AUTOSThe 2018 Audi Q5The handsome Audi Q5 is all-new for 2018, based on the brand's RWD-biased, MLB architecture with a longitudinal engine. The exterior gains a different, LED headlight signature and more sculpted lines. Continue on for Detroit News auto critic Henry Payne's impressions after a test drive.Henry Payne, The Detroit NewsThe performance-trim Audi SQ5 brings big numbers to the Q5 model: 21-inch wheels, turbocharged 3.0-liters, 354 horsepower and a 5.1-second zero-60 time.Henry Payne, The Detroit NewsThe Audi Q5's available Virtual Cockpit display is a technical tour de force. Easily operated using tightly-engineered steering wheel buttons and mouse wheel, it renders beautiful Google maps for navigation. The instrument display is configurable for big or small gauges.Henry Payne, The Detroit NewsAll-new for 2018, the Audi Q5's exterior updates are conservative. Most obvious is the long, chiseled shoulder line that ends in a hipper rear end.Henry Payne, The Detroit NewsBehind its best-selling, mid-size Q5 sport ute, Audi has doubled its sales in the last 5 years.Henry Payne, The Detroit NewsThe Audi Q5 rear seat comfortably seats two adults — and the seats fold flat for useful cargo space.Henry Payne, The Detroit NewsWith a center console touch pad, the Audi Q5 is over-engineered, sacrificing useful storage space for smartphones and a side of fries.Henry Payne, The Detroit NewsThe Audi Q5 upgrades its 2.0-liter turbo-4 engine for 2018 with 252 horsepower and 273 pound-feet of torque. The result? A best-in-class zero-60 spring of 5.9 seconds.Henry Payne, The Detroit NewsAudi innovated a big grille in the Q5 back in 2009 that has stood the test of time. With the Gen 2, 2018 car, the grille gets wider in order to convey a planted stance.Henry Payne, The Detroit NewsThe classy Audi Q5 interior has become the envy of autodom with everyone from Kia to Honda copying its tidy, horizontal lines. pop-up infotainment tablet, and silver-framed details.Henry Payne, The Detroit NewsWith its signature Quattro AWD system, the Audi Q5 is both fuel-efficient (gaining 3 mpg over the previous-gen car) and fun to drive on Michigan back roads.Henry Payne, The Detroit NewsThough its exterior dimensions remain the same, the second-gen Audi Q5 gains interior room for 2018.Henry Payne, The Detroit News