Audi A5

The Audi A5 is a luxury coupe with an intermediate size between A4 and A6 and a high price. It is not strictly a sport, but it has qualities that allow use of the opportunities for its motor roads slow because it is very stable and safe.

Since September 2007 there is a version, called the 1.8 TFSI, with a turbocharged gasoline engine with 170 hp. Benefits and consumption of this release are normal for its power and weight, and not much worse than the Turbo engine with 190 hp (details of both).

The available for sale from € 35,660 with a 1.8 TFSI petrol engine and 170 hp. The other version is the gasoline engine 3.2 FSI of 265 hp. Diesel is at a 2.7 V6 TDI 190 hp and a 3.0 V6 TDI 239 CV. Price, equipment and record the full range of Audi A5. Later, Audi plans to add more engines to the range, including a four-cylinder diesel engine and 2.0 liters of displacement.

The most powerful of the whole range is the S5, which has an engine of 354 HP and you can choose manual or automatic. This latest version here we treat it separately.

By tact and reactions, the A5 is more like an Audi TT as an A6, and is suitable for travel with a lot of comfort in the front seats. Facet of his luxury car is determined by the quality of its interior, so it is well insulated from noise or the amount of equipment that may have in these variables, the A5 it is roughly equivalent to an A6.

The main limitations of this body is a little space for its size and poor visibility in some corners (mainly in three quarters). The A5 is small in the rear seats for even below average in height because the roof is very close. However, these seats are much more useful than an Audi TT (which are almost impractical).

In the front seats of the A5 is no problem to accommodate two adults of almost any size (although the body is relatively low, no problem for high altitude because the seats can be very close to the ground). The trunk is rather large for a car of this nature.

The A5 measured 4.63 m long (the image). Cupés of four seats, closest to the Audi A5 is the Mercedes-Benz CLK.

The version we tested more thoroughly is the 3.0 TDI diesel of 239 hp. With this engine the Audi A5 is a fast car and can have a very low consumption, taking into account their size and weight. It also has an answer that makes it enjoyable to drive in all circumstances. It costs € 47,350 and is necessarily associated with a manual gearbox six marches and a system of permanent total traction (Quattro).

Depending on the versions can have the A5 manual gearbox or six-speed automatic. The automatic can be of two types of drive and eight walks (Multitronic, which has a good performance) or traditional automatic (Tiptronic).

For now, the A5 does not have the box "S-Tronic (dual clutch). Roadjet The prototype was the first motor car in which the longitudinal position can image.

The optional equipment that may have the A5 is complete. Among the few are missing are ventilated seats (which can have the A4, but it is a particularly expensive option).

Mechanically, some elements of the A5 and technical solutions were in the prototype Roadjet 2006. As background style, Audi Nuvolari prototype quotes 2003. The controller design is Walter de'Silva, said that the A5 is "the most beautiful car I have ever designed."