Is the New Audi Q5 worth £50k? 1st drive one take!

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During a recent Audi range day, I decided to take out this district green 2021 Audi Q5. Not the typical car on my channel, but figured it might be helpful to people looking to buy one.
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*Some footage from this video may be edited and or sped up for cinematic affects.
*Some footage was also filmed on private land.

[@jonlochhead1633]

Ideal length video for a review of this type - says all we need to know, glad to have seen it! 👊🏻

[@Zaid394]

Love your videos. I jump into them straight away without reading the title anymore!

[@DM-MayBee]

A very good video and review Joe. All relevant points and areas covered. Often a quick and insightful overview of a new face lift of a model is all thats needed. Very well done and cheers.

[@johnm6587]

Great work mate! 👍👍👍👍 50k!!!!??? Wow.... think of the 3 year old toys you could get with that!

[@parkecorepersonaltrainingp2601]

Very nice vid man. Touched all the main points with the time restrictions you had. Have just found your channel from seeing you in LLF vids. Great work. Man. 👍👍

[@JoeAchilles1]

Thank you buddy, appreciate you coming over 👌👊♥️

[@darrencottrell5541]

Great quality Joe, keep up the good work mate.

[@reggieboy3271]

Good honest review as always! love your videos

[@darrenwarrick8865]

Cars always seem to be getting bigger now but for some reason smaller inside... Awesome video as usual even if a quicky one.... Top man.

[@AdrianWyrzykowski]

Cool vid! I just bought a sq5 in this awesome colour! Loving it so far, keep em coming dude.

[@scumbagsexposed2057]

It’s a piece of shit not worth 30 grand

[@summitdetailing6697]

I really enjoyed the one-take format - just feels more natural from a viewers pov. Not keen on the car, engine or colour and definitely not the price however. I love that piece of road where you demonstrated a Launch - great sight lines over the narrow bridge on the bend & through the S-bends further on - it's a road I know well. Cheers, Chris

[@richardm2398]

Great video, covered everything perfectly 👌

[@davetomley3145]

Definitely nailing these short reviews Joe

[@DI-hd6st]

Awesome car, Audi have again nailed it. Loving the colour. Thank you for your review, well done 👏🏼

[@marklawrence4857]

Another great video Joe, I had a white 2017 Audi Q5 s line 2.0 TDI 190 before my Cupra which was a lovely SUV but lacked a bit of power at being only 190bhp wish I had chosen the SQ5 great family car though👍

[@rbc3010]

“I’m 6’4” for those of you that don’t know” *look down to check if I’m wearing SixFootFour T-shirt*

[@jdmfan2170]

I was going to say, because when he's standing next to the car he makes the car look tiny. In real life when I stand next to a Audi q5 the car towers over me. I'm 5ft10

[@susanted]

Great video! Love the images of the wet countryside.

[@doripie4595]

Nice video Joe ! I have a Audi A4 AVANT Quattro with the previous spec (252hp / 370Nm). I flashed the ECU and it's mind blowing : 314hp / 485Nm... maybe this type of mod would improve the behaviour of the Q5 ;-)

[@markjohnkeogh1975]

I’m driving a 70 plate 55 tfsi e Quattro S line comp (362bhp) - previous version. Never had an SUV before (and I’m a BMW guy), but I really like it. Did you get a chance to play with the infotainment? My previous car (69 plate A6) had it and I loved it. Loved the short review format. Good stuff.

[@martin4435451]

Great review Joe, new to your channel but think it is one of the best and really genuine - well done and wish you well.

[@JoeAchilles1]

Thank you Martin, glad you like my stuff 👌

[@chrisclokey4840]

I would struggle to justify spending £50k on that.

[@IamDrew77]

Absolutely true

[@simondingwall6730]

£20k? When did you last buy a new car.... 1990

[@morganoxer5560]

well you are an absolute muppet if you buy any mass-produced vehicle for that kind of money unless you're the sort of person who keeps a car for at least 10 years and will put well over 100k miles on the clock. Finance and leasing is what most people do which is why its so common to see well specced higher end vehicles

[@morganoxer5560]

@Spud Chuffington jones stop being such a sour patch kid and acknowledge that its a bloody business model they have to make a profit and every manufacturer is the same. Also, get a grip is you seriously believe what you just said about at least half being a profit. Anyway they are great cars and the sales figures back that up

[@dragospahontu]

@Spud Chuffington jones i agree, plastic box

[@garyprill597]

Great video Joe. Very informative

[@stevepinder8596]

Good video Joe like others how does it compare to the X3 loaded question as I have a 2020 X3 👍

[@441stainesphil5]

Excellent video in view of the production time. Nice car, I like the colour, not sure I’d be brave enough to spec it

[@damindra]

Good review Joe, it was fine....though do miss the aerial shots!!!

