Audi Q5 review

In the UK, prices for the Q5 SUV start at £51,410 for the entry-level Sport trim and a petrol engine. The same trim with a diesel is £53,060. Standard kit includes 19-inch wheels, LED lights and a ‘comfort’ suspension setup that we’re yet to try.

You’ll also get heated front seats trimmed in leather, three-zone climate control, adaptive cruise control and a 360-degree parking display with Park Assist Plus tech. If you want the Sportback in the same spec, that’ll be £53,910 for the petrol and £55,560 for the diesel.

The next step up the ladder is S Line, which adds a sharper suspension setup, 20-inch wheels and a sporty bodykit with black trim. You get S Line badges on the front wings too in order to try and fool just one person into thinking you’ve bought the V6 SQ5. All of that will cost an additional £2,600 no matter which body style or engine you’ve decided on.

Top of the tree is the Edition 1, which adds 21-inch wheels, fancy Matrix LED headlights, more active safety tech, sports seats and that 10.9-inch passenger display. Add another £4,200 onto the price of an S Line car for the pleasure.

Options include the aforementioned adaptive air suspension (£1,725), a panoramic glass roof (£1,600) and a folding towbar (£1,555). Oh, and that Sound & Vision Pack (£2,195) which adds the head-up display, Bang & Olufsen sound system and higher capacity USB ports to rapid charge your devices.

Standard colour is white, with anything else costing from £750 (for black, blue, green, grey and red) up to £1,495, which gets you Sakhir Gold. Ouch.

If it were our money, we wouldn’t look beyond the base Sport trim, which gets the better riding (and quieter) 19-inch alloys. If you’re mostly going to be tootling around town get the petrol; if you’re likely to be regularly schlepping up the motorway get the diesel.