Speaking of the Audi Q5 car, it can also be regarded as a very classic luxury car, especially when it was introduced, there was also a grand situation of queuing up to buy Q5 at a higher price, and from this point of view, it can also be seen that this car is indeed very successful.
However, as the saying goes, people have to serve the old, the car is the same, in the blink of an eye, this generation of Audi Q5 is also about to reach the end of life, and the rapid replacement of the model is the key factor to ensure its competitiveness. Not long ago, overseas media captured a test spy photo of the new generation of Audi Q5, and it is reported that the new car will be officially released next year.
The exterior design has changed greatly
Since it is a replacement model, the new generation of Audi Q5 is naturally a big change in design, which can also be seen from the test spy photos. For example, the large size grille on the current Audi Q5L seems to have been abandoned, replaced by a smaller grille + a larger air intake design, although the new car is currently covered by heavy camouflage, but if you tear off this camouflage clothing, the moment of revealing the lineup is still worth looking forward to. At the same time, the headlight shape on both sides is expected to be updated, but Audi itself has the name of "lamp factory", so the headlight shape is not to worry.
If you come to the side, the overall outline of the new car is not much different from the current model, but the body size may be extended, because the intuitive feeling of overseas photographers is that it is larger than the current model, and presumably the actual data will give a certain surprise after it comes out. As for the rear part of the car, because the new tail lights also use test lampshades, it is not very clear about the overall appearance, but the popular through-type taillights should not be there, which may be a pity for many consumers, and the lower exhaust is still a bilateral two-out design, highlighting the domineering and sporty sense of the whole vehicle.
There is news about the power side, which is also in the secret at present, but this new car is likely to share the powertrain with the new generation of Audi A4, so we can still look forward to the arrival of hybrid or plug-in hybrid versions.
Can the Audi Q5 "recover the lost ground"?
I have to say that the development of this generation of Audi Q5L is indeed quite tortuous. Remember when it was first listed, because the current Q5L turned the original ZF 8AT into a 7-speed wet double clutch after the listing, the full-time four-wheel drive system of the signature central Tolson-style limited-slip differential was also replaced by the timely four-wheel drive of the multi-piece clutch central differential, and the selling point that was proud of it was cancelled, resulting in the sales of this car has been sluggish, and even when it was just listed, there was not even half of the sales of the old model, and for a time many people thought that the Audi Q5L such a strong model will definitely go to the end.
However, as a benchmark model in the luxury SUV market, Audi Q5L obviously still has two brushes, relying on it to envy the space strength of the same level, better meet the buyer's hope that the space is larger and better, as well as a good preferential margin, Audi Q5L sales are also rising steadily, back to their due position.
But this status quo has not lasted long, after the Audi Q5L was listed for 4 years, its competitiveness seems to be somewhat inferior to the past, especially in the competition with the old rivals Mercedes-Benz GLC and BMW X3, the current Audi Q5L performance is indeed not as good as the first two models.
According to the data released by the Association of Passenger Vehicles, from January to February this year, the Audi Q5L ranked at the bottom of the three models, with cumulative sales reaching 25921 units, while the Mercedes-Benz GLC and BMW X3 sold 32289 and 28361 vehicles respectively. At the same time, the Audi Q5L is also the only of the three models to decline year-on-year, a decline of 7.7%.
It can be said that the competition in the luxury medium-sized SUV market is very fierce, and everyone's position in the market is also changing rapidly, fortunately, the gap between the current Audi Q5L and mercedes-Benz GRC and BMW X3 has not opened up a lot, and if the new generation of Audi Q5 can bring surprises, it is undoubtedly the biggest weapon to fight back against opponents.
Editor's note
For Audi, the Audi Q5L is undoubtedly a very important model, because it bears most of the sales in the SUV market, so Audi has always attached great importance to its replacement. However, for the new generation of Audi Q5, there is not much news now, but according to the status of Audi Q5 itself, it is not impossible to continue the past Q5's dominance in this market segment after the arrival of new products.
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