The Audi A4 has been a staple of the German marque’s vary for the reason that mid-Nineteen Nineties, and continued the lineage of the model’s mid-size premium sedan providing that dates proper again to the ’70s.
However in 2024, after 5 generations of a extremely popular nameplate, Audi determined to throw out the A4 title and make the A5 the combustion-powered mid-size government sedan and property providing in its lineup.
Sure, there was an A5 earlier than it, however the earlier era was supplied as a two-door coupe and cabriolet, in addition to a five-door Sportback that was one thing of a four-door coupe-style liftback.
Now although, the ‘B10’-generation Audi A5 presents Sedan (liftback) and Avant (wagon) variations which successfully change the previous A4 Sedan and Avant, along with the earlier A5 Coupe, Cabriolet and Sportback. Confused but?
The 2025 Audi A5 vary is the primary to journey on the model’s new PPC (or Premium Platform Combustion) structure, which is an evolution of the ever present MLB toolkit that has underpinned every part from the A4 to the Porsche Macan way back to the late 2000s.
Ushering in a brand new design language and the model’s newest in-car applied sciences, the A5 arrives as a rival to the A4’s arch nemeses, the BMW 3 Collection and Mercedes-Benz C-Class. In 2025, each are extra area of interest choices in comparison with their extra in style SUV equivalents in Australia.
Does the brand new A5 have what it takes to sway Australian consumers from BMW and Mercedes-Benz showrooms? We joined the Australian launch drive in Victoria to search out out.
How a lot does the Audi A5 price?
The A5 vary begins from $79,900 earlier than on-road prices for the entry-level TFSI 150kW Sedan, which is about $9000 up on the earlier A4’s entry level, although the bottom A5 is specified extra like a mid-range A4 which began at $82,000.
| Mannequin | Value earlier than on-road prices |
|---|---|
| 2025 Audi A5 Sedan TFSI 150kW | $79,900 |
| 2026 Audi A5 Sedan TFSI quattro 200kW (coming Q3 2025) | $89,900 |
| 2026 Audi A5 Avant TFSI quattro 200kW (coming Q3 2025) | $92,900 |
| 2026 Audi A5 Sedan e-hybrid quattro 270kW (coming Q3 2025) | $89,900 |
| 2026 Audi A5 Avant e-hybrid quattro 270kW (coming Q3 2025) | $92,900 |
| 2025 Audi S5 Sedan version one | $99,900 |
| 2025 Audi S5 Avant version one | $102,900 |
| 2025 Audi S5 Sedan | $114,900 |
| 2025 Audi S5 Avant | $117,900 |
At launch, simply the A5 Sedan TFSI 150kW and the S5 vary will likely be accessible, although Audi Australia has already confirmed 4 new grades of A5 for launch within the third quarter, together with a TFSI quattro 200kW and e-hybrid quattro 270kW.
Each of those trim ranges will likely be accessible in Sedan and Avant physique kinds, priced from $89,900 for the Sedan and $92,900 for the e-hybrid PHEV – sure, Audi has achieved worth parity for the plug-in variant with extra energy.
The addition of the e-hybrid fashions can be the primary time Audi Australia has supplied a PHEV within the mid-size passenger automotive phase. Nevertheless, it’s value noting the Audi A4 turned the primary mass-produced hybrid from a European producer approach again in 1997, with a diesel-electric plug-in hybrid based mostly on the B5-gen A4 Avant.
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What’s the Audi A5 like on the within?
The B10-gen A5 vary ushers in a brand new design philosophy for Audi each in and out, for higher and for worse in your reviewer’s opinion.
The place Audi’s earlier A4 and its different MLB-based automobiles have been lauded for his or her high-quality, classically laid out interiors; the brand new A5 and subsequent fashions are going onerous on show tech, and decreasing bodily switchgear.
The brand new ‘digital stage’ inside format is headlined by the 11.9-inch Audi digital cockpit plus (digital instrument cluster) and 14.5-inch MMI navigation plus infotainment touchscreen. This may be bolstered by an extra 10.9-inch passenger-side touchscreen within the A5 for an extra $1950 – like a Porsche.
In comparison with Audi’s pared-back, pretty conventional cockpits of previous, the brand new format and interface could be a little daunting, even jarring. There’s lots of piano black within the bezels of the curved housing of the principle driver shows, in addition to the centre console, too.
The interface is now powered by Android, which explains the smartphone-like widgets and app drawer. Audi says the software program is absolutely tailor-made to the model, and permits the set up of a wider set of in-car apps by way of the Audi Utility Retailer in addition to over-the-air software program updates.
