Category: Small 4x4s 
Price Range: £27,075 to £36,755
Great on-road drive; smart looks; powerful engines; excellent refinement; lots of luxuries.
Not much of an off-roader; very expensive.
Still want that Freelander? Think again, unless you really need all-terrain ability.
The ride is impressively refined, even with the larger wheel/lower-profile tyre combinations; the run-flat tyres ride surprisingly well over uneven and broken surfaces. Wind noise, tyre noise, engine noise and other intrusions are beautifully suppressed, the seats are sumptuous and the five-seater cabin spacious - who needs a Q7? There's plenty of rear legroom, loads of headroom and, with the optional skylight sunroof fitted, a particularly light and airy atmosphere.
The rear seats fold, but don't tumble or disappear completely into the floor. Never mind - there's still a useful 540-litre boot, and up to 1560 litres of load-space with the rear seats folded. Options include a flat-front passenger seat for further load-carrying versatility (Audi suggests that you could carry a surfboard, but you might not want to get those nice leather seats wet and sandy) and a sliding rear bench seat, which can move up to 100mm forwards, plus load liners, luggage nets and partitions, and roof rail-mounting kit.
UK Q5s will initially come in SE specification only, with 18-inch alloy wheels, climate control, leather upholstery, automatic headlights, roof rails, rain-sensing wipers, rear parking sensors, auto-dipping rear-view mirror, powered door mirrors and a radio/CD with 6.5-inch colour display screen. Options include a climate-controlled/heated cupholder (how American!), panoramic glass sunroof, uprated MMI system, a multimedia/ Bang & Olufsen sound system with DVD drive, navigation, TV tuner, iPod interface, Bluetooth phone kit, MP3 hard disc, plus the S line sports styling kit and wheels up to 20 inches in diameter.
