
Audi Q5 8R Ice Silver Kyosho 1:18

Specifications
- Year
- 2013
- Era
- 2010s
- Body Type
- SUV & Crossover
- Vehicle Class
- Luxury SUVs
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
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About the Audi Q5 8R Ice Silver Kyosho 1:18
TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Audi Q5 8R in Ice Silver reproduces the first-generation compact luxury SUV. Launched in the late 2000s, the Q5 established the crossover formula Audi later scaled across the Q3 and Q7, and this Ice Silver finish captures its calm, technical read.
Ice Silver is a quiet color choice, and on the 8R's boxy, purposeful shape it looks less like a compromise and more like the intended finish.
A Cool, Precise Finish on a Familiar Shape
Kyosho's luxury-marque diecast tends to prioritize a clean, consistent paint layer over flashier color choices, and Ice Silver plays to that strength, holding an even, slightly cool metallic sheen across the Q5's flat hood and squared wheel arches. The 8R's upright grille and simple crease lines are cast with tight panel gaps, and the compact SUV proportions sit correctly at 1:18, neither too tall nor too long for the class it represents. Interior detailing carries through in Kyosho's usual fashion, with defined seats and dashboard trim visible through the glass rather than a blank cabin shell.
The Q5 That Set Audi's Crossover Template
The first-generation Q5, internally coded 8R, launched Audi seriously into the compact luxury SUV segment and quickly became one of the brand's best-selling models worldwide. Its success established the size, proportions, and market position that Audi would later apply above and below it with the Q7 and Q3. For a collector building a modern Audi SUV shelf, the 8R Q5 belongs at the center of that lineup, the model the others were built to complement rather than replace.















