2026 Audi SQ5: New Rochelle Pricing & Leasing Guide
Quick Answer: What a 2026 SQ5 Costs in New Rochelle
The 2026 Audi SQ5 carries MSRPs of $65,400 (Premium), $67,300 (Premium Plus), and $71,300 (Prestige), plus a $1,295 destination charge, before options. From there, several things work in a buyer’s favor: Audi refreshes lease and finance programs monthly, dealer specials layer on top, loyalty credits periodically add more for current Audi owners, and every 2026 SQ5 already includes three years of scheduled maintenance through Audi Signature Care. New Rochelle’s additions are a combined 8.375% Westchester County sales tax, DMV registration and title fees, and the annual state inspection. Current numbers live on the Audi New Rochelle specials page; this guide explains every line beneath them.
The anchors: MSRP by trim
Premium at $65,400, Premium Plus at $67,300, Prestige at $71,300. Each adds $1,295 for destination, and popular options run from a few hundred dollars for wheel and paint choices up to the Black optic and Technology packages available on the upper two trims. A note for anyone comparing numbers across sites: some third-party research sites publish “starting at” figures with the destination charge already folded in — for example $66,695 instead of $65,400 for the Premium. Neither convention is wrong on its own, but mixing them makes an identical car look $1,295 more or less expensive depending on the source. This guide states MSRP without destination, consistently across all three trims, and the dealer sets the actual selling price from there.
How the SQ5 compares to the base Q5 on price
The jump from a comparably equipped Q5 to the SQ5 runs roughly $12,000 to $13,000 depending on trim, buying the 362-hp V6, the standard Sport adaptive air suspension, and the S-specific cabin. For a shopper deciding between the two, that gap is the real question, more than any individual feature: is the performance upgrade worth the premium over the four-cylinder Q5’s price? The Q5 inventory and this SQ5 lineup sit in the same Harrison Street showroom, so the honest answer usually comes from driving both back to back rather than comparing spec sheets alone.
The offer cycle works monthly, and stacks
Audi rebuilds its national programs at the start of each month — lease support on specific trims, APR offers through Audi Financial Services, and periodically a loyalty credit for households already driving the brand. Audi New Rochelle layers its own specials over whatever the month brings, and while SQ5 lease support tends to run leaner than it does on higher-volume models like the Q5, the store still applies every applicable program to a deal. The specials and finance page carries the live terms with printed expiration dates, worth checking before finalizing a build.
What Westchester adds to the sticker
Sales tax comes first, and in New Rochelle it’s a combined 8.375%: 4% New York State, 4% Westchester County, and a 0.375% metropolitan commuter district surcharge. The rate follows the buyer’s registration address, which is worth knowing since it’s lower than the 8.875% a buyer would pay registering in New York City. Registration, title, and plate fees go to the DMV on a weight-based schedule, and every vehicle takes an annual safety and emissions inspection. On the good-news side, New York levies no annual property tax on vehicles, and the maintenance line is already covered for three years by Audi Signature Care. Insurance is the one line that varies meaningfully by ZIP code and by the fact that this is a performance model; quote your actual garage address and VIN before budgeting.
Lease or buy a performance SUV here?
Leasing works differently on a car like the SQ5 than it does on a mainstream trim. Residual values on performance variants tend to hold up better than the segment average, which can make lease payments more competitive relative to MSRP than the sticker price alone suggests. New York collects sales tax on a lease up front, calculated on the total of the scheduled payments, and it’s typically rolled into the deal structure rather than billed monthly. Buying removes any mileage cap and turn-in condition review, which matters more on a performance car owners tend to actually drive, plus it builds equity in a vehicle that historically depreciates a bit more slowly than its four-cylinder sibling. Running both structures through the online finance application with real numbers beats guessing from national averages either way.
The money conversation on Harrison Street
SQ5 buyers, more than most, tend to know exactly what they want going in, and the dealership’s 4.64-star average across more than 1,650 Google reviews reflects a store built around that kind of straightforward process. “Everything in this dealership works like a well oiled machine,” wrote one reviewer, a decade-long customer who’s worked with the store’s sales and finance team on more than one purchase, describing sales, service, and the finance office as “the perfect dealership from Sales to Service” (Anastasia Apostolopoulou). Financing runs through Audi Financial Services and other lenders across a range of credit profiles, and the finance office quotes numbers in writing before anyone signs.
Frequently asked questions: SQ5 pricing in New Rochelle
The bottom line
SQ5 pricing in New Rochelle is a published starting point, a monthly-refreshing stack of programs on top, and a Westchester tax structure that’s predictable once it’s laid out. The premium over the base Q5 buys real, standard performance hardware rather than badge value alone, and the store’s reputation for a straightforward sales and finance process extends to this model just as much as any other in the lineup. Still weighing trims? The 2026 SQ5 overview lays out all three side by side.
MSRP figures exclude the $1,295 destination charge, taxes, title, registration, and options; the dealer sets the actual selling price. No lease or finance offer is made or implied on this page; current offers, terms, and expirations are stated on the linked specials pages and are subject to credit approval. New York State and Westchester County tax rates and DMV fees are set by the state and county and may change; figures per tax.ny.gov at publication. Audi Signature Care terms per Audi of America’s published program for MY2026 vehicles. Customer quotes are excerpts from public Google reviews of Audi New Rochelle.