{"id":76077,"date":"2024-08-23T12:03:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T16:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76077"},"modified":"2024-08-23T12:03:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T16:03:42","slug":"1144237_2026-audi-q5-sportback-spy-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76077","title":{"rendered":"2026 Audi Q5 Sportback spied for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>New generation of Audi Q5 arrives soon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Crossover to ride on Premium Platform Combustion (PPC) architecture<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Production for U.S. market likely to stay in Mexico<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1135404_2025-audi-q5-spy-shots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redesigned Audi Q5<\/a> debuts shortly, and camouflaged prototypes have been out and about for a while.<\/p>\n<p>The latest prototype to be sighted is for the coupe-like Sportback body style which should trail the regular Q5 by about six months to a year.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The regular <strong>Q5 should start sales<\/strong> next spring or early next summer, likely as a 2026 model for the U.S. The Q5 Sportback should follow it into showrooms toward the end of next year, likely also as a 2026 model.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicles are mechanically similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1143758_2025-audi-a5-s5-revealed-replaces-a4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redesigned A5 hatchback<\/a> that debuted in July as the replacement for the A4. The A4 nameplate is gone for now but should return in the future on an <strong>E-Tron electric sedan<\/strong>. The shakeup is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1139074_new-audi-naming-strategy-will-split-ev-ice-cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audi&#8217;s naming strategy<\/a> to use even numbers for EV models and odd numbers for models still equipped with a gas engine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100940128_m\" title=\"2026 Audi Q5 Sportback spy shots - Photo via Baldauf\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"2026 Audi Q5 Sportback spy shots - Photo via Baldauf\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"683\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2026-audi-q5-sportback-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100940128_l.webp\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/2026-audi-q5-sportback-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100940128_h.webp\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2026-audi-q5-sportback-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100940128_l.webp\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2026-audi-q5-sportback-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100940128_l.webp\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/2026-audi-q5-sportback-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100940128_m.webp\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/2026-audi-q5-sportback-spy-shots--photo-via-baldauf_100940128_s.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2026 Audi Q5 Sportback spy shots &#8211; Photo via Baldauf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new Q5 rides on a platform known as the <strong>Premium Platform Combustion (PPC)<\/strong>, which debuted in the new A5. The powertrains should also be common across both vehicles. This means a 2.0-liter turbo-4 in the Q5 and a 362-hp turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 in the SQ5. The sole transmission should be a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic, and all-wheel drive will also likely be standard in the U.S., which is the case for the current generation.<\/p>\n<p>For the interior, the design will likely be the same as what Audi uses in the A5, meaning a curved panel angled toward the driver and integrating an 11.9-inch digital gauge cluster and a 14.5-inch for the Android-based infotainment system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production of the Q5<\/strong> for North America is currently handled at <strong>Audi&#8217;s plant in Mexico<\/strong>. This should also be the case for the new generation.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for updates as development continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New generation of Audi Q5 arrives soon Crossover to ride on Premium Platform Combustion (PPC) architecture Production for U.S. market likely to stay in Mexico A redesigned Audi Q5 debuts shortly, and camouflaged prototypes have been out and about for a while. The latest prototype to be sighted is for the coupe-like Sportback body style [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}