January 23, 2025

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2021 Audi SQ5 makes unofficial debut in spy photos

At the end of June, the 2021 Audi Q5 debuted. A several details about the SQ5 were being delivered, but there were being no pictures of the refreshed crossover out there at the time. A person of our spy shooters has considering that caught the SQ5 out and about with hardly a lick of camouflage covering it up.

The distinctions are minimal, but apparent when established side-by-side. This SQ5 options a related honeycomb grille style and design, but as it truly is an S product, it has a silver surround (an Audi S automobile aspect these days), differentiating alone from the black surround on the typical Q5. The side venting on the bumpers function a related silver surround in which the typical Q5 has black trim. There will be a minimal SQ5 badge inside the honeycomb grille on the SQ5, but in general, these two search very related from the front. 

Its most apparent “S” characteristic is the quad-tip exhaust. The aged SQ5 experienced some of the most apparent pretend exhaust inserts on the sector (below ideal), sitting down flush with the automobile. These tips search real, but on closer inspection, the actual exhaust appears to nevertheless dump out below the automobile, pointed downward. No matter, the chrome quad tips are a substantial enhancement about the bizarre rear bumper style and design of the pre-refresh SQ5.

The wheels are exactly the very same style and design as those found on the typical Q5 in the 1st pictures introduced. Maybe that automobile was outfitted with an S Line offer of kinds, or it’s just a circumstance of this staying a prototype examination automobile. Audi has already claimed what is below the hood of the new SQ5, although. It’ll be powered by the very same 3.-liter turbocharged V6 that tends to make 349 horsepower and 369 pound-ft of torque. Zero to sixty mph will occur in 4.seven seconds.

We really do not nonetheless know when the SQ5 will bow, but take into consideration the typical Q5 is already out, it shouldn’t be extended.