Audi calls the brand new hybrid system MHEV Plus, although it is not truly a light hybrid system. In addition to the standard built-in starter-generator (ISG) which handles the beginning/cease, there’s an electrical motor working on the output aspect of the gearbox which may regenerate as much as 25kW of vitality and contribute 25bhp both to enhance the engine or to energy the automotive itself and permit the engine to close down.

There are additionally knock results. As a result of the automotive can fill some low-rev torque gaps and the turbo on the V6 now has variable geometry (for extra low-down thrust), the engine not wants the torque multiplication capability {that a} torque converter supplies. Because of this, Audi ditched the eight-speed computerized transmission for a seven-speed dual-clutch unit, which it says is extra environment friendly.

In order for you Quattro all-wheel drive, as befits an Audi, your selections are restricted to the two.0-litre diesel or the S5 with its petrol V6. The whole lot else sticks to front-wheel drive. The 4WD system itself strikes away from the standard torsen middle differential in favor of a multi-plate clutch, even for the S5.

As standard, the A5 presents a large selection of powertrains. It was a complicated affair to establish with Audi, nevertheless it has now dropped its 30/35/40/45/and so forth nomenclature to point the facility degree and as a substitute merely refers back to the output in kW or PS , which is rather more logical.

As such, within the UK there’s a 2.0-litre petrol with front-wheel drive and both 150PS (148bhp) or 204PS (201bhp).

A pair of plug-in hybrids will be part of the vary in spring 2025, however Audi will not say something about them aside from they’re going to have 295bhp and 362bhp and an electrical vary of greater than 70 miles.

Visually, the brand new A5 clearly belongs to a brand new technology of Audi, with softer traces and a reinterpreted ‘single-frame grille’. Audi’s long-standing design cue has turn out to be wider and is surrounded by triangular inserts in both black or silver, relying on the trim degree.

The saloon is definitely not a standard three-box one, having swapped its conventional boot lid for a big ‘liftback’ hatch, thus taking the baton from the outgoing A5 Sportback.