Audi's Freelander is here

摘要

Ingolstadt's mid-sized SUV to hit UK dealers by end of '08. Four-wheel drive standard on all models. Prices start at under ￡30k. This is the Audi Q5, the company's long-awaited rival for the BMW ×3 and Land Rover Freelander. Unveiled at the Beijing motor show last weekend, the Q5 is one of a blitz of new Audi models due over the next four years. It will arrive in the UK at the very end of 2008, priced from just under ￡30,000. Audi is pitching the five-seat Q5 as the sportiest SUV in its class and it will be available with three engines, one petrol and two diesels. The firm's quattro all-wheel drive system will be standard on all models. Climate control is also standard, and the list of optional extras is long.