Market Find: Tailored Audi Q5 on a First Car Budget

What: 2010 Audi Q5 3.2 quattro
Color: Unconfirmed Orange, Believed to Be Glut Orange a.k.a. Solar Orange
VIN: WA1LKAFP9AA089980
Mileage: 179,226 miles
Price: $5,900
CarFax: N/A
Window Sticker: N/A
Location: Pine Island, MN
Link: Legacy Rides

When you venture into the world of old and miled-up cars, finding anything tailored is a bit of a discovery. In this world of sub-$10K cars, what you find tends to be worn and thus not always the most pristine. Even still, a tailored find is a tailored find and would make a great first car for someone seeking something unique.

Rather unsurprisingly, the used car lot in Minnesota that lists this car does not list the color. We ran a quick internal check and are not finding a known color code, the contents of that field on this car (99) likely not any color at all. So, we didn’t list a color above. Even still, we think we know what it is.

In period, Audi was known to produce S and RS cars in an orange known both as Solar Orange or Glut Orange. They’re the same color code (LY2G / 3F). We’re 99% sure that’s this color, but haven’t been able to confirm it outright.

As for the rest of this 179K mile Q5, that orange paint is most interestingly paired with brown leather. The car shows some wear on those seats, and it appears to have some light paint damage on the rear bumper. Honestly though, an in person inspection and and pre-purchase inspection (PPI) would be the best move on any car this age.