Worried about Miles Per Gallon, or the height of your automobile? Think you don’t need all-wheel drive to commute from the suburbs to the soccer field? Audi disagrees, tells you to stop being such a worry-wort, and thinks all this hype of a “small car revolution” is nothing but hot air. Audi loved showing off their 2009 Q5 SUV at 2008′s Beijing Auto Show – take a look for yourself below, and decide of that Prius is really worth it.

The Q5 features am impressive (and not overly gas-guzzling, at least for an SUV) 3.2-liter V-6 giving the driver 270 hp and 243 lb feet of torque. A six-speed transmission directs the V-6′s power throughout this Audi Quattro all- wheel drive vehicle. In Europe, Audi lovers will have the chance to purchase a diesel engine Q5, but sorry North America, you’re left out of that option.

Expect to see Audi Q5′s on the streets of North America by the Spring of 2009.

Audi’s R10 came in first with a mix of Shell V-Power Gas-To-Liquid diesel and a Biomass-to-Diesel fuel. What’s so special about the Biomass fuel? How about the face that it does not threaten any corn crops (won’t raise the price of pasta) and has a clean exhaust output. See, now green-loving purists can enjoy a 24-hour endurance race too!

Audi’s win did not come easy, biodiesel or not. France’s Peugeot racer followed behind in a close second for much of the later competition, as seen below. Keeping the drama high while bringing fossil fuel emissions to an all time low, that’s Audi’s goal, and they succeed at Le Mans.

photos by Robin Thompson via Jalopnik