massive, and certainly not cramped.
- The stuck on iPad simply doesn’t look as good as a built in MMI of the newer design e.g. Q3, Q8 etc.
- The Sport trim is a bit cheap aesthetically speaking but robust and hard wearing which is ideal for a family car.
- The standard suspension is great for bumps, pot holes, which you don’t particularly notice.
- It misses some safety features like lane keep assist, blind spot monitoring which are standard on an entry level Q3.
- The seats are a bit hard and uncomfortable, although that feeling lessens as you wear it in.
- The floor is too high up making it feel like your knees are lifted right up to where the steering wheel sits.
- The engine is very quiet and rarely sounds strained.
- The arm rest does not have a latch as a cost saving measure.
- There are few ways to play music. Only through phone.
- The speed limiter is very effective. It has a 1mph margin of error if you catch it by surprise by going down a hill. Lessor marques’ speed limiters effectively stop working completely when going down hills.
- The wheels are huge.
- You can’t fit a roof box on the Sportback model despite it having roof bars.
- The car doesn’t look very ‘modern’ on the inside, but is a nice place to be.
- The boot is massive, even on the Sportback model.
- Once your eyes are used to the Sportback model, seeing the normal SUV shape is quite jarring as it looks very boxy and boring looking.
- Despite the sloping roof, the Sportback doesn’t feel remotely like a ‘coupé’.
- The 12 inch high def Virtual Cockpit is the best in the business, it looks the bees knees and is functionally fantastic.
Anyway, would love to hear your thoughts.