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For my recent trip to the FIA World Endurance Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps the Audi UK Press Office provided me with a car for the week, which an Audi Q5 2.0 TDI quattro S line S tronic in 'Ice Silver'.  I did a blog with my initial thoughts while in Belgium but now I have had time to do a proper review of my time with the car. Being a 4x4 my first impressions from behind the wheel of the Q5 was it was an imposing car. You sit up higher than in a 'normal' car but the layout of the controls is typically Audi, very logical, with everything falling where you expect it to be.  This S Line version also had full leather, which was sublimely comfortable on the long trip to Belgium. To drive the Q5 was a joy.  I expected it to be a lumbering beast but, again, the drive was very 'Audi', sure footed and precise.  It had a bit more body roll in the corners than I usually like but I soon got used to.  The figures for top spee...

This is my 'steed' for the next week while working at the next round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Spa Francorchamps courtesy of the Audi UK Press Office. I received the car last Friday and soon got to grips with the handling, which is quite different from my Honda Civic 1.8 iVtech.  The 177 horses under the bonnet pull the car along at a fair lick and the fact it is a diesel means the economy is pretty good as well. I'll do a full review on the car next week but in the meantime here are some shots from this morning out in the Belgian countryside near Francorchamps. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION If you like what you see on this blog please visit our  Facebook  page and click 'like' MORE IMAGES CAN BE VIEWED ON  FLICKR  AND ON ...