Whereas it’s typically pretty usable and undoubtedly not as fiddly as another contact control-heavy interiors throughout the Volkswagen Group, the A5/S5’s infotainment interface feels much less standard and fewer user-friendly than the earlier era of MMI.
The shows supply lovely readability, brightness and graphics, although the widget-based menu construction isn’t as clear because the tiled system it replaces and you will want to spend a bit extra time studying the place every part is.
Sadly, Audi has additionally moved the A5 to touch-based local weather controls, housed in a everlasting digital toolbar on the base of the central show. These aren’t as user-friendly as even the clicky contact controls in bigger automobiles just like the Q7 and Q8, and really feel like a step again.
The toolbar is small relative to the accessible show actual property, as are the digital buttons, which means any fast modifications whereas on the transfer require your eyes to be averted from the highway and sometimes end in a press of the neighbouring button or urgent it one too many occasions.
I’m additionally not a giant fan of the brand new multifunction steering wheel controls, which really feel like a midway home between Audi’s previous tactile bodily buttons and the extra fiddly touch-capacitive controls utilized in different VW Group fashions. They’re not dangerous, however they’re not nice, both.
Be ready to have a microfibre fabric at all times on the prepared too, as a result of the shiny end of the show and the swathes of piano black trim are a nightmare for fingerprints and smudges. Nevertheless it’s not all dangerous, I promise.
Fast load occasions and gorgeously shiny colors make these shows lovely to take a look at, and whereas I miss the attractive simplicity of the previous Audi digital cockpit format, the brand new one with its central dial and adjustable facet widgets make me really feel like I’m sporting Iron Man’s helmet.
As you’d count on, the A5’s infotainment fitout comes absolutely geared up with related providers, wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, DAB+ digital radio, in addition to native navigation with on-line mapping. As a part of the elective $4900 premium package deal, the A5 can be accessible with a thumping 16-speaker Bang & Olufsen 3D audio system.
At full blast this immersive in-car sound expertise is implausible – although in the event you flip the bass and subwoofer up too excessive I reckon it’d really feel an excessive amount of like a nightclub. Within the flagship S5, you can even go for further audio system constructed into the entrance head restraints for $980, bringing the speaker rely to twenty.
The overall feeling of high quality is fairly good too, with a superb mixture of soft-touch and textured supplies dotted all through the cabin. Whereas the bottom A5 doesn’t get the all-out prolonged upholstery of the flagship S5, it’s nonetheless a fairly good place to spend time and doesn’t really feel as plasticky because the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, for instance.
Additional again, there’s good area for 4 adults, although the protruding rear centre console and raised centre seat cushion imply a full-size fifth passenger would possibly solely be a good suggestion on the odd event. Audi quotes a 77mm enhance in wheelbase over the previous A4, which opens up extra leg and knee room for rear passengers.
It will probably all really feel fairly closed in in the event you select the usual black inside – I personally can be dashing to tick the pearl beige or nutmeg brown inside possibility packing containers – and whereas the rear home windows are respectable in dimension, the rising shoulder line restricts outward visibility for shorter passengers.
That mentioned, you’ll be able to actually open up the cabin with the accessible panoramic glass roof, although you could pay $4990 for the privilege. The elective roof additionally comes with what Audi calls ‘switchable transparency’, principally utilising comparable tech to the Porsche Taycan whereby a liquid crystal sandwiched between two glass panels may be turned clear or opaque utilizing electrical energy.
Which will all sound a bit naff to you, nevertheless it removes the necessity for a traditional shade, which opens up extra headroom whereas in concept providing comparable if not higher insulation from warmth and UV rays.
Rear local weather controls and USB-C cost ports add to the back-seat amenity, and there are your requisite ISOFIX and top-tether anchors for youngster seats must you want them.
Enjoyable reality? The rear USB-C ports can output 100W to cost bigger units like laptops must you want the additional juice, too – supplied you tick the $4990 Premium package deal.
Regardless of being marketed as a ‘Sedan’, the Audi A5 is definitely a liftback. This makes for a really extensive and sensible boot opening, which opens as much as a 445-litre cargo space in base trim – and expands to 1299L with the rear seats folded.
