Audi A5 review

There are three trims available on the A5: Sport, S line and Edition 1, each available with all five engine combos – two petrols, two diesels and a plug-in hybrid petrol range-topper.

The cheapest car is the 148bhp petrol in Sport trim at £43,385, S line adds just over £2k and Edition 1 is another £5k on top of that at £50,535. Want the Avant? That’s the same range, but £1,900 on top.

What will the other engines cost?

The 201bhp petrol starts at £45,725 in Sport spec and the diesel engine comes in at £47,925 in the same trim. Want that engine with quattro four-wheel drive? That’ll be £49,500. 

The PHEV model is the most expensive, though it comes with a cheeky extra trim for fleet drivers, Technik, which nudges the price under £50k (£49,675) by offering a less sporty exterior bodykit and fewer fancy lights than the Sport spec. Then it’s £53,600 for the S line and £58,620 for the Edition 1 versions.

What do the trims get me?

Sport trim brings 18in alloys, LED lights front and rear, heated front seats, three-zone climate control, the 14.5in central touchscreen and 11.9in digital instrument panel, 360-degree parking sensors, rear camera, adaptive cruise and a host of fancy safety tech to help stop you crashing into things. 

S line adds 19in wheels, sports suspension lowered by 20mm, squircle steering wheel and some styling tweaks on the outside.

Top-spec Edition 1 gets 20in alloys, matrix LED headlights, the (daft) 10.9in passenger touchscreen, an upgraded parking camera with top view, plus microfibre interior accents and exterior styling upgrades.

Worth considering if you’re going to be spending a lot of time in the car is the £2,495 Sound & Vision pack, which includes a Bang & Olufsen 3D sound system, head-up display, fancy ambient lights and beefed up USB sockets in the cabin.

Which one should I go for?

Company car drivers will no doubt make a bee line to the PHEV version for its lower BIK rating, but we’d go for an entry spec 201bhp petrol and throw in that Sound & Vision pack. Happy days.