Audi Q5 test drive since 2008 SUV

Audi Q5 3.0 TDI. From 2,259,500 rubles

Well, Leonida is not lucky with the station wagons: the year did not have passed, as he first destroyed Subaru Outback, and then Volvo XC70. Cars for write -off, and a garage neighbor is again going for advice: what to take?!

The station wagons are over forever. Lenya turned his gaze to crossovers. Chief candidate Audi Q5. That's just with what engine to take it: diesel or gasoline? What is more profitable in terms of operation? Let's count.

The prejudices regarding diesel models gradually release the consciousness of Russian motorists. At least in the capitals and millionaires, the quality of diesel fuel of leading suppliers today quite satisfies the sophisticated appetites of capricious Europeans. And therefore, the question of gasoline or diesel? When buying a new car, it gets more acutely. Here you already need to take a calculator and count.

In relation to 2 -litral versions of the Audi Q5, everything is quite simple: the difference in the price between diesel and gasoline is not so great. So if dynamic losses do not bother you, then diesel will definitely pay for itself. But is the game of candles as applied to 3- and 3.2 -liter engines, where the dynamic balance is shifted in favor of a 6.5 s turbodiesel up to hundreds against 6.9 in 3.2 FSI, but the difference in price increases 2,22,500 versus 2 089 800 rub. Is Diesel capable of repulsing these 169,700 rubles? Theoretically, yes, only at least 100,000 km will have to drive for this. With real fuel consumption in the conditions of daily urban operation and city trips on a weekend of 9.3 l/100 km and an annual run of 20,000 km, the cost of maintaining the Audi Q5 3.0 TDI in the first year will amount to 52,870 rubles. (2.64 rubles/km). In the future, due to the alternation of large and small, then the costs will increase slightly. As for a gasoline 3.2 FSI, then with a real test consumption of 14.4 l/100 km in the first year of operation on its minimum maintenance, about 87 thousand rubles will have to be spent. (4.35 rubles/km). Therefore, in order to repel the difference in price, you will need to drive almost 100,000 km.


Operating costs
Car mileage during the test is total, km - 3059
Fuel consumption (average), l/100 km - 9.3
Fuel consumption (minimum), l/100 km - 6.6
The frequency of maintenance is 15,000 km or 12 months
The cost of the official dealer (TO-1/TO-2), rub. - 11200/19400
The one in which the replacement of the drive belt and the pump is required, rub. (Mileage cost) - 120,000 km 120,000
The cost of OSAGO* for a given car, rub. - From 3168
CASCO* cost for this car, rub. - 126806
The cost of the run, taking into account that, gasoline and compulsory motor liability insurance **, rub./Km - 2.64


* In the insurance company RESO-Garantia.
** with an average mileage of 20,000 km per year.


Author: Vladimir Makkaveev
Photo: Sergey Krestov

 

A source: Magazine 5 wheel [November 2010]