[@johnrees8322]

Good review, as usual. You seemed more impressed with the A4 Allroad with the same engine? Unfortunately they have been discontinued in the UK

[@myporscheadventures]

brilliant video as always 👌 best on youtube

[@erickujawski9702]

I'm really impressed with the new Audi Q5. I love the color on the outside and overall I think it's a great car.

[@PetrolPed]

That car was in such a nice spec 👌 Nice vid bud 👏👏👏

[@craigblakesley4397]

Great video Joe, thanks 👍

[@user-jv6ds2lg1o]

Rear space seems very good, I was pleasantly surprised by this 👍

[@mpitim]

Great film as always Brother Joe, I notice the mag design is borrowed from the Q8 🤔

[@neilturner6749]

Spot on Joe re the 4-pot turbo probably two cylinders short for a weighty SUV, even though on paper 250bhp+ seems excessive for everyday family transport. Heard your mate RBR saying recently that high-output turbo 4s won’t make the next 2026 emissions regs and manufactures will have to go back to lower-tuned but larger V6s. Porsche told him that was why V8 now back in the Cayennes and 6 cylinders back in Boxsters...

[@JoeAchilles1]

Cheers man! Well it wouldn't surprise me if Porsche were ahead of the game, everything weighs so much these days, no replacement for displacement 😉👌👊

[@anthonyfarnan5935]

4 cylinder turbo diesel is the perfect powerplant for this size vehicle...

[@eriknippak5659]

Great one takes Joe. It has the info I’d be seeking. Anemic engine though.

[@owenmcdonald5922]

Good video. Look forward to a fuller review after Audi give you the car for a week. Although you have covered most aspects.

[@stefanjust1912]

45 minutes for SUCH a great result ? You’ e really gotten yourself the black belt of KZbin mastery, I‘d say ! Oh, and nice car...

[@mookie1247]

Nice review amazing kicks Joe will we see your sneaker 👟 collection hehe 😉

[@jamestaylor4597]

Decent video mate , we have a A3 sline , salon convertible 17 plate . And it’s not big enough for the ever increasing family so that Q5 is on the radar

[@patricksheringham5965]

Good stuff, short and to the point which in this case is all that is needed. Would be interested in a full review of the SQ5. Isn't the Q5 due to be fully updated soon?????

[@nabeelakram9125]

This is the new facelift update. New shape not quite yet

[@jonny5777]

45 minutes! That’s amazing man. Such a cool colour but that’s about the best thing for me, just prefer estates to suvs

[@alansteele3757]

Is this a fault on audis part, auto change up when you put the boot down in manual 🤔

[@georgimihalkov4781]

The video was very nice and the review was very well done and honest as always! And about the car...it's another SUV in a world full of SUVs. It's hard to be excited about that. Cheers and keep up the great work!

[@impexRQ]

Love the Q5 - best all rounder SUV

[@garysimpson3900]

Always thought the Q5's were a V6 engine being the top of the specification cars. a 4 cylinder sounds a backward step. I assume the gearbox changes "up" at the red line to protect the engine rather than use a "rev limiter"/fuel cut off.

[@johnfranklin6394]

The pre-facelift even came with a 150ps 4 cyclinder diesel. Basically the same engine that's in my wife's VW Touran, but in a heavier quattro car. The facelift base diesel is a 200ps 4 cylinder with more torque, so likely far better to drive.

[@SuperStanners81]

Great vid Joe - Paint job aside, its an unwhelming 'standard' looking Audi - so you'd struggle to make it anything more than that. Great kicks - A man can never have too many trainers :). Cheers Stanners

[@malph9216]

It doesn't look as though there's an awful lot more room inside the Q5 than a Q3. The Q3 can be had with the same engine for less money. If I'm right, that's where my cash would go. Good video Joe, as usual. These quick, first drive assessments give most of us what we need to see to decide if the car is one we would like to know more about....if that makes sense😉

[@neilturner6749]

Not sure about that Malph - I tested a Q3 in 2019 and wouldn’t say that it had any more space than a regular Golf/A3. Certainly you wouldn’t fit two x 6ft+ behind each other. Your point does hold true with BMW SUVs though: apart from a 10% smaller boot, the X1 is every bit as spacious as the X3; due to the transverse engine mount in X1.

