Compare the2025 Audi new SQ5 SportbackVS 2025 Land Rover Range Rover Sport

For enhanced safety, the front seat shoulder belts of the Audi new SQ5 Sportback are height-adjustable to accommodate a wide variety of driver and passenger heights. A better fit can prevent injuries and the increased comfort also encourages passengers to buckle up. The Land Rover Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer height-adjustable seat belts.

In the past twenty years hundreds of infants and young children have died after being left in vehicles, usually by accident. When turning the vehicle off, drivers of the new SQ5 Sportback are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer a back seat reminder.

The new SQ5 Sportback has a standard front seat center airbag, which deploys between the driver and front passenger, protecting them from injuries caused by striking each other in serious side impacts. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer front seat center airbags.

The new SQ5 Sportback has standard Secondary Collision Brake Assist, which automatically apply the brakes in the event of a crash to help prevent secondary collisions and prevent further injuries. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer a post collision braking system: in the event of a collision that triggers the airbags, more collisions are possible without the protection of airbags that may have already deployed.

Over 200 people are killed each year when backed over by motor vehicles. The new SQ5 Sportback has standard Maneuver Assist that uses rear sensors to monitor for objects to the rear and automatically applies the brakes to prevent a collision. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer automatic braking for stationary objects directly to the rear.

Earlier warning of stopped traffic, traffic signals, dangerous road conditions, weather, or accidents, can keep driver's safer and prevent crashes. The new SQ5 Sportback has Car-to-X Services, a system that seamlessly communicates important warnings to the driver about impending danger, if they're available. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer a system that can receive automated systems from infrastructure.

Both the new SQ5 Sportback and the Range Rover Sport have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, four-wheel antilock brakes, all wheel drive, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning, driver alert monitors and available around view monitors.

The new SQ5 Sportback’s corrosion warranty is 6 years longer than the Range Rover Sport’s (12 vs. 6 years).

There are over 51 percent more Audi dealers than there are Land Rover dealers, which makes it much easier should you ever need service under the new SQ5 Sportback’s warranty.

The new SQ5 Sportback’s 3.0 turbo V6 produces 7 more horsepower (362 vs. 355) and 37 lbs.-ft. more torque (406 vs. 369) than the Range Rover Sport P360’s standard 3.0 turbo/supercharged 6-cylinder hybrid.

On the EPA test cycle the new SQ5 Sportback gets better mileage than the Range Rover Sport running its gasoline engine:

To lower fuel costs and make buying fuel easier, the Audi new SQ5 Sportback uses regular unleaded gasoline (premium recommended for maximum performance). The Range Rover Sport requires premium, which can cost on average about 84.9 cents more per gallon.

The new SQ5 Sportback offers a standard sequential manual gearbox (SMG). With no clutch pedal to worry about and a fully automatic mode, an SMG is much more efficient than a conventional automatic but just as easy to drive. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer an SMG or a conventional manual transmission.

The new SQ5 Sportback’s standard tires provide better handling because they have a lower 45 series profile (height to width ratio) that provides a stiffer sidewall than the Range Rover Sport’s standard 50 series tires.

Changing a flat tire near traffic can be dangerous and inconvenient. The run-flat tires available on the new SQ5 Sportback can be driven up to 50 miles without any air pressure, allowing you to drive to a service station for a repair. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer run-flat tires.

The Audi new SQ5 Sportback may be more efficient, handle and accelerate better because it weighs about 500 to 1700 pounds less than the Land Rover Range Rover Sport.

The new SQ5 Sportback is 9 inches shorter than the Range Rover Sport, making the new SQ5 Sportback easier to handle, maneuver and park in tight spaces.

The new SQ5 Sportback is 5.8 inches narrower than the Range Rover Sport, making the new SQ5 Sportback easier to handle and maneuver in traffic.

The new SQ5 Sportback has .3 inches more front legroom and .2 inches more rear legroom than the Range Rover Sport.

The new SQ5 Sportback has a larger cargo volume with its rear seat folded than the Range Rover Sport with its rear seat folded (53.3 vs. 53 cubic feet).

If the windows are left open on the new SQ5 Sportback the driver can close them all at the outside door handle or from a distance using the remote. On a hot day the driver can also lower the windows the same way. The driver of the Range Rover Sport can only close the windows from inside the vehicle, with the ignition on.

Heated windshield washer nozzles are standard on the new SQ5 Sportback to prevent washer fluid and nozzles from freezing and help continue to keep the windshield clear in sub-freezing temperatures. Heated windshield washer nozzles cost extra on the Range Rover Sport.

To shield the driver and front passenger’s vision over a larger portion of the windshield and side windows, the new SQ5 Sportback has standard extendable sun visors. The Range Rover Sport doesn’t offer extendable visors.

The Audi Q5/SQ5 outsold the Land Rover Range Rover Sport by over two to one during 2024.