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Video: 2014 Audi SQ5

01:41 min
By Cars.com Editors
January 15, 2013

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From the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, Cars.com's Kelsey Mays takes a look at the 2014 Audi SQ5.

Transcript

(car hood clanks) (upbeat instrumental music) (car revving) Hi. I'm Kelsey Mays for Cars.com Audi recently threw a three liter supercharged V6 under the hood of the five-seat Q5 crossover.
It's good for north of 250 horsepower, but if that's not enough for you, there's even more power now. Courtesy of the SQ5, which we are at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, checking out. Let's take a closer look. Changes include for the S model silver here, along the grill, along the mirror caps, not wild about the silver here. It looks pretty plasticky. That's an issue we've taken in other Audi S models. The Q5 tops out at 20-inch wheels. These are available 21-inch wheels look really big on the car, especially considering that the hunkered down sporting suspension lowers ride height by about 1.2 inches. Now under the hood, there's a supercharged V6 here, it's good for 354 horsepower, 347 pounds feet of torque. That's up 82 horsepower, and 52 pounds feet over the Q5 with the supercharged V6. The Q5 hits zero to 60 in about six seconds. This takes almost a full second off of that. The Q5 sells about as well as the Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class, the Acura RDX, other small luxury crossovers. Given the popularity of the supercharged V6 in the current car, we expect the SQ5 should help out sales even more. Stay tuned for when it goes on sale this fall. (car revving)

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