[@DeltaDubai03]

With such a limited time, I think the video is excellent, as usual. 50 kGBP is a lot of money for a car that surely is nice but does not gives goosebumps to a petrolhead. Makes you think of what Premium really means. I find the steering column angle very "strange". Is it related to the camera angle?

[@StruggleBusSimulation]

Make your videos like this all the time!

[@kamseihra]

I have a 2018 SQ5 3.0 tfsi. I test drove a 2018 X3 M40i and decided to go for the SQ5

[@Mark__A]

Good to see you testing different brands / hurts to see bmw marketing committing suicide.

[@woody555kl]

Colour looks great

[@johnfranklin6394]

We just ordered an X3 over the Q5. The main reason was one Audi dealership acted surprised when we turned up for a test drive that I had arranged in advance, and even confirmed on the phone the day before. Then they would not let both my wife and I go on the test drive. I then contacted another dealer who could not get hold of a Q5 for a test drive. BMW by contrast were totally professional and gave us an X3 for an entire afternoon, allowing me to take it home and get my kids to test the leg room etc. Shame that the Q5 disqualified itself due to poor customer service, but it undermined my confidence completely.

[@marvusparvus]

loves the green !

[@grahamsalmons2027]

Video quality is fine and your review is interesting. Would you buy one over an X3 is the question. I get the sense then Q5 is quite an old car now. It’s always easy to be beguiled by an individual colour, but a colour a car doesn’t make! One of the things I find disappointing with the Audis is that they ALWAYS have black interiors, and I just hate black. I’d much prefer a contrast colour. With that green what about a saddle tan or even red? Audi just seems unimaginative in this way, but BMW is better

[@davo3138]

Just bought the wife a new Q5 45TDI, she loves it and from test drives, you are on the money Re torque of the diesel v petrol and drive ability

[@JoeAchilles1]

Great to hear man, yeah diesel makes more sense to me in a big SUV 👌

[@dragospahontu]

Make sure you rev it up or else it'll get clogged, also don't do short journey's! Diesels take at least 25 minutes to warm up.

[@davo3138]

@@dragospahontu most things warm up quick in Western Australia mate when it’s bloody 40c in the shade......

[@danI43541]

Looks quite cool in the color! Okay it’s a bit expensive but I’d say spica’s get a nice one for far less

[@manccescapades4671]

Love the colour

[@oldschool6573]

Hi Joe! X3M or SQ5?

[@ercanozturk17]

Good job!

[@holidayusa098]

Great review Not a big fan of the iPad on the dash

[@bogdanobogeanu5758]

Good video 😊

[@Elliottcam]

Thanks - ride better than X3 ?

[@leftyplayz6908]

The cost of cars that still only have 4 cylinders is mad.

[@ACERASPIRE1]

Cylinders and indeed engine capacity have less and less relevance today.

[@adimazga]

@@ACERASPIRE1 the only relevance they have is towards taxes 😂

[@ACERASPIRE1]

@@adimazga and emissions

[@dragospahontu]

@@ACERASPIRE1 well no.... A Toyota Camry 3.5 V6 is much more premium than a small turbocharged engine.

[@ACERASPIRE1]

@@dragospahontu with emissions as critical as they are in the world we live in today, and with the progress and development of electric propulsion engine size is less relevant. Combustion engine won’t exist in new cars not too long from today.

[@iamnickmartin]

Good video Joe. How is the Q5 compared to say a similar specced X3?

[@howardmillard3198]

Appreciate you are asking Joe....but my wife & I recently debated X3/X1 v Q3/Q5...one thing I will say is that a new Audi interior makes a mockery of the BMW system, especially the virtual cockpit, BMW are a couple of years behind. However, I am a big fan of the Idrive System in BMW. But the Virtual cockpit really sets a difference. HK v BO sound system...margin differences. But Joe is the expert, but seeing as the car was going to me my wife's car, the interior / satnav was the big difference. X1 feels like an old 118d. X3 also a bit lacking.

[@paulh5854]

Great video, Joe. I prefer the shorter 'quicker to thr point' reviews.

