Audi has unveiled the brand new A5, and it is seemingly not what you are anticipating. The model is shuffling its naming system to create space for EVs, so the next-generation A5 replaces the A4 because the model’s various to the BMW 3 Sequence. It stays provided as a sedan and as a wagon.
Beginning with the brand new, third-generation A5, odd-numbered nameplates designate vehicles powered by an internal-combustion engine whereas even-numbered nameplates will seem on electrical fashions. What which means for the last-generation coupe and convertible fashions is not clear but; they have been axed from the American market after the 2024 mannequin 12 months. As of writing, Audi has solely introduced the 2 aforementioned physique types. Each trip on a brand new structure known as Premium Platform Combustion (PPC) that may seemingly underpin extra fashions afterward.
Longer and wider than the A4, the A5 ditches its predecessor’s three-box design for a fastback-like silhouette with a roof line that slopes into a big hatch. From some angles, it may move as a alternative for the present A5 Sportback. Its entrance finish incorporates a grille that is flatter and wider than earlier than in addition to skinny LED headlights, whereas the again finish options an OLED mild bar able to displaying totally different animations.
The inside features extra customary and non-compulsory expertise options and, as you’d count on, extra screens. You will not discover a lot in the best way of buttons, as most features are grouped into the 14.5-inch touchscreen that shows the infotainment system. It is a part of a curved show that additionally contains the 11.9-inch digital instrument cluster, and a 3rd, 10.9-inch display positioned forward of the entrance passenger is accessible.
Particulars concerning the American-market A5 have not been launched; the one factor that is seemingly sure at this stage is that the Avant wagon (pictured above) won’t be bought in the US. Throughout the pond, A5 patrons will initially have two engines to select from. The entry-level unit is a 2.0-liter turbocharged TFSI four-cylinder rated at 148 horsepower. Subsequent up is a 201-horse model of this turbo-four. Alternatively, patrons can select a 2.0-liter turbodiesel TDI four-cylinder engine rated at 201 horsepower and a stout 295 pound-feet of torque thanks partly to a mild-hybrid system. Each engines are linked to a dual-clutch automated transmission; Audi made no point out of a stick, nevertheless. Entrance-wheel-drive comes customary, and Quattro all-wheel-drive is accessible on the extra highly effective TFSI and the TDI.
The S5 nameplate returns, and this time it denotes a 3.0-liter turbocharged TFSI V6 tuned to develop 362 horsepower. Additionally fitted with mild-hybrid expertise, it spins the 4 wheels through a dual-clutch automated transmission and a Quattro sport differential with torque vectoring.
Audi claims that the brand new A5 advantages from important chassis updates over the outgoing A4. It notably developed an non-compulsory suspension system with adaptive dampers that widens the unfold between consolation and sport, and it made the steering “significantly extra exact.”
The brand new Audi A5 will go on sale on the European market in November 2024. Pricing in its dwelling nation of Germany begins at €45,200, which represents roughly $49,300 on the present conversion charge. Details about the American-market mannequin will probably be launched at a later date. As for the A4 nameplate, there is not any phrase but on whether or not it is going to resurface on a brand new electrical mannequin or if it is being consigned to the attic.
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