Used Audi Q5 cars

The Audi Q5 is as practical as you’d expect a mid-size SUV to be and it works really well as a family car. There’s enough space for four six-foot-tall adults to travel together in comfort, which means children should have loads of room to stretch out in the back. The middle back seat is a bit narrow, but that’s true of just about every other SUV. There are two sets of Isofix mounts for child seats in the back. These are easy to find and the Q5’s height means you can put a child into the car seat without bending down.

The boot has 550 litres of space – about average for this kind of car and more than enough for the needs of most families. All your stuff for a week-long holiday should slot in easily, or a couple of Labradors should be perfectly happy in there. The back seat folds down in three sections, freeing up a usefully large 1,550 litres of space. It’s also worth noting that the Q5 can tow 1,750kg to 2,400kg (depending on the model), which is quite a lot for this type of car.

Audi currently sells six different SUVs. The range starts with the small Q2 and ends with the luxurious Q8. The number in the cars’ names indicates their relative size, so the Q5 sits in the middle of the range between the electric Q4 E-tron and the seven-seat Q7.

Safety experts Euro NCAP awarded a full five-star safety rating to the Audi Q5, giving it high marks for protecting both adult and child occupants in a crash. Advanced driver-safety features fitted as standard include automatic emergency braking and a speed limiter. Many more features are included in the optional Tour Pack and Driver Assistance Pack, which are worth searching for when looking at used Q5s. Those extra features include traffic sign recognition, lane-keeping assist and rear cross-traffic alert.

You can choose from two Audi Q5 plug-in hybrid models that combine a 2.0-litre petrol engine with an electric motor. These are the 50 TFSI e and the more powerful 55 TFSI e. The official figures show the 50 TFSI e can give average fuel economy of 188mpg and the 55 TFSI e can give 176mpg. Both can drive about 26 miles on a fully charged battery and emit less than 40g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2), which puts them in low car tax bands.