As the next generation Audi Q5 is getting closer to its forthcoming reveal, new images of the top-spec SQ5 testing on the Nürburgring have given us our best look yet at the popular premium SUV. Expected to launch late this year, the Q5 will rival Mercedes’ new GLC and BMW’s forthcoming all-new X3 in the popular segment.
Front and centre of the changes will be the Q5’s styling, interior design and tech, the car adopting a new generation design language penned under the influence of Audi design chief Marc Lichte. As seen in these new spy images, the new Q5 takes a much more assertive approach by introducing oversized haunches, large air intakes and slim LED lighting. The nose of this SQ5 prototype is particularly telling, with large openings below and to each side of Audi’s usual large central grille feeding air to the powertrain.
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