The design is quite "new energy". As a brand-new model, Audi doesn't seem to continue the traditional virtue of "changing lights for new ones" this time. It really redesigned the Q5. Especially compared with the cash Q5 shown below, the change is really obvious.
Specifically, the large-size front grille is semi-enclosed, and Audi's logo just passes through the dividing line between the upper enclosed part and the lower grille, which seems to show Audi's determination to adopt hybrid power and move towards electrification completely? But the new car does look "electric". The position of fog lights on both sides of the front face has also changed from the current horizontal design to the vertical one. There is a faint feeling of Geely's new generation of brand-new SUVs. It is said that this spy photo was sent by Job L. Many people will believe it.
As a new Audi car, headlights are definitely worth talking about separately. The lamp body in the renderings seems to draw more lessons from the current daytime running lamp design of Audi Q5L, which is somewhat different from the headlights shown in the spy photos below. At least four vertical bands of light under the headlights are not drawn. Personally, I think the headlight design may still refer to spy photos.
There is nothing surprising about the outline of the car body, and the size should not change much compared with the cash. There should be no doubt that it will be lengthened after domestic production. However, as a new car of Audi in the era of electrification, it is really surprising that it does not use a hidden door handle. However, BBA seems to have a tacit understanding, because their medium-sized SUV does not use hidden door handles, which may be the obsession of traditional strongmen with reliability.
The interior has finally evolved. The interior part can be said to be the most criticized part of the current Audi Q5L, and Audi is obviously aware of this. The spy photos of the interior of the new Audi Q5 show that the completely redone interior has finally kept pace with the times. The central large screen leaning to the driving side adopts suspended design, and the LCD instrument stretches forward, which visually shows that ergonomics is better than cash.
As for the gear shifting mechanism, it seems that the electronic gear shifting lever with mechanical structure has been cancelled and changed into the button type, but personally, the button is not as good as the mechanical type, and it is not impossible to give a new generation that kind of gear. Fortunately, there are many mechanical buttons, and the red button in the picture should be debugging damping. After all, the touch of Audi's buttons is really addictive, so we must keep it.
Does the fourth generation EA88+ have great advantages? In terms of power, the new car should be equipped with a fourth-generation EA888 2.0T engine and a 7-speed wet dual clutch assembly. The parameters refer to the high-power version of SAIC Audi Q6, which may be around 265 HP /400 Nm. After all, Volkswagen Group, as the fuel version Q5 of the previous generation, should stop squeezing toothpaste. The technical reserves of internal combustion engines should be released, and the performance of power and fuel consumption should be the best in EA888 series.
Moreover, Audi is likely to launch the Q5 plug-in hybrid pure electric vehicle, which should be built on the PPE platform. PPE Changchun production line was closed at the beginning of the year and will have mass production capacity this year. It is estimated that the pure electric version of the PPE platform of Audi Q5 (not the Audi Q5 e-tron) will be equipped with A6 e-tron, and then the platform, cost and production capacity advantages of Audi in electrification will really appear.
Auto Circle: The performance of Audi Q5L in China market is remarkable. Although it doesn't often climb to the top, it is also the mainstay of the first-line luxury brand medium-sized SUV. With more scientific design and the blessing of the fourth generation EA888+, the new model is undoubtedly more comprehensive than the current model, and the criticized interior will be completely upgraded, and its competitiveness will be greatly enhanced. The most important thing at present is time. The sooner it is put on the market, the more obvious its product strength advantage will be. At that time, the market ranking of luxury brand medium-sized SUV may become "ABB".
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