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10/23/2024
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Audi S5 Sedan

The most important facts about the new Audi A5

Positioning

  • First combustion-engine vehicle series with a new name
  • Fascinating design language with sporty design and premium proportions
  • New interior creates an individually tailored display landscape and generous sense of space 
  • New operating concept increases interaction with the vehicle
  • A5 offers a personal connectivity experience
  • The A5 family has the first Audi models to be equipped with Premium Platform Combustion (PPC)
  • A5/S5 Sedan and A5/S5 Avant position themselves in the upper mid-size segment: 
    vehicle dimensions increase in length and width
  • New electronic architecture E3 1.2 with new hardware and software for the A5 family
  • Expanded standard equipment and optional highlights 
  • Digital lighting technologies make the A5 ready for the future of car-to-x communication
  • Further developed MHEV plus technology in TDI/S models ensures more efficient drivetrains and enables partially electric driving as well as electric parking and maneuvering
  • Optimized driving characteristics increase driving enjoyment and provide a sporty, comfortable, precise, and effortless Audi driving experience
  • Innovations in the suspension, steering, and body emphasize the sportiness of the Audi mid-range model

Exterior design and bodywork

  • Sporty premium proportions: new sedan concept with large rear hatch and enhanced Avant design
  • Flat Audi front with horizontal honeycomb grille and very slim headlights 
  • Progressive, clean bumper with aerodynamically effective air curtains in the base
  • Exterior package S line and S model strongly differentiated from the base model at the front, with side air intakes and accentuated three-dimensional air curtains
  • Large, flared wheels and powerfully sculpted blisters reminiscent of the Audi quattro
  • Door handles flush with the body in an aerodynamic flush design 
  • Vehicle length: 4,829 millimeters (Sedan and Avant, plus 67 millimeters compared to the previous model)
  • Vehicle width without mirrors: 1,860 millimeters (sedan and Avant, plus 13 millimeters)
  • Vehicle height: Avant 1,460 millimeters (plus 11 millimeters), Sedan 1,444 millimeters (plus 24 millimeters) 
  • Wheelbase: 2,897 millimeters (Sedan and Avant, plus 68 millimeters)
  • Trunk capacity: Sedan up to 445 liters, Avant up to 476 liters. With the rear seats folded down, storage space can be extended up to 1,299 liters (Sedan) and 1,424 liters (Avant)

Lighting technology

  • Second generation of digital OLED combination rear lights: a new level of lighting design, functionality, and road safety
  • Aesthetics in motion: Active digital light signature in the Matrix LED headlights and the digital OLED rear lights moves light intelligently in a new way
  • Dynamic lighting effects when unlocking and leaving the car
  • Personalization through eight digital light signatures for digital daytime running lights via MMI and myAudi app with optional Matrix LED headlights and optional digital OLED rear lights 2.0 as the top option 
  • Car-to-x communication via second-generation digital OLED rear lights with proximity detection and communication light (specific tail light signature with warning symbol)
  • Around 60 segments per digital OLED panel, six digital OLED panels with 364 segments in the rear light
  • Proximity detection is expanded to include the communication light 

Interior, displays, and operation

  • New interior design with four characteristic features: "Human Centric", "Digital Stage", "Material Driven Design", and "Visual Clarity" 
  • Interior concept with clear structures that are consistently geared towards the needs of the users
  • Large screens for vehicle operation and infotainment: slim, free-standing Audi MMI panoramic display in curved design and OLED technology, with 11.9-inch visible Audi virtual cockpit and 14.5-inch MMI touch display 
  • Optional 10.9-inch MMI passenger display with Active Privacy Mode, which cannot be seen by the driver while driving 
  • Optional panoramic glass roof with PDLC technology (Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal) for switchable segmented shading or full shading
  • Dynamic interaction light (IAL) as part of the ambiance lighting package pro 
  • Optional and individually configurable head-up display with extended display

Infotainment and networking

  • Innovative operating concept with Android-based touch control and the voice-based "Audi assistant"
  • "Audi assistant" with over 800 voice-controlled functions for vehicle, infotainment, and climate control
  • Integration of ChatGPT software into the "Audi assistant"
  • Over-the-air update capability, for example, for wireless updates of infotainment packages 
  • Optional 3D Bang & Olufsen Premium Sound System with 20 speakers, including four in the front headrests with the optional sports seat or sports seat plus 
  • Audi connect services in the vehicle via eSIM with 5G mobile communications standard and 3 GB data volume per month
  • Smartphone tethering function possible (use of smartphone data volume)
  • Phone tray with inductive charging function, 15-watt charging power, and active smartphone cooling
  • Integrated app store with numerous third-party apps available directly on the central or optional passenger display 
  • Functions on demand: subsequent expansion of vehicle functions in the areas of infotainment and lighting (e.g. high beam assistant)

