GIVEN AUDI’S PLAN for a fully electric line-up in just eight years, it’s put a surprising amount of effort into the new Audi Q5. Then again, a mere light refresh of its global best seller would have been more than a little risky.
So, what’s changed? Well, the big headline is that the third generation of Audi’s BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLC rival is the first SUV to use Audi’s new Premium Platform Combustion (PPC) underpinnings, which made their debut on the A5 last year. These aren’t entirely ‘new’, then, but some major upgrades were needed to accommodate the brand’s latest fuel-saving mild hybrid technology.