Comparison Test: 2015 Audi SQ5 vs. 2015 Porsche Macan S

Story by John LeBlanc If town criers were still prominent, they might crow about the sea of change that’s happening in today’s automotive showrooms — perhaps making a proclamation along the lines of, “The luxury sports sedan is dead! Long live the luxury sports crossover!”

Road Test: 2015 Audi Q5 3.0 TDI Quattro Technik

Story and photo by John LeBlanc The automobile business really is a mix of art and science. Yet the success of Audi’s Q5 can be equated to a simple mathematical formula where X equals “crossover” and Y equates to “luxury”, the two biggest growth areas in the automobile business since the turn of this century.