[@afegasdf76y123e]

late to online class watching this, but it was worth it

[@rodneyskennedy3163]

Yes great video

[@mountjoy23]

50k vw painted in air fix green with gran tourism engine sound. Are Audi getting design inputs from bmw ‘m’ division ?

[@johnfranklin6394]

I bought an ODB11 gadget to switch off the sound actor in my GTI Performance. Instead of being surrounded by an annoying synthetic drone, I can actually hear the engine in front of me and the exhausts behind. God only knows why VW think the soundactor is needed.

[@BlackFlag94]

I've always had a soft spot for the Q5 but I would definitely go for a Porsche Macan if I was looking to purchase a car in this category.

[@leecs3]

Porsche Macan is based on the older 2010 chassis. Feels very wooden to drive. My brother has a 2020 GTS and it’s not a nice car drive wise.

[@colla555]

10:44 that rattling roof panel (with the SOS button in it) What's up with Audi's build quality?

[@dragospahontu]

Some say Touareg is better

[@clivemeakins904]

Why not go with an X3 M40i for a similar price? Straight 6, performance and decent comfort.

[@scottyuk]

Manual mode : the change up is a engine protection thing. Why would you want to leave it banging on the rev limiter?

[@JoeAchilles1]

The rev limiter is an "engine protection thing", the auto shift (in manual mode) is poor software engineering.

[@scottyuk]

The preference is to leave it banging on a limiter?

[@lancerevo1983]

Hi Joe, the video is good as most of what you do. But when you were explaining the options, it would have been nice if you show details about the options not just explaining what they are. For example, when you were talking about the wireless charging box, it is not possible to see what you are doing or where you are putting the phone. Anyway, you are doing well, please keep going.

[@JoeAchilles1]

Thank you! Impossible to give those sort of details when you have 45 mins with a car unfortunately, for me anyways.

[@cars2drive298]

looks great

[@ahmadrafizi]

Had a Pug 306 with the same colour before, did raise some eyebrows 😂

[@CG-sf8xq]

They should have updated the dash. Pop up style screen looks old now

[@austinedwards1918]

The monthlies would be high for car that cost a lot the with some essentials. I have a very good friend who makes a ton of money but he never opts for options on cars as he thinks it should be good enough for the price he is paying and he has a rolls and a Ferrari which I must say drive very well without options, or he is a good driver.

[@digital___iq]

Is that malmesbury

[@solitaryman8602]

I have the 2019 hybrid 367 bhp model. Not really tall enough to be an suv. Fully loaded but dull as dishwater to drive. Will go for BMW or Porsche next time.

[@dragospahontu]

A Volkswagen Touareg at least has a V6

[@richarddutchholland4780]

Cars are starting to get a little too expensive for the average person.

[@SM-ft2jv]

I think manufacturers have started to take advantage of the fact most people pay monthly now, sneaking in those few extra £££'s

[@SWLB]

Finance has actually made cars far more affordable. If you are talking about buying a car outright then maybe, but as Joe said, who buys a car outright these days? It’s really only cheaper used cars or perhaps millionaires buying new cars.

[@richarddutchholland4780]

@@SWLB Mark Twain famously said... “Never believe what you read on the Internet” Joe is not a car salesman remember. My own brother in law works for a car leasing company and their most popular lease vehicle at the moment is the new Mercedes A class. Biggest problem they’ve been having with personal leasing is people taking out the deals with the lowest mileage plans of 6000 p.a to keep monthly cost to a minimum. Owners have then done more than double that in the first year. Then the contract gets amended, hit with a bill and after the first year the lease becomes too expensive and then it’s a world of pain for both parties

[@oleg274]

Audi is a luxury car brand, it is not for an average income people, especially this segment. Skoda, VW, Renault etc are brands that are much more affordable. People mentioning financing the car, if it isn’t a leasing, remember - there is depreciation, it will cost you A LOT for a new luxury car

[@SWLB]

@@oleg274 I disagree, Audi’s are as common as Renaults and Fords in the UK. I owned my first Audi when I wouldn’t have been on more that £25k a year.

[@markopolo9559]

Too much for a basic looking Q5, the SQ5 should be for 50k. Did anyone notice something weird happened to the rear seat belt @2:01?

[@nikolaiwittengren4392]

If i was looking for a suv, would i pick the BMW X3 30d over the Q5

[@666DW]

I’d wait until September for the new LCI X3

[@miloradstevanic5889]

Same here, I'd be keen to know which you think is better, this petrol Q5 or X3 30d?