As is seemingly customary in most premium merchandise today, significantly European ones, there isn’t any spare tyre – only a restore equipment.
| Dimensions | A5 Sedan | S5 Sedan | S5 Avant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | 4835mm | 4835mm | 4835mm |
| Width | 1860mm | 1860mm | 1860mm |
| Peak | 1444mm | 1429mm | 1444mm |
| Wheelbase | 2896mm | 2896mm | 2896mm |
| Boot capability | 445-1299L | 417-1271L | 448-1396L |
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What’s underneath the bonnet?
At launch, simply the 150kW 2.0-litre turbo-petrol and the 270kW 3.0-litre V6 turbo-petrol engines can be found, the latter with Audi’s new MHEV plus 48V mild-hybrid system.
| Specs | A5 TFSI 150kW | S5 TFSI quattro |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | 2.0L 4cyl turbo-petrol | 3.0L V6 turbo-petrol 48V MHEV |
| Energy | 150kW at 4300-6000rpm | 270kW at 5500-6300rpm |
| Torque | 340Nm at 2000-4000rpm | 550Nm at 1700-4000rpm |
| Transmission | 7-speed dual-clutch | 7-speed dual-clutch |
| Drive sort | Entrance-wheel drive | All-wheel drive |
| Weight | 1695kg – unladen | 1965kg – unladen (Avant) |
| 0-100km/h (claimed) | 7.8s | 4.5s |
| Gasoline financial system (claimed) | 6.9L/100km | 7.2L/100km |
| Gasoline financial system (as examined) | 6.6L/100km | 11.5-12.6L/100km – Avant |
| Gasoline tank capability | 56 litres | 56 litres |
| Gasoline requirement | 95-octane premium unleaded | 95-octane premium unleaded |
| CO2 emissions | 157g/km | 163g/km |
| Emissions normal | Euro 6e | Euro 6e |
Abroad, there are additionally MHEV plus-equipped TFSI petrol and TDI diesel variants, and Audi’s native product crew has left the door open to providing extra mild-hybrids right here, although it hasn’t confirmed once we would possibly see them.
Talking of, the MHEV plus tech is successfully an prolonged 48V mild-hybrid system that may drive in EV mode unassisted at low speeds, like when crawling in visitors or rolling in carparks. Audi says official combined-cycle testing reveals the system can save 0.74L/100km of gas – seemingly extra in stop-start visitors than in the actual world.
The system consists of an 18kW motor/generator mounted to the S tronic dual-clutch transmission, powered by a 1.7kWh lithium-ion battery pack. Audi claims its MHEV plus tech boosts efficiency and cuts turbo lag, along with the gas financial savings that outcome from this.
Following the preliminary launch, Audi Australia has confirmed it’ll launch the TFSI 200kW quattro and e-hybrid 270kW quattro variants, each of which will likely be accessible in sedan and wagon physique kinds.
The latter is the primary plug-in hybrid Audi within the mid-size passenger automotive phase, and claims to supply slightly below 90km of WLTP-certified driving vary whereas being about half a second slower from 0-100km/h than the hi-po S5.
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How does the Audi A5 drive?
Our launch drive began on the Melbourne Airport north of Victoria’s capital and headed out to Mount Macedon. A second transit leg within the A5 introduced us again to the airport from the city of Trentham, additionally in Victoria’s north-west.
I drove a bog-standard A5 Sedan TFSI 150kW for the primary leg, then spent the return journey in a extremely optioned instance with each the Type ($3900) and Premium ($4900) packages, the previous together with bigger 20-inch wheels.
Setting off from Melbourne within the base variant with 19-inch rims and chubbier tyres, the A5 Sedan proved to be a really refined and unassuming commuter that will get issues carried out with out a lot fuss. The 150kW 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine presents all 340Nm of its torque from 2000rpm, and the seven-speed dual-clutch auto is among the better of the breed.
There’s minimal engine noise except you completely wring its neck, and efficiency is responsive and linear. Audi quotes a decent 7.8-second sprint from relaxation to 100km/h, however its actual power is muscular acceleration when you’re already rolling.
Given the A5’s 2.0-litre turbo mill from the EA888 household is similar base engine as seen within the likes of the Volkswagen Golf GTI and R, it’s no surprise the easy but punchy efficiency has a well-recognized really feel to it. The ever-present energy unit has been honed and refined over practically twenty years and it reveals.
Sadly, it doesn’t have the brand new fuel-saving ‘MHEV plus’ 48V mild-hybrid tech just like the Q5 mid-size SUV with the identical engine, although Audi has hinted that this can finally be added to the A5 sooner or later.
