Well, this was inevitable. Ever since I bought my first car, back when Fast and Furious wasn't as mainstream as today, I was infected with the need to squeeze more power out of my car. I was convinced that extra horsepower, performance, and street-cred (that was a...

VAG-COM scanning. This means that instead of worrying about costly repairs, we can start thinking about more cosmetic repairs and upgrades to help our vehicle stand out more from the fleet of performance SUVs already on New Zealand roads.

Now that we have a car in the shop, it’s time to get cracking and give our SQ5 some character. There are many 8R SQ5s on the road and we don’t blend in with the crowd. Never have. Never will. So the question is; where to start our modification journey on this family-friendly SUV rocket?

We picked up an amazing deal on a used, Japanese-imported 2016 Audi SQ5, 3.0 TFSI from a local car dealer here in Auckland. At the time of writing, this is the cheapest 8R Audi SQ5 on the market. It has 83,000 km on the clock but the engine, bodywork, and interior are all well looked after.