Is the Audi Q5 Worth Buying? A Driver’s Guide to Daily Luxury SUV Ownership
Most luxury SUV shoppers make the decision in the wrong order. They start with the test drive, fall for the cabin, and work backward from there. The problem is that a twenty-minute loop around a dealership district tells you very little about what a vehicle is like at month eighteen, when the novelty has settled, and the car has become infrastructure. It is the school run, the airport parking deck, the 6:00 a.m. commute in freezing rain, and the annual service visit that actually define ownership. The Audi Q5 sits at the center of this question more than almost any vehicle in the segment. It has been one of the best-selling luxury SUVs in the United States for well over a decade, which means it is rarely an impulse purchase. It is a considered one. Buyers cross-shop it against the BMW X3, the Mercedes-Benz GLC, the Genesis GV70, and the Volvo XC60, and they usually arrive with a spreadsheet rather than a wish list. That comparison matters more than usual right now, ...