Whereas a 0.74L/100km saving on the mixed cycle doesn’t sound like a lot (based mostly on the S5’s V6 TFSI with MHEV plus), you’d see higher effectivity features in stop-start metropolis driving, in addition to the power to coast in EV mode when off the throttle or rolling alongside in low-speed visitors or automotive parks.
The seven-speed ‘S tronic’ dual-clutch computerized can be top-of-the-line within the enterprise. You not often get these moments of hesitation off the road like with DSGs of previous, and whereas there’s the odd elastic feeling because it shifts from first to second it’s typically a really clean and snappy gearbox.
It’s additionally not a thrashy or unrefined powertrain when pushed, with a muted and raspy notice permeating the cabin underneath onerous acceleration. The usual steering-mounted paddle shifters additionally will let you take management of the gears your self, must you need – and it’s typically very snappy and responsive right here as properly.
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As soon as the highway will get a bit twistier, you is likely to be shocked by even the usual A5’s cornering functionality, even with out quattro all-wheel drive and no matter the desired wheel and tyre package deal.
This evolution of the VW Group’s MLB platform has retained the sure-footed really feel of its predecessors, due to a wider and lower-slung stance mixed with pointy steering response. Even this base automotive is a little bit of enjoyable to sling by means of a succession of B-road bends.
Nevertheless, in each the A5 and S5, I felt there was one thing missing within the steering really feel, even with the Audi drive choose system set to the sportiest driving mode. It simply lacks the texture and suggestions to make this a correctly partaking drive, which is a disgrace given any 3 Collection and even the electrical BMW i4 Gran Coupe provides you extra of a connection to the entrance axle.
Significantly when making an attempt to drive it more durable, it feels too gentle and assisted to provide you correct satisfaction by means of bends. Nonetheless, the fast response and eager dealing with makes up for that considerably, and that is actually solely a criticism in the event you’re a eager driver that holds these type of qualities as a excessive precedence.
It rides properly too, whatever the wheels chosen, regardless of rolling on passive metal springs. In typical Audi trend it errs on the firmer facet which retains the physique pretty flat in corners and communicates the highway floor and its imperfections, however even on patchy regional tarmac it not often felt harsh or unsettled.
As for driver help methods, that are usually an Audi power, the A5 and S5 vary is nearly absolutely featured, excluding a lane centring system, which is notably absent from all PPC and PPE (EV) merchandise Down Below.
Whereas the usual adaptive cruise management does a superb job, as do the same old lane-keep help and blind-spot/rear cross-traffic alert methods, the shortage of semi-autonomous freeway driving performance appears odd – particularly from a tech specialist like Audi.
The model’s native product crew has indicated the tech remains to be underneath improvement for Australia, which has numerous region-specific parts together with lane markings, and will likely be rolled out ex-factory alongside different options probably as quickly as mannequin 12 months 2026 manufacturing, which begins later this 12 months.
It’s understood most automobiles already in Australia must be fitted with the required {hardware} for these methods, which means these methods must be retrofittable in present buyer automobiles at seller stage by way of a software program replace sooner or later sooner or later.
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What do you get?
Three distinct trim ranges can be found at launch, together with the S5 version one which’s extra of a pared-back ‘purist’ variant. Will probably be successfully changed by the TFSI 200kW and e-hybrid 270kW quattro variants later this 12 months.
2025 Audi A5 TFSI 150kW gear highlights:
- 19-inch alloy wheels
- S line exterior
- Matrix LED headlights
- incl. selectable gentle signatures
- Comfort key – keyless entry
- Projection gentle in exterior mirrors
- Electrical tailgate with gesture management
- Digital key
- 11.9-inch Audi digital cockpit plus
- 14.5-inch MMI navigation plus
- Audi sound system
- Audi join plus
- Audi smartphone interface
- Wi-fi Apple CarPlay
- Wi-fi Android Auto
- DAB radio
- Audi telephone field gentle – wi-fi telephone charger
- USB-C cost factors – entrance, rear
- Sport entrance seats with built-in headrests
- Leather-based/leatherette upholstery
- Wraparound inside parts – leatherette
- Tri-zone local weather management
- Electrical entrance seats
- incl. driver reminiscence
- incl. 4-way lumbar assist
- Heated entrance seats
- Color ambient lighting
A5 TFSI 200kW quattro provides:
- 19-inch alloy wheels – completely different design
- S line inside
- Sport entrance seats incl. S embossing
- Door sill trims with aluminium inlays
- incl. illuminated S emblem, entrance
- Inlays in brushed aluminium with linear embossing
- Sport leather-based steering wheel – 3-spoke, flat prime/backside
- incl. shift paddles with S emblem
- incl. distinction stitching
- Chrome steel pedals
- Black headlining
- Roof rails – Avant
A5 e-hybrid 270kW quattro provides:
- 20-inch Audi Sport alloy wheels
- Sport suspension
- Crimson brake calipers
- Black exterior styling package deal
- Black roof rails – Avant
- Privateness glass
- Auxiliary air-con
- AC charging port
- 11kW AC 3-phase charging
- 240V 3-pin. Australian normal plug
- 230V 32-amp CEE industrial plug
- Kind 2 charging cable for public charging
- Wall bracket for mounting of charger
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Choices
There are a number of key packages and single-item choices accessible for the A5.
