Has Audi RUINED the new A4?

Meet the all-new Audi A5 & S5!

Now there’s one big change we need to address right off the bat - the new A5 & S5 are available as either a saloon or estate, and they’ve replaced the A4 & S4!

Why the change? Well as Audi moves towards releasing more electric-powered cars, it’s changed its naming conventions. All odd-numbered cars (i.e. A3, A5 & A7) will come with internal combustion engines, while all even-numbered cars (i.e. A4 & A6) will only be available as all-electric cars.

So the big news here is that the new A5 & S5 will both be available as ICE cars! The range kicks off with a 2-litre 4-cylinder petrol engine, which will be able to produce 150hp or 204hp, depending on which configuration you go for. There will also be a 2-litre diesel available that comes with mild hybrid tech included, which can also produce 204hp.

If you’re looking for a bit more power, you’ll want to choose the new S5! It’s powered by a 3-litre V6 turbo as well as having mild hybrid tech included, and this will be able to produce 367hp while also propelling you to 62mph in just 4.5 seconds.

In terms of the design, both the saloon & estate look great. Up front, Audi has reduced the size of the grille and enhanced the size of the air intakes both below and to the side of it, and there’s a set of slim & smart OLED headlights on either side. Along the side you’ll find smart electronic door handles, and around the back there’s a new protruding light bar design as well as a set of real quad tailpipes!

Step inside and the design is brilliant. There’s a huge curved digital dial and infotainment screen, and there’s even a second screen just for the passenger! It looks like most of the functionality is controlled through the infotainment screen, but then that’s no different to recent Audis and we didn’t have many complaints there! All in all, it looks like the new A5 & S5 will be a great place to be for a long drive!

The A5 range kicks off from around £42,000, rising up to £68,000 for the S5. So is it worth it? Stick with Mat and see for yourself!

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:20 Reveal
03:29 Exterior Design
07:58 Interior
13:29 Engines
15:33 Practicality
17:14 Price & Release Date

Big thanks to @VanHaven who provided Mat's reaction booth for this video. More on this soon!

[naknak]

Mercedes and Audi looking like a BMW but BMW aint looking like a BMW 😂

[rafuyhhre]

RIP Audi A4, RS4, S4. You made audi successful and rich.

Edit :Wow!!!! I got 3.5k

[Alikerry]

for god sake how many people have said they dont want haptic buttons and yet here they are once again

[lbc]

It's illegal to text and drive, but slapping twenty screens on the dash... All good.

[jolmeaki]

I’m not liking the name changes companies are doing. Why not use E4 for electric. A is basic, S is sporty and RS is racy.

[StarkenJR]

Coupé looks like current BMW 4-series Gran Coupé from the side 😅

[skurella]

Turning rear lights into a Christmas tree is now Audi's way of achieving Vorsprung durch Technik 👏

[umjitha_ogrand]

That passenger screen makes me wonder what happens to it when an airbag deploys

[tehqf]

VW: We are bringing back physical buttons on steering wheels
Audi: Here's NINE touch buttons on a SINGLE side of the wheel

[hami_]

Audi has to bring the red badges in the front back, the S-models look like the base models now

[Jordan-sdkl]

I want to be seated at a cockpit, not a work desk.

[Donphilipe]

Audi is killing the A5 Coupe, the A5 Cabrio and the A4 Sedan. The rest two models are merged to one name that the customer dont get this quick. In the end we lost 3 versions of cars.

[rinkashi]

No phones allowed while driving, yet there they are, covering complete dashboard with screens making you interact with them and operate while driving…

[xoledas]

Before he even said, it looks like a BMW, I was like, damn that looks like a bmw ! So yes definitely agree !!

[n.k.]

The Diffuser looks "high quality"? Dam i like his humor :-D

[kfh]

Audi: "We are behind the competition." "Okay, put EVERYY trend out there on the new A5 and hope for the best."

[OK_T]

The rear of the sedan looks so much like the 2023/24 440i gran coupe😂

[meisterstueck]

More and more I prefer older cars, not talking about Audi only. Many new cars look too "artificial", with no own character. It's more like putting more and more digital/electric features, so they look "smarter", only to compensate that they have no "soul" anymore. Am I the only one thinking like this?

[ItzThexSmithyy]

£68k is crazy when you can pick up a fully-loaded Kia Stinger with all the same tech and the same power for £30k. Or even a BMW 440i fully loaded for roughly £38-40k!!

[kiksfdi]

RIP S4. One of the greatest models audi has ever produced