17 June 2009 - 14:00
First look at Audi A5 Sportback
Audi has released the first teaser shot of its new niche-busting crossover, the A5 Sportback, and it's fair to say Top Gear is a little confused.
The A5 is, according to Audi, a sleek five-door coupe with the bootspace of an station wagon and the comfort of a sedan. Essentially it's an A5 Coupe with a pair of rear doors and a hatchback boot.
But... hang on. Isn't the A5 the coupe version of the A4? In which case, isn't this just an A4 hatchback?
Not quite, says Audi: the A5 Sportback has frameless doors and a coupe-style roofline which, though giving a sleek profile, somehow allows as much headroom as the A4 saloon.
Audi says the A5 Sportback has bootspace comparable with the A4 Avant - 480 litres with the back seats up, just 10 litres less than the Avant - though luggage space is substantially less with the seats down: 980 litres plays 1,430.
It'll be launched with two petrol engines and three diesel, though there are rumours knocking around that Audi might introduce an ‘RS5 Sportback', powered either by a retuned version of the RS4's 4.2-litre V8, or a warmed-up version of the V6 from the S4.
What do you think, Top Gearers? Reckon Audi's on to a winner with this one?
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The...er....fancy version of the BMW X6....? Maybe?
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I think it'll pretty cool
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This is the more upmarket counterpart to Volkswagen Passat CC 4dr.
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at 05:22 am on 18 June 2009
Looks somewhat like a BMW M5...
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