Assistance systems

  • Standard safety features: rear parking aid with distance display, cruise control, lane departure warning, efficiency assistant, and attention and fatigue detection
  • Optional packages with numerous driving assistants:
  • Emergency Assist reacts to a lack of driver activity by warning the driver visually, acoustically, and haptically. If there is no reaction, the car brakes and steers itself to a standstill
  • Adaptive Driving Assistant plus uses high-resolution map data and swarm data from other vehicles aggregated in the cloud to optimize traffic sign recognition and assist with acceleration, maintaining speed and distance, and lane guidance
  • Active Front Assist combines four assistance functions: Front Emergency Brake Assist, Evasion Assist, Turn Assist, and Front Cross Traffic Assist
  • Parking assistant plus for convenient and fully automated parking and reversing
  • Traffic sign-based speed limiter with speed adjustment

Drive and efficiency

  • Use of the latest combustion technology in Premium Platform Combustion (PPC)
  • Market launch with two TFSI engines, a diesel engine, and the S models
  • Gasoline engines with modified Miller cycle combustion and turbochargers with variable turbine geometry (VTG)
  • Entry-level model with front-wheel drive, all other A5 base model engines optional with quattro ultra drivetrain, S model with quattro with sports differential as standard 
  • Seven-speed dual-clutch transmission as standard
  • Tank capacity for TDI models increased to 60 liters
  • Further developed MHEV plus technology: partial electrification in the S model and the TDI unit as a further developed mild hybrid (MHEV plus) with 48-volt system: partially electric driving as well as electric parking and maneuvering possible 
  • Electric drive components belt starter generator and powertrain generator with 18 kW output and up to 230 Nm of additional torque
  • Electrically driven air conditioning compressor on models with MHEV plus ensures air conditioning of the interior even when the combustion-engine vehicle is switched off
  • Water-cooled 48-volt lithium iron phosphate battery with high charging and discharging capacity
  • Significant reduction in fuel consumption and, therefore, CO2 emissions 
  • Integrated and blending-capable brake control system (iBRS) for frictionless braking and required deceleration through recuperation without using the mechanical wheel brake on drives with mHEV plus technology
  • Fuel savings thanks to MHEV plus technology: in the 2.0 TDI (150 kW front/quattro) (combined fuel consumption in l/100 km: 5.7-4.8; combined CO2 emissions in g/km: 149-125; CO2 -class: E-D) up to 10 g/km or 0.38 l/100 km and in a V6 3.0 TFSI (270 kW quattro) (fuel consumption combined in l/100 km: 8.0 -7.4; CO2 -emissions combined in g/km: 182-169; CO2 -class: G-F) up to 17 g/km or 0.74 l/100 km (in the WLTP standard driving cycle)1

Chassis and steering

  • Precise and effortless driving feel: revised steering and optimized suspension tuning 
  • Rigid connection of the newly developed progressive steering with stiffer torsion bar, optimized wishbone bearings, and increased camber on the front axle for precise handling
  • Stiffer axle design for more immediate reaction to steering inputs
  • Tire development with a focus on driving performance and low rolling resistance
  • Optionally available performance tires in 19 and 20-inch dimensions, standard on the S model
  • ESC in conjunction with a more neutral setup: more dynamics and tighter curve radii 
  • Audi drive select: clearly perceptible spread of steering and suspension characteristics between comfortable and sporty: comfort, dynamic, efficiency, and balanced modes
  • Optional: two sports suspensions, each with 20 millimeters lowering and even more dynamic tuning

Production and sustainability

  • Production of the new Audi A5 family at the Audi site in Neckarsulm
  • New systems for pre-treatment and corrosion protection of the bodywork, dip coating using the rotation process
  • Environmentally friendly integrated "wet-on-wet" painting process and subsequent drying for lower energy consumption, as well as state-of-the-art dry separation with air recirculation for lower energy and water consumption
  • Automated processes in demanding door, trunk, and fender assembly. Higher throughput, minimization of external factors, and relief for employees
  • Advanced processes to ensure the highest quality, for example, precise inline measuring equipment and quality control of welded and bonded joints with the support of augmented reality software
  • Temporary fixation of body components with a world-first, virtually smokeless joining process. The process supports corrosion protection and increases process speed 
  • Water-saving production with its own closed water cycle at the Unteres Sulmtal wastewater treatment plant; target for 2025: reducing freshwater use by 70 percent.


1 The advantages described regarding CO2 emissions and fuel consumption include the influence of the additional weight of the MHEV plus system compared to the MHEV system. Further CO2 -effective effects at vehicle level, which may result from deviations in the drivetrain, weight or driving resistance of the vehicle under consideration with the MHEV plus system compared to a reference vehicle with MHEV technology (e.g., further development of the combustion engine or basic transmission, changes in rolling resistance, aerodynamics or weight) are not taken into account.


The equipment, data and prices specified in this document refer to the model range offered in Germany. Subject to change without notice; errors and omissions excepted.