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What's New for 2025?
Redesigned for 2025, the new-generation Q5 is trying hard not to mess with success. Performance and versatility are very close to what the outgoing model provided, though the screen-tastic interior is certainly a change of pace.
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2025 Audi Q5
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"Thoroughly competent, if not exactly exciting, the Q5 finds its footing again with a full 2025 redesign. The styling is clearly sharper and more contemporary, while inside there's a 14.5-inch MMI touchscreen that makes the previous Q5's dated cabin a distant memory. The standard 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine is quick and refined, but its fuel economy fails to impress. The same goes for the sporty SQ5, which has a fantastic turbo V6 but falls behind in the efficiency column. No longer available, for now, is the Q5 plug-in hybrid."—Ranked #5 out of 16 Compact Luxury SUVs
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Josh has been reviewing cars professionally since joining Edmunds.com fresh out of grad school in 2008, personally driving most new cars on the market every year since. He also served as the project manager for Edmunds' expert vehicle rankings from their inception in 2018, building the product out from the back end to the front end. Josh is a card-carrying member of the Motor Press Guild and a lifelong car nut who has tested, compared and critiqued a ridiculous number of cars in his career.
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