Q5 lead time

When I was ordered in late Jan I was told it would be built this week although they weren't sure if the towbar would impact this. I now know that the initial date was spot on :

"In Production, awaiting confirmation of completion"

Haven't had the factory email yet but my dealer has just advised "Great News, your New Audi has completed production and starting its journey to Stansted"

By return i started making enquiries on a my23.5 spec car

That's great news!

Stansted??? The first step goes to Emden then the UK. From build completion it takes between 5 and 7 weeks to get to the customer.

Stansted Audi near the airport in Hertfordshire.

So far they've been exact on dates. Dealer says 5-6 weeks from production and back in Jan said early/mid May for delivery. I'm impressed with their accuracy.

They also said they'll fit my new 20" wheels before I take delivery 👍

All is now clear. I have had Audi's for 40 years. My Q5 is my first and it wont be my last. I have 20" wheels and they fill the wheel arch well and ride superbly in spite of our pot hole ridden roads.

Do you know what tyres are being fitted on the 20" wheels?

In the UK they come with Pirelli Scorpion Verde (which i have) or Continental ContiSportContact5

In Italy the 54U has these main tyres:

MICHELIN 592741 (255/45 R20 101 W) -> LATITUDE SPORT 3 AO
PIRELLI 26382 (255/45 R20 101 W) -> SCORPION VERDE

Mine came from the factory with Pirelli's. They are a good tyre but slightly unpredictable near the limit in the wet or dry. The best tyres I have had are Hankook with the worst by far being Yokohama.

spinmar said:

Today some update. My Q5 production date should be 20th week, so 15-21 of May. It seems that in Italy the lead time is a bit more than UK one: following the @ScottyUK example my production date should have been 10-16 of April (my order was placed in 17th of February): anyway as usual it could change. I cross my fingers....

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Update: yesterday I called my Audi dealer. My Q5 is confirmed for week 20 (now!) and it should arrive to Audi dealer week 28 (half July). 🤞🤞

ScottyUK said:

The email from the factory said its in build phase but my dealer has confirmed week 14 (w/c 3rd April). I think I've a couple of weeks to wait until its done then delivery is suggested by the dealer to be an extra 5-6 weeks. He said expect it early/mid May.

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At what stage did you receive any build info and from who, do you mind me asking? I ordered mine last month and haven't heard anything, other than an update from my dealer saying due to be built in June, with a delivery of September sometime.

rifleman said:

At what stage did you receive any build info and from who, do you mind me asking? I ordered mine last month and haven't heard anything, other than an update from my dealer saying due to be built in June, with a delivery of September sometime.

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I got provisional build date from dealer when I ordered

New member here.

I ordered a Q5 Vorsprung on March 28th to replace my A4 Vorsprung. 10 days later the dealer phoned to inform me the order had been cancelled because of the MY23.5 release. Anyway, I now have a 45TFSI BE on order.

Dealer phoned on Friday and informed me the build date would be November. They phoned again yesterday to say the build date is now week 29, which is July 17th. With a wing and pray delivery should be around September.

Welcome. That was good of the dealer. I called mine and got the response "oh I wondered if that would interest you" but never bothered to let me know!

Seems you may pip me to getting the car. I can only think it's my towbar that's added a few weeks.

Just thinking about this.

They cancelled the order. That's odd. Normally they produce everything ordered to the spec.

It seems you'll now miss out on air suspension and maybe other bits.

I did query it but their get out was there wasn’t a confirmed build date.

Missed out on air suspension and running boards but got most of the other bits through the option packs. Came in nearly £5k cheaper than the vorsprung.

Confirmed date : on my '23 build that only arrived 9 days before the build date.

No OLEDs either for you but plenty in the budget to cover the differences if you really want (except air suspension of course).

It worked out OK for me. I was frustrated that I couldn't get a high spec car without going for full leather and blacked out. I don't want either. Now I can nearly get the car I want but my bill jumped up LOL