Any guesses what the base price of the Q5 is ?
$35K, $36K, $37K, $38K, $39K, $40K ???

Depends. If they want to compete with the GLK, then Audi will have to have a low base and if not, then they can come in slightly lower than the X3.

We, in the US, should be able to order our vehicles like England does, more À la carte, so that we can control the cost of what we want to pay for an Audi. Just my $0.02 worth.

Checking prices in Europe it probably will be closer to $40K for the 3.2TFSI.

I wonder when it will be officially announced since the web site still doesn't show the Q5 on their main page (Super Bowl?).

Hard to compare what Europe pays with what we'll pay for the vehicle here. Usually, what Europe pays in Euros, is what we pay in US dollars.

I was in Germany last February when the B8 A4 was just released and the price in Euros there is what we're currently are paying for the car here in the US. If Audi tried to charge the exchange Euro to US dollar, the car would base over $40K. I don't this many people here in the US would pay that much for a A4 2.0T.

As an example the A4 2.0T base in Euros is 31,970 and the base in US dollars is 32,700. At the current exchange of 1.3053 the car would cost $41,730 base here in the US.

Remember prices In Europe include sales tax.

Just guessing but if I compare with German site (ignoring equipment levels):

A5 3.2TFSI Quattro: 45K euro - $ 41K
A4 2.0TFSI Quattro: 38K euro - $ 33K
A6 3.0TFSI Quattro: 48K euro - $ 50K
Q5 3.2TFSI Quattro: 46K euro - ??

Looking at that it seems Q5 will be around 40K. I assume pricing will be announced next month.

From fourtitude: Q5 will start at $36,900 for the 3.2 FSI tiptronic.

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There is NO way the Q5 could possibly start $6000 less than that.

I think that they should strip the vehicle down to get the lowest base price and then have an option like our friends get in England.

That way, if you like the design but don't want to pay for all of the "bells and whistles" then it's your choice not to pay for them.

Audi made that mistake when they tried to bring a 2000 A6 2.8 MT to America. Instead of stripping the model down to the bare bones to get a very low base price, they loaded up the cars so that they were the same or higher than the Tip models. I can't tell you how many people came into the dealer and wanted to order a stripped down model and were turned away because Audi wouldn't let the dealers order them. So, in the end, AoA says no more MT A6's because no one bought the ones we brought in. It was a self full-filling prophecy.

Any one know what options are going to be available on the Q5? An apples to apples comparison would be nice. The Q5 I saw was pretty plain compared to the GLK and RX. X3 wasn't at the Auto Show I attended.

I test drove the GLK and I like it but the interior is holding me back among other things.

I will test drive the Q5 once available.

Interesting that they made S-Line standard on the 2009 A3 3.2 Quattro!

I wish Audi would finally do the same in the US: let customers choose their options individually.

E.g. why not a nav/parking system only for the base model?