Audi SQ5 vs Chevrolet Tahoe
The SQ5 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $130 a year less in Australia.


Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- Australia
- $2,741 (better)
- $2,867
- New Zealand
- $3,308 (better)
- $3,457
- United Kingdom
- £2,010 (better)
- £2,100
- United States
- $2,556 (better)
- $2,671
Official figures
- Uses
- 10.2 L/100km (better)
- 10.7 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 684 km
- 851 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 9
- Boot
- 501 L
- 722 L (better)
- Towing, braked
- –
- 3,810 kg
- Length
- 4,671 mm
- 5,352 mm
- Weight
- 1,995 kg
- 2,483 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 3.0 L V6 turbo petrol
- 5.3 L V8 petrol
- Power
- 260 kW
- 265 kW (better)
- Torque
- 500 Nm
- 519 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- 10-speed automatic
- Drive
- AWD
- RWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- –
- 6
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
SQ5 or Tahoe?
Which is cheaper to run, the Audi SQ5 or the Chevrolet Tahoe?
The Audi SQ5: about $130 a year less in Australia than the Chevrolet Tahoe at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Audi SQ5 or the Chevrolet Tahoe?
The Audi SQ5, at 10.2 L/100km (28 mpg UK, 23 mpg US) to the Chevrolet Tahoe's 10.7 L/100km (26 mpg UK, 22 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Audi SQ5 or the Chevrolet Tahoe?
The Chevrolet Tahoe, at 722 L to the Audi SQ5's 501 L, for their newest versions.
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