Q5 [Spy Shots] 2024 Audi Q5 spied for the first time!

[Gor134]

2024 Audi Q5 spied for the first time!

First 2024 Audi Q5 Spy Shots Show Off Next-Gen Crossover’s Redesign

New spy shots capture the next-generation Audi Q5 for the first time, revealing a crossover that looks larger and should arrive for 2024.

www.motor1.com

 

[Gor134]

Very pleasant surprise. I was not expecting a next-gen Q5 since the Sportback was just revealed, and was expecting a 2nd facelift to carry out while Q6 E Tron overtime replaces it. The side proportions are a lot better with a slightly longer rear overhang, which was my main complaint with previous gen. And it looks like exhaust tips are coming back!

 

[Deleted member 57437]

Very pleasant surprise. I was not expecting a next-gen Q5 since the Sportback was just revealed, and was expecting a 2nd facelift to carry out while Q6 E Tron overtime replaces it. The side proportions are a lot better with a slightly longer rear overhang, which was my main complaint with previous gen. And it looks like exhaust tips are coming back!

Yep-it's the next (and last) generation "Final Hurrah" for the ICE Q5. I imagine that we'll be seeing a similar modus operandi regarding the next (and last) generation ICE-powered A4 and A6 model lines. These will be the last of the MLB-platformed ICE automobiles and due for final retirement by 2029-30.

 

[Gor134]

Will the Q7 as well get final generations? Current model is getting long in the tooth and no spy shots yet of a potential next gen AFAIK.

 

[Deleted member 57437]

Will the Q7 as well get final generations? Current model is getting long in the tooth and no spy shots yet of a potential next gen AFAIK.

This is the last that I've read on it. The Autobild article is several months old. It's said to become the very last Audi ICE offering and scheduled to be officially presented sometime in 2024.

 

[tristatez28lt1]

2024 Audi Q5 Rendering Takes After First Spy Shots With Prototypes
The first unofficial rendering of the last ICE-powered Q5.

Every single next-generation Audi to be launched will represent the respective model's last ICE hurrah. The Four Rings have announced plans to end the production of combustion-engined cars in 2033, with a possible extension in China depending on local demand. Case in point, the third-generation Q5 will be the final to get TFSI and TDI engines. It's expected to land at some point in 2023, and in the meantime, it has been speculatively rendered.

The adjacent design exercise is more than just a shot in the dark since it takes after the first batch of spy shots we published earlier this week. The front fascia will borrow a thing or two from Audi's recent crop of electric crossovers, such as the Q4 E-Tron. A boost in size was seemingly noticeable for the camouflaged prototypes, which had the side mirrors mounted at the base of the A-pillar. On the outgoing Q5, the mirrors are pushed back towards the driver.

2024 Audi Q5 unofficial rendering

2024 Audi Q5 spy photo
Another change is the positioning of the door handles since they've been moved slightly higher while the upper character line now sits below them. The back shows a narrower, more conventional tailgate, thus eschewing the wraparound layout of the first two generations of the Audi Q5. While the prototypes lacked the final taillights, we got the impression those test vehicles were hiding a light bar that has been integrated into these renderings.
An educated guess tells us the crossover will largely inherit the engine lineup from the forthcoming Audi A4 (B10). The two will share the MLB platform and next-generation gasoline and diesel engines with more electrification baked in than ever. These have already been engineered as Audi ended the development of ICEs about a year ago, switching focus to electric powertrains.

2024 Audi Q5 unofficial rendering

2024 Audi Q5 spy photo
Non-PHEV models will all (or most of them) likely have a 48-volt mild-hybrid setup while the cars owners will be able to plug in are believed to feature a bigger battery pack for greater electric range. Since Audi Sport has refrained from doing a full-fat RS Q5 so far, we wouldn't hold our breath for that to happen with the Mk3. There might be a warm SQ5, but it's likely too late for the RS treatment.

We should have a lot more spy shots in the coming months, and hopefully, Audi will gradually drop the camouflage to unlock more design details.
Source: Kolesa
Gallery: 2024 Audi Q5 Spy Shots

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[braaf]

Audi designs are getting staler and staler with every new release.

