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The Audi SUV line all began with the 2003 Pikes Peak Quattro concept that, alongside a LeMans concept that previewed the R8, showed the future of Audi.  Even more this was the third iteration of a VW group platform shared with VW's first SUV, the Touareg, and Porsche's first SUV, the Cayenne, and the Q7 was itself distinct from these two as well. Click Here for Photo Gallery The Q7 was the first SUV on this platform to be stretched to accommodate three rows of seats, use a less-extreme 4WD system with the Quattro all-wheel drive system, and the first passenger vehicle to house a turbodiesel V-12 motor.  This Welly version is powered by the 4.2L DOHC V8 that shows off the details well despite being a big motor in a small engine compartment.  The valve covers have the red spark plug wires, the silver cross intake is larger, and even more details surround from the coolant resovoir to the caps for other fluid containers as well.  The V8 motor p...

Earlier this year I profiled the 1:43 pullback Audi Q3 that was in the Welly line.  What I didn't know that Welly has made the other two Audi SUV's in larger scales.  The Q5 is the next size up based on the A4 sedan and like the A4 it boasts the sportiest features in the group. Click Here for Photo Gallery The Q5 was the long-overdue sequel to the Q7 and for those who really do not need all that heft that the Q7 packs.  When this was introduced in 2009 it finally brought success in Audi's SUV sales.  The Q5 still has most of the styling touches of the Q7 with a more aggressive SUV-like front-end (just like the Q3), but unlike the Q3 the Q5 still borders on the Utility aspect of the SUV nomenclature.  The platform is different than the Q7 as it uses the MLP platform that uses a more car-like setup, but unlike the Q3 it still has a longitudinal engine layout.  This Q5 may suggest being powered by the same 3.2L V6 as the A4, bu...