New 2021 Audi Q5 deals

2021 Audi Q5 deals

You'll pay just over £51,000 for an SQ5, so that's a substantial £10,000 jump from the most powerful variant in the standard Q5 range, the 252PS 2.0 TFSI quattro Sport model.

Still, at least for that, you get an awful lot of standard kit, though disappointingly, the tally doesn't include the 'Audi Virtual Cockpit' instrument display; that's an option. You do though, get a top-of-the-line 'MMI navigation plus' infotainment system with 'MMI all-in-touch' and an 8.3-inch display.

The system recognises handwritten input as well as touch gestures and includes 'Audi connect' media services which connect the car to the internet via LTE. Driver assistance systems include Audi's Adaptive cruise control (ACC) system, a set-up that includes a 'traffic jam assist' feature that'll handle some of the steering work in slow-moving traffic.

'Audi active lane assist' makes it easier to stay in lane. And 'distance warning' alerts the driver when the distance to a vehicle drops below safe levels. 'Cross traffic assist rear', an 'exit warning system', 'collision avoidance assist' and 'turn assist' are other features new to SQ5 buyers for safety in everyday traffic.

The same is true for the pre-sense systems: 'Audi pre sense city' is standard, the system able to warn the driver about pedestrians and vehicles that may represent accident hazards, before initiating automatic emergency braking within system limits.