Type package deal: $3900
- 20-inch Audi Sport alloy wheels
- 5-twin-spoke design
- Black metallic
- Gloss turned end
- Rear privateness glass
- Black exterior styling package deal
Premium package deal: $4900
- Head-up show
- Excessive-powered USB charging ports
- Bang & Olufsen 3D premium sound system
- Acoustic glazing for door home windows – entrance
- Color ambient lighting professional package deal
Single merchandise choices embrace:
- Metallic or pearl impact paint: $2100
- Premium metallic paint: $3400
- Panoramic glass roof with switchable transparency: $4990
- Seat air flow – entrance: $2200
- Inlays in applewood pure, brown: $1100
- Inlays in chestnut pure, gray: $1100
- 10.9-inch MMI entrance passenger show: $1950
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Is the Audi A5 secure?
Since launch, the Audi A5 vary has been awarded a five-star ANCAP security ranking, based mostly on Euro NCAP testing.
| Class | Audi A5 |
|---|---|
| Grownup occupant safety | 87 per cent |
| Little one occupant safety | 87 per cent |
| Weak highway consumer safety | 78 per cent |
| Security help | 79 per cent |
Customary security gear throughout the vary contains:
- Adaptive cruise management with cease/go
- Autonomous emergency braking incl. pedestrian detection
- Blind-spot monitoring
- Driver consideration monitoring
- Entrance cross-traffic help
- Entrance and rear flip help
- Lane departure warning
- Lane-keep help
- Parking sensors – entrance, rear
- Rear cross-traffic help
- Encompass-view cameras
- Swerve help
- Visitors signal recognition
- Tyre stress loss indicator
- Car exit warning
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How a lot does the Audi A5 price to run?
The A5 and S5 vary is roofed by Audi Australia’s five-year, unlimited-kilometre guarantee. Roadside help is included in the course of the guarantee interval, too.
| Servicing and Guarantee | Audi A5 |
|---|---|
| Guarantee | 5 years, limitless kilometres |
| Roadside help | 5 years |
| Service intervals | 12 months or 15,000 kilometres |
| Capped-price servicing | 5-year Service Plan |
| Complete capped-price service price | $3360 |
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CarExpert’s Tackle the Audi A5
The brand new A5 Sedan doesn’t essentially break the premium government mould, however within the Australian market not less than it makes a really sturdy worth case in opposition to its direct German rivals.
Mid-size premium sedan consumers can get much more for his or her cash with Audi’s new entrant, which begins practically $10,000 underneath than probably the most reasonably priced C-Class and $15,000 beneath the most affordable 3 Collection.
The sturdy worth equation is bolstered by sharp appears, a tech-laden cabin and eager however not class-leading driving dynamics all are large ticks. Whereas it lacks any type of electrification (not less than for now), the bottom powertrain additionally has loads of go and is kind of refined, too.
I personally am not massively proud of the elevated software of gloss black trim and the discount in bodily, tactile Audi switchgear, nor did I significantly take to the sunshine, overly assisted really feel of the steering.
That mentioned, lots of that’s down to private desire.
And whereas base pricing may be very aggressive, tick the 2 accessible principal possibility packages and also you’re taking a look at practically $90,000 earlier than on-road prices for a well-optioned base mannequin, which is however nonetheless cheaper than entry-level variations of its BMW and Mercedes-Benz rivals.
I’d cross on the Type package deal, however I reckon the $4900 Premium package deal is a must have. You additionally don’t want the elective passenger show, however the (costly) $4990 sunroof with high-tech shade will little question have excessive uptake.
All informed, in a phase that has been in decline for a while and will nearly be considered ‘area of interest’ in 2025, the achieved new Audi A5 shapes as a extra value-driven various to its German opponents.
In the event you’re not fussed on electrification, the bottom petrol A5 is a really succesful government sedan (or liftback).
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