 

[hovabongZA]

Very Evoque-y on the front end. Looks good thus far .

 

[dalab]

Audi designs are getting staler and staler with every new release.

Beyond that I applaud the intention of finally wanting to change the design philosophy radically, those renders show a very serious identity crisis, (same as with that Q6 that is out there), but this could really be any model of any brand, everything trace of Audi's personality was erased, we'll see if it's just a bad render.......

 

[Serpens]

Audi designs are getting staler and staler with every new release.

I really think their heyday was last decade with the B8 A4/A5/Q5, C7 A6, and first-gen A7.

 

[Deleted member 57437]

As far as German brands go following WWII, Audi (then DKW Auto Union) did not have the luxury of possessing the "status by perception" that benefitted the brand equities of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and to a lesser extent, Borgward/Hansa and the large Opel Kapitäns. After all, DKW Auto Union products were smaller cars powered by 2 stroke, il 3s' up until the mid-1960s'. Audi didn't enter the "premium/luxury segment" until 1979 when it presented the C2-based 200/200 Turbo sedans, which was more of a "dipping toes into the water" sort of exercise. It wasn't until 1994 when Audi became a bonafide premium/luxury contender with the series I A8.

Being "late to the party" may have motivated Audi to pursue a high degree of homogenity in its' model lines' designs. Perhaps veering too far astray from a template and alienating customers is a concern. Simply viewing these forums as a basis, it is clear that consumers may be far more forgiving when M-B or BMW are guilty of producing design gaffes. Hence, they may be more susceptible to taking risks and can afford to be more accepting of criticism as, in the end, the pursuasion of their brand names alone will somehow pull their products through, even should the designs be polarizing, even ugly. Audi design can be a bit "unadventurous" aka "boring". But I cannot recall any Audi since 1964 that could justifiably be considered "ugly", "ungainly", "unbecoming" or "weird". There may be very legitimate reasons for playing it safe(r).

 

[Serpens]

As far as German brands go following WWII, Audi (then DKW Auto Union) did not have the luxury of possessing the "status by perception" that benefitted the brand equities of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and to a lesser extent, Borgward/Hansa and the large Opel Kapitäns. After all, DKW Auto Union products were smaller cars powered by 2 stroke, il 3s' up until the mid-1960s'. Audi didn't enter the "premium/luxury segment" until 1979 when it presented the C2-based 200/200 Turbo sedans, which was more of a "dipping toes into the water" sort of exercise. It wasn't until 1994 when Audi became a bonafide premium/luxury contender with the series I A8.

Being "late to the party" may have motivated Audi to pursue a high degree of homogenity in its' model lines' designs. Perhaps veering too far astray from a template and alienating customers is a concern. Simply viewing these forums as a basis, it is clear that consumers may be far more forgiving when M-B or BMW are guilty of producing design gaffes. Hence, they may be more susceptible to taking risks and can afford to be more accepting of criticism as, in the end, the pursuasion of their brand names alone will somehow pull their products through, even should the designs be polarizing, even ugly. Audi design can be a bit "unadventurous" aka "boring". But I cannot recall any Audi since 1964 that could justifiably be considered "ugly", "ungainly", "unbecoming" or "weird". There may be very legitimate reasons for playing it safe(r).

 

[Deleted member 57437]

Advanced for its' time. Perhaps "too advanced". Certainly too expensive due to its' ASF architecture. Those who bought them were generally delighted with the it. The responsible project design chief of the time, Peter Schreyer, was the recipient of several design awards.

Noteworthy is that the original A2 was hardly a "luxury car", but rather a small yet technologically advanced, utilitarian exercise in space-efficient packaging.

 

[Jonathan19]

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[Gor134]

About time

 

[Centurion]

Will it be a new model or a heavy facelift?

 

[Gor134]

New model, second model on the new PPC platform following the new A5.

 

[MercFan]

I can't believe these cars are being designed by the same person who designed the previous A5.

 

[Jonathan19]

2025 Audi Q5 Leak!

 

[SCOTT27]

Hmmm. A raised A5 Avant. Not too surprising it’s what a Q5 customer expects and they will be very happy. Interesting whilst the X4 dies. The Sportback lives.
I wonder if its exhausts are actually functional this time around?