[@nikolaiwittengren4392]

@@666DW Yes I would do that too

[@rc666]

I think you 'd pick a Prius.

[@olliemeaton8360]

Agree. The X3 is brilliant to drive with great tech and easy to manoeuvre. I drove the 20d in October for a week and loved it but definitely needs the 3L diesel in it.

[@redhunterandgatherer2367]

The only improvement is the 3lt V6 Diesel.. Loving it..

[@dragospahontu]

It is a reliable engine

[@rafordy]

What does "45" mean

[@willotoole4118]

Colour suits it

[@happygilmore2100]

What is the afterthought design of just sticking a tablet to the dashboard instead of integrating it into the dashboard.

[@morganoxer5560]

putting it there prompts it to be right in your eyeline. i agree like mercedes and bmw do as well it looks like an afterthought but honestly id rather just glance over slightly than look down and take my eyes of the road.

[@MRSLAYER666]

I think everyone knows you’re 6’4 at this point mate 😂

[@Cous1nJack]

Probably 6’3.5”

[@mxolisikhumalo1916]

😂😂

[@JoeAchilles1]

Yeah you have a very valid point 🤣🤦

[@jonastsatsi1414]

He did say for those who don't know😅

[@aolteanu15]

I didn’t know

[@ironsavior1171]

Awesome colour. I am also 6‘4“. Got the A4 B9. Its a no go with the sunroof (it reduces the height inside). Is the Q more spacious than the A4?

[@dragospahontu]

A Volkswagen PASSAT is more spacious than anything from Audi

[@ironsavior1171]

@@dragospahontu and a skoda superb is was more spacious than a passat. But that was not the question

[@dragospahontu]

@@ironsavior1171 the Q is less spacious, only a little more head room but less knows room. That's what happens when you have a longitudinal engine. A Camry would be better.

[@ironsavior1171]

@@dragospahontu thx for the answer. Thinkin about swappin my a4 3.0 because of the Engine issues. Right now im considering a xc60 (had a lower back surgery Last year and would appreciate the „higher“ car)

[@dragospahontu]

@@ironsavior1171 Right now Lexus has the best seats in the business, so I think you will appreciate their seats in the RX. I would avoid the Volvo because of the mean engine choices. What went wrong in the Audi?

[@fatwalletboy2]

Is it a Military vehicle......

[@andrewgibbs5096]

Needs bigger wheels! Looks like an 80’s roller boot on that setup!

[@Thisismyhandle218]

I mean... it looks marginally better on the outside, bearing in mind it’s just a facelift but the X3 with the M sport kit is way ahead on looks.

[@stephenbell-booth2648]

Have they sorted the mirror? My wife’s Q5 has the biggest exterior mirror, the blind spot takes out half the country. Shocker

[@johngoodall7097]

Another honest review Joe the car is very similar in appearance to a lot of S U Vs and boy are there a lot of S U Vs about!!! Very grey to black inside like a lot of others, and like you say it needs the panoramic glass roof or you might think you were driving a darkened room!!! Nevertheless green is my favourite colour so good choice and I also think that people who buy cars like this will be happy enough with it they generally don,t look for really high performance of course I am probably quite wrong!!! 👍👍👍😄😄😄😄

[@mojojo-1]

We need TRL Audi 😤

[@Cernold]

Well even if you say you are 6 feet something most of us still do not know what is your height, UK uses metric system isn't it?

[@johnfranklin6394]

We are a bit mixed up in the UK. Things like a person's height are typically expressed in feet and inches. A person's weight will be expressed in stones and pounds. However, a car's weight will be in kilograms, and its length in metres as that's something we look up on the manufacturer's website. All very confusing.

[@nl3712]

Gbp50k+?? Wow, that’s expensive for a four-cylinder

[@austinedwards1918]

If I produced cars I would say this is what it is. If the purchaser wanted something else then charge for what they want. Otherwise just be happy about selling your car.

[@SWLB]

Not sure I’d buy one though, perhaps the S version.

[@DigitalPRCourses]

Lease deals should be “interesting”

[@andycampbell4102]

Did he say 6'4? Oh, and the new trainers

[@garysimpson3900]

I didn't know he was 6' 4". he has never mentioned it before.

[@nickhoughton7025]

02:00 seatbelt poltergeist

[@kevinconnolly759]

50k for a rather beige car, I’m not surprised new car sales are low .