2026 Audi Q5: Queens Buyers Guide
Quick Answer: The 2026 Audi Q5 at a Glance
Audi’s best-selling SUV enters 2026 in three trims: Premium at $52,800 MSRP, Premium Plus at $55,700 (a $1,000 cut from last year), and Prestige at $60,700, each before a $1,295 destination charge. Every one of them carries the same hardware where it counts: a 268-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter, a 7-speed S tronic® dual-clutch, and quattro® all-wheel drive, no options required. This is year two of the fully redesigned Q5, and 2026 brings something the badge has never included before: Audi Signature Care, which covers scheduled maintenance for 3 years or 30,000 miles at no cost. All three trims are in stock at Audi Queens on College Point Blvd in Flushing, the borough’s own Audi store.
Why this SUV suits this borough
Queens asks a lot of a vehicle. The commute might cross the Whitestone one day and crawl down the Van Wyck the next; the parking spot might be a Forest Hills driveway or a metered stretch of Northern Blvd. The Q5 answers with a footprint of 185.7 inches, small enough to maneuver, big enough for a family, and a cabin built around one continuous curved panel: an 11.9-inch virtual cockpit plus behind the wheel flowing into a 14.5-inch MMI® touchscreen. Wireless Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™ are standard, and so is a detail New Yorkers will appreciate more than most of the country: an integrated toll module, so there’s no transponder box velcroed to your windshield.
Seeing one in person is a short trip from anywhere in the borough. Audi Queens sits at 30-35 College Point Blvd in Flushing, minutes off the Whitestone Expressway near Flushing Bay, with sales, finance, service, parts, and a collision center all under one roof and a team that works in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and more. The store serves the whole city, and its Q5 inventory is posted live.
One engine, zero drivetrain decisions
Audi kept the powertrain menu simple. Each 2026 Q5 uses a turbocharged 2.0-liter four making 268 horsepower and 295 lb-ft, seven more horses and 22 more lb-ft than the previous generation’s upgrade engine. The 7-speed S tronic® dual-clutch replaced the old torque-converter automatic, and quattro® all-wheel drive comes on every single trim, which matters when a nor’easter drops slush on a street that won’t see a plow until Tuesday. Audi quotes 0-60 in 5.8 seconds, and independent testing has matched it. The EPA rates the combination at 21 city / 29 highway / 24 combined on premium fuel. Your trim choice, in other words, is purely about equipment, and that’s what the three guides below untangle.
Pick your 2026 Q5
What Q5 buyers say about the store
Audi Queens holds 4.5 stars across more than 1,250 Google reviews, and the Q5 is the car that keeps showing up in them. From a lease customer this July: her brand specialist was “friendly, knowledgeable, patient, and genuinely committed to helping me find the perfect Audi Q5 at a great value” (Hollie J.). A 2025 Q5 lessee called the sales and finance team “by far the most professional of all the dealerships I have ever purchased a car from” (Pete R.). And one repeat customer put it plainly: “I recently leased my second q5 from Audi queens... Not pushy at all but making sure my wife and I got the car we wanted” (Andrew L.).
Read enough of these and a pattern emerges. Buyers name their salesperson, the price quoted early holds at signing, and second and third Q5s follow the first. In a market where many shoppers arrive braced for the worst, that reputation is doing real work.
Owning one here
The ownership story got materially better this year. Every 2026 Q5 includes Audi Signature Care, complimentary scheduled maintenance for 3 years or 30,000 miles, on top of the 4-year/50,000-mile new vehicle limited warranty. The Q5 service & repair guide covers the 10,000-mile service rhythm, what Queens streets do to tires and alignment, and the factory-certified service center behind the showroom. Money questions, from the 8.875% sales tax to why New York leases work the way they do, live in the pricing & leasing guide.
Frequently asked questions: 2026 Audi Q5
Three trims, one showroom
The guides above will get you 90% of the way to a decision. The last 10% is sitting in each one, and that takes a single visit, since the Flushing showroom keeps the range on the floor next to its Certified pre-owned Audi stock. Book a test drive through the contact page and drive all three back to back.
MSRP figures exclude the $1,295 destination charge, taxes, title, registration, and options; the dealer sets the actual selling price. Fuel-economy figures are EPA estimates; real-world mileage varies. Equipment, packages, and availability can change with configuration and production timing; confirm current specs with Audi Queens. Audi Signature Care terms per Audi of America’s published program for MY2026 vehicles. Customer quotes are excerpts from public Google reviews of Audi Queens.