My Week with the Audi Q5
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...