The median 2014 Audi Q5 in the Canadian market sits at $10,999. That's your anchor. If someone's asking well above it without a clear reason, they're testing you.
Most of these land between $10,434 and $14,399. Notice how tight the bottom of that range is against the median, and how much more room there is at the top. A $10,500 car and an $11,000 car are basically priced the same, so the real spread you're negotiating across is that upper $3,400. Cars near the ceiling should show something for it: cleaner history, lower kilometres, better records.
What the numbers tell a buyer
The typical example on the road here has about 135,000 km on it. That's the baseline to judge everything against. A Q5 priced at the median with meaningfully fewer kilometres is the stronger buy, and one asking top-of-range money with more than 135,000 km is where I'd push back hard or walk.
We've flagged 5 of these as deals in the last 90 days. Not a flood, but enough that a well-priced one does surface if you're patient. Set your target around $11,000 for a clean, average-kilometre car and treat anything under $10,500 as worth a same-day look.
Numbers reflect live listings across Canada over the last 90 days, filtered for outliers. Data as of . Prices in CAD.