9. Audi Q5
It is exhausting to select faults with such a cultured and consummate all-rounder because the Audi Q5, though barely anodyne dealing with is what is going to stop it from actually interesting to keener drivers. This shortcoming hasn’t stopped the Q5 emulating the gross sales success of its predecessor, although, which was a automotive that turned the best-seller in its phase in almost each nation wherein it was provided.
Though an expensive possibility, the Q5 is quiet, sensible and fascinating, with excellent driving refinement and materials end. And should you choose your SUVs with a bit of extra fashion and fewer utility, there is a swoopy-roofed Audi Q5 Sportback model as effectively.
The Q5 acquired a fairly wide-reaching facelift for 2020, with efficiency-boosted mild-hybrid powertrains stepping into beneath the bonnet, some new digital expertise going into the cabin and a wider trapezoidal grille going onto the entrance finish. The massive-selling Audi Q5 40 TDI diesel model bought a 14bhp energy enhance as a part of that revision, and it stays a refined, comfy, assertive-performing and easy-driving household automotive, whereas the two.0-litre petrol-powered Audi Q5 45 TFSI is a punchy and clean gadget. If you would like greater than 4 cylinders, the V6 diesel Audi SQ5 is your solely possibility.
The 50 TFSIe plug-in hybrid is a very clean operator, with its electrical motor and a pair of.0-litre turbo petrol four-pot combining to supply simply shy of 300bhp. Nonetheless, with its electric-only vary of 39 miles, the Audi simply misses out on the bottom firm automotive tax bracket of 8%, falling into the upper 12% banding as a substitute.
