2022 Audi S5 Sportback Review: Who Says Fun Can't Be Practical?

If you love the Audi S4 but need a bit more practicality, the 2022 Audi S5 Sportback is for you! Powered by a 3.0L twin-turbo V6, the 2022 S5 Sportback produces 349 HP and 369 lb-ft, paired to an 8-speed automatic and Quattro AWD. Don't miss this #S5Sportback 'S Sport' package, which adds a torque-vectoring limited-slip differential out back, adaptive dampers, and red-painted brake calipers.

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00:00 Intro: Engine, Transmission, Quattro
01:22 What's the Sportback?
02:09 S Sport Package Contents & Benefits
03:46 Driving Impressions
13:07 fin.
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[GC-syuf]

Nice review! I have a 2022 S5 Sportback and it’s a great car. Very comfortable and fast enough for most people. Regarding the engine sound, from what I’ve been told, what you hear in the cabin is real and not piped in. Keep up the great reviews!

[MantanaB]

Love the review. One thing to note, Quattro in the longitudinal engine Audis isn’t front wheel drive based (except Quattro “ultra”). The S5 sport back has a Torsen center diff with a standard torque split of 40:60 front:rear.

[TacoPotatoMustang]

Love this color on this car 👏🏼 those seats look nice too 😎Nice review. Would love to drive one of these and the RS5 version too.

[grantbradley]

Great review. I recently traded in my TTRS for a 2023 Glacier Prestige S5 with the S sport package. Much more practical than my TTRS. I do like that blue!

[gregrn]

My understanding is the Sport package also adds a valved exhaust... Which you don't get otherwise. Or am I mistaken???

[MrRichfarrell]

Very funny, "no gray paint please". Agree.The blue is fantastic!

[dhawthorne]

Daytona Gray is what I was gonna pick 😮

[matthewmarshall]

I've seen no fewer than 3 'Turbo Blue' Audis in the past week - a Q3 that looked surprisingly nice, an otherwise grandma-spec A4 that was questionable, and an A5/S5 like this one. Maybe colors are making a comeback!

[Numbahz]

Rotor Gray is such a complimenting color for blue exteriors thats not found much else .. I have Navarra with Rotor I was sick of black black black ⚫️ interiors over and over lol 😆

[malcolmjones]

Great review, as always! Thanks Jake!

[Topol]

You broke my heart! I got the gray 😢 but a fantastic deal on it 😮 $$

[jenseninterceptor]

jake did you purposefully match your shirt to the car

[jenseninterceptor]

literally can't tell the difference between this and that cadillac you reviewed a while back do they both share smurf family lineage?

[nicknotgreen]

Twin scroll turbo is completely different than a twin turbo my dude.