It's probably safe to say that cars in Singapore have never been more expensive than in this current moment in 2023. Almost all COE categories have seen premiums reach record highs over the past few months, and even the supposedly 'mainstream' Category A has breached the $100,000 mark. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and many car brands have been...
The Audi Q5 gets a slight power reduction to enhance its price competitiveness in this era of high COE prices in Singapore.It's probably safe to say that cars in Singapore have never been more expensive than in this current moment in 2023.
But even at the upper end of the spectrum, car manufacturers here are also looking for shortcuts to help boost their price competitiveness every way they can. And Audi has opted for the downsizing approach with their Q5, which is now available here with a slightly less powerful 2.0-litre engine, as a way of keeping costs down.
What do you get for the money though? Well the most obvious one is the engine. It remains a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-pot with mild hybrid tech, but in this iteration it now puts out 204hp and 320Nm of torque, down from the 249hp and 370Nm of torque of the previously-more powerful model. The other benefit of the less powerful engine come in the form of emissions, or more specifically, taxation. Whilst the 249hp model gets slapped with a VES C1 banding, and thus an additional S$15,000 surcharge, the 204hp version lands in the neutral B band and attracts no surcharge.
On the whole, the Q5 strikes a fine line between dynamism and comfort, and manages to toe the middle ground neatly without leaning too far into either end.
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