A mix of good and bad news for fans of European forbidden fruit – the Audi SQ5 will be coming to our shores, but with the familiar 3.0T V6 rather than the Euro-spec TDI powertrain initially shown earlier this year. And I think that’s a big mistake.
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Tagged as Audi, audi sq5, clean diesel, Diesel, TDI
Tagged as Audi, audi sq5, clean diesel, Diesel, TDI
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mik101 - I just wanted to thank you for that comment. It brought back some earlier memories of my friends (and my) cars in highschool. It wasn’t...
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