A5 Sportback is out

Can you get your head around Audi's niche-busting five-door coupe?

Posted by: Dan Read, 16 July 2009

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Audi A5 Sportback

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These are the first pictures of the Audi A5 Sportback - a four-door, four-seat hatchback that mixes bits of A4 and A5 together in a sleek new package. Need a coupe/saloon/estate-type thing? Bingo, this is your car.

So take a deep breath and try to get your head around this:
 
It's a bit lower, shorter and wider than an A4, so should be slightly more assured through corners. It borrows the A5's aluminium front wings too, to help quell any pesky understeer.
 
It might appear smaller than an A4 outside, but it's bigger than an A5 inside. There might only be two rear seats, but passengers get a bit more shoulder- and legroom than in Audi's smaller coupe.
 
The boot has 480 litres of space - that's, er, exactly the same as an A4 saloon. At least you'll be able to access your gubbins easier through the large hatchback.
 
It gets all the usual Audi engine and gearbox combos, and we've heard whispers that S and RS versions might be on the way. The Sportback goes on sale in September and prices start at £25,440 for the 2.0 TDI manual.
 
Got that? We're finding it tough, too. Why not have a look at the pretty pictures and give your brain a rest.

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It's the Audi CLS. Or is it the Audi 5-Series GT? No, it's an A5 that's also an A4. Er...

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So basically, it's a four-dour version of the A5, which is a two-door version of the A4? Confused or what?

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it looks better that the BMW 5 and a half series

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OK, sorry i dont get what's not to get about cars like this, its very simple, this car is not aimed at the 5GT nor CLS because it is too small to be a rival. So what you have to look at is the small sallon segment, you getting this?, this is effectively an A4 which is about the same size as a Mondeo or an Insignia or a Mazda6 or a Laguna, OK?, now what have all these cars got in common? They all come in saloon, estate and HATCHBACKS! The A5 Sport Back is simply aimed at people who want to move to the Audi brand but still want a big hatch back! It is extreemely simple, do you get it now?

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Yeah, you could call it the Audi CLS. Maybe just a little XF too

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