Audi A5 (2024 onwards) | Expert Rating

Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The experience behind the wheel won’t tempt keener drivers, but the Audi A5 doubles down on being a high-quality, solid and sensible car with smart looks and better legroom (although not headroom) for rear passengers. It’s also more practical than the old A4, thanks to having a hatchback tailgate rather than the restrictive letterbox-style opening of a saloon car.”
Author: Paul Barker
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre diesel automatic estate (Avant)
Score: 8 / 10
“As a replacement for both the A4 and A5, the all-new Audi A5 Avant makes a lot of sense, especially in diesel guise. It’s practical and spacious, comes with an efficient mild-hybrid powertrain, and is arguably better looking than the saloon. It’s also full of excellent new tech and feels unusually well made. Well worth a look if you can afford the premium price.”
Author: Steve Sutcliffe
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic S5 estate (Avant)
Score: 8 / 10
“There’s much to like about the new Audi S5 Avant, and not a whole lot to dislike. It looks good, goes well, is beautifully made inside and out, and drives as sharply as any car of its type right now. It’s also spacious, and comes extremely well equipped.”
Author: Steve Sutcliffe
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“It is spacious, refined, and well-made, yet it’s not quite as engaging to drive as a BMW 3 Series or as comfortable as the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.”
Author: Catherine King
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Model reviewed: S5 Saloon
Score: 8 / 10
“The S5 is potent, premium and still flies under the radar as it always has done badged as an S4 previously. It feels less rabid than a Mercedes-AMG C43, for example, which really appeals.”
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Model reviewed: A5 Avant estate
Score: 8 / 10
“It’s well built, feels solid and dependable to drive and represents good value given how astronomical some car prices have gotten recently. It’s a sensible flavour of small family estate over the glitzier Mercedes C-Class estate or sharper 3-series Touring, but one that’s worth a serious look at.”
Author: Jake Groves
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Model reviewed: A5 Saloon
Score: 8 / 10
“The A5 picks up where the previous A5s and A4s left off. It’s smart, rides well and feels every bit as premium as you’d want a £42,000 five door sportback to feel. I’ve some reservations with the styling and layout of the interior, but overall it’s a car I’d still happily devour miles in.”
Author: Seth Walton
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Model reviewed: A5 Avant estate
Score: 8.2 / 10
“You get all of the Audi quality and style that you’d expect, coupled to a spacious estate car. It provides plenty of room for families, business users, or both as this type of car usually has to sing for its supper through the week and fetch the shopping at the weekend.”
Author: Alisdair Suttle
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Model reviewed: A5 Saloon
Score: 8 / 10
“The next-generation A5 has more style and an even nicer interior than before. It feels very modern, then, but its petrol engines are somewhat rudimentary 2.0-litre turbos with so-so power and efficiency.”
Author: Charlie Harvey
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre petrol automatic saloon
Score: 8 / 10
“The Audi A5 Saloon is really comfortable and has a solid interior, but alternatives are more practical.”
Author: Darren Cassey
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic S5 quattro saloon
“The Audi S5 is a high-tech performance saloon with a standout interior – but other German alternatives are even quicker and the estate version makes much more sense.”
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre petrol automatic Avant estate
“Audi A5 Avant is the new name for the A4 Avant. Despite the new moniker it’s still a stylish executive estate with a posh, high-tech cabin, but it’s a shame there’s no electric or hybrid power yet.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“The A5’s place among these rivals is more or less unchanged compared to the A4 it replaces. That’s to say, the BMW 3-series is still the keen driver’s choice, though if comfort, technical appointment and refinement are what you want, this is a great alternative to a C-Class.”
Author: Ethan Jupp
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Model reviewed: S5 Saloon
Score: 8 / 10
“As ever, we suspect a more engaging rival can be found in the equivalent BMW and perhaps a more luxurious rival can be found in the equivalent Mercedes. But the S5 is an impressive thing, from its powertrain, to its build quality and its technology.”
Author: Ethan Jupp
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Audi A5 is the curvaceous replacement for the old Audi A4. Instead of going electric, the Audi A5 offers a range of traditional petrol and diesel engines, with long-range plug-in hybrids coming soon”
Author: Richard Aucock
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic S5
Score: 8 / 10
“The Audi S5 is a discreet and classy high-performance hatchback and Avant estate. It is not outlandish, but delivers plenty of everyday pace with a satisfying overlay of premium appeal.”
Author: Richard Aucock
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Model reviewed: A5 Avant estate
Score: 7.6 / 10
“The ride comfort is well balanced and the diesel engines – usually known for sounding loud and rough – are kept impressively quiet. Rear space also isn’t great, leading us to wonder why you’d bother getting an estate at all.”
Author: Keith Adams and Jake Groves
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Model reviewed: A5 Saloon
Score: 8 / 10
“The new Audi A5 is a fine car and I find it encouraging that the German marque is still willing to pursue the development of efficient combustion engines, but the A5’s competition is very strong.”
Author: Seth Walton
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Model reviewed: S5 Saloon
Score: 9 / 10
“Once upon a time, we would more likely have recommended the BMW 3 Series or the Mercedes C-Class ahead of the Audi A4. Now, with the new A5 platform, the game has been changed completely, and nowhere more so than with the S5 version. It’s a much closer battle between the Audi and the M340i, and we’re no longer convinced the BMW is the better choice.”
Author: James Fossdyke
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre diesel automatic Avant (estate)
Score: 8 / 10
“Capable of delivering 55mpg in the real world, the mild hybrid Audi A5 diesel Avant is also comfortable and effortlessly swift.”
Author: Andrew English
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“Audi’s drift towards overbearing levels of tech is a worry. More concerning is the lack of verve to the handling, which means it trails its main rivals despite being the newer entry. Ultimately the A5 suffers for trying to sit in the middle of that Venn diagram, depriving it of a proper USP.”
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Model reviewed: S5 Saloon
Score: 7 / 10
“There’s a lot to appreciate about the S5… unfortunately it gets everything going except your heart rate.”

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