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SUV versus sports saloon? John O’ Mahony sampled the new Audi Q5 and A5 to find out

New York is about nothing if not size. Skyscrapers, square footage, rents, salaries, wallets, queues, price tags. On a recent family trip, we had a competition to see who could spot the biggest SUV. Even in the vast concrete jungle of downtown Manhattan, the scale and volume of these brutes was hard to miss.

Industry chiefs package them as meeting the needs of the modern family — which makes perfect sense if your surname happens to be Kardashian, or you’re in the habit of bringing all the in-laws with you on daily outings. The famous avenues were choked with Navigators, Expeditions, Suburbans, and Escalades — each bigger, bolder, and blacker than the rest.