AiR
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*to be read in a Clarksonian voice*
Yes it's an Audi Q5. It's painted in camoflauge and at the moment it's trying it's best to blend in. In reality it's probably plotting to overthrow all humans and conquer earth. At least that is what you expect, because the Audi is a very complicated car filled with computers making all sorts of decisions. It took us two full hours to understand how the trip computer worked, 1 hour and 59 minutes of these was spent trying to find it in the satnav/answering machine/stereo/windscreen wiper adjustment center. I then discovered it by chance when I wanted to clear the rear windscreen, it was a button on the stalk. An expected place in any car but this one.
We spent ages impersonating monkeys on typewriters and had relatively little time actually driving the car, but it too is like you expect. In Comfort mode the suspension is firm without being hard, put it in Auto and it adapts to your driving style and put it in Dynamic and the car changes it's stance, wheel feedback and engine characteristics greatly. The 3-liter V6 turbodiesel can pull icebergs and it's just great in every manner. So much power and yet so fuel efficient. The gearbox was the standard (?) 7-speed DSG with redundant flappy paddles and it kept our engine at a ocean going 1100-1500 RPM as often as it could, and it still had power on demand immediately. Ours have a six disc CD changer and two SD memory card slots for your music, allowing you to store a billion songs in your car. The voice operated controls spoke another language and hillarity ensued as a result.
What else? The parts of the interior that you can touch from a sitting down position are excellent, the seats are epic and the adjustments are infinite. But I must voice my concern regarding the flimsy bonnet release which I almost broke. And the satnav thought it was night time at 11:30 in the day. But thats about it. It's a great car in every manner possible. You want to pay for it? Our tester came out at about 600 000 SEK which is quite alot of money. But still, it's a great car.
Very cool rear lights integrated into the hatch.
The MMI is not very intuitive and is filled with about 245 535 different options. Camera flash distort the apperance somewhat.
Tidy plastic.
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