The Off-road Package uses squarer front and rear bumpers, side grilles and door capping strips. Nineteen-inch wheels are contained within and there are wheel arch extensions. This package has an rrp of $5830 when added to the 3.0 TDI and 3.2 FSI Q5 models, and $7850 for the four-cylinder 2.0 TDI and 2.0 TFSI models.

While the Q5 isn't really aimed at real off-road work it has more than enough ability to traverse forest trails, go on trips to the beach, and other family adventures, so the new off-road styling option sits well with those who see it as more than a suburban runabout.

The Audi ‘S line’ has been around for quite a while in Audi passenger cars and looks neat on the SUV. It also gets new front and rear bumpers in a sporty shape, as well as a rear diffuser. The S line package comes standard with 19-inch five-spoke alloy wheels. The lower sections of the front and rear bumpers and door capping strips are painted in the body colour. The front grille has vertical chrome bars. There are chrome-plated exhaust tailpipes on the four-cylinder engine variants and S line badging on the front guards.

The interior gets S line door sill trims and badges, black cloth headlining and S line inlays in brushed aluminium. All models also get front sport seats with lumbar support when choosing the S line package, which is in addition to the electric driver seat already standard on V6 models.