Motoring: New Audi Q5 gives your wallet a sporting chance

The Sportback model offers most of the perks of the best-selling Q5 SUV with less of a financial sting, at just over €62,000

Audi Q5 Sportback: the car has been restyled with a more rakish roof and rear window, plus other unique design elements to help it stand out

The Audi Q5 is not only one of the company’s best-selling cars, it’s one of the best-selling premium SUVs in Europe. The current version, recently enhanced, is an attractive, spacious, comfortable and high-quality option for well-heeled buyers.

Those buyers already have lots of choice in the range, with various TDI diesel engines, front-wheel drive or quattro four-wheel drive and even two different plug-in hybrid powertrains, all topped by the 341hp high-performance SQ5 variant, which is ...