Audi Q5: Audi's first hybrid model is the first series application of ZF's full hybrid transmission, with fully integrated electric drive. In its standard version, the Q5 has axle drives ...

This 2014 Audi Q5 2.0 TFSI Premium Plus still doesn't have all that much character, but neither do its competitors. And what it does do, it does very well.

Finally, Audi revealed the 2.0 TFSI inline-four engine for the Q5 Compact SUV at the New York Auto Show, and part of the new package will also include the eight-speed box.

The new trend in automatic transmissions is to have eight ratios. Lexus started it and now Audi and BMW will follow, since they both source their slushboxes from the venerable ZF company.

Drivetrain eight-speed ZF 8HP automatic transmission with Tiptronic Brakes dual sliding calipers, 380mm rotors f, single-piston floating, 330mm r Suspension five-link f, self-tracking trapezoidal ...