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CO2/tax
109-115g/km
£20-£180
Running costs
62-67mpg (2.0 TDI 190)
£59.20 fill-up
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
8.9 seconds/135mph
NEED TO KNOW
THE 2.0 TFSI and 2.0 TDI engines were available with front- or four-wheel drive. The 3.0 TDI, S5 and RS 5 Sportback came with four-wheel drive only. From the 2020 facelift, all A5s came with an automatic transmission only.
CAST your mind back to the 1970s, when Audi was new to the UK. It was one of the few brands to offer a large family car with a hatchback configuration – and pretty much unique among the premium brands. BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes and Volvo were strictly saloon or estate makers only, but Audi had its 100-based Avant, which back then featured a heavily sloping rear end.
It’s not something that the company persevered with, though, and after the 100 Avant was killed off in 1982, it wouldn’t be until 2009 that the brand would once again
