Starts at $46,300
What's New for 2025?
Fundamentally unchanged, the A5 Sportback sees only minor tweaks to appearance and options packages.
2025 A5 Sportback Selector
2025 Audi A5 Sportback
FAST FACTS
MotorDonkey's proprietary vehicle data identifies every significant version of each model so that you can compare and decide. Ordered by price from low to high, here are the versions of the 2025 Audi A5 Sportback that you need to be aware of, along with our expert analysis and recommendations.
Scroll to:
The base A4 Sportback 40 TFSI shares its modest 201-horsepower engine with the A4 sedan 40 TFSI, which was discontinued for 2025. The Sportback's sleek hatchback bodystyle can certainly be distracting, but we'd advise staying focused on what's under the hood, and those 201 horses aren't nearly enough for a rather pricey European luxury car.
The A4 Sportback 45 TFSI adds a lot of horses for not a lot of money, though you could argue that the base 40 TFSI is overpriced. For us, it's a no-brainer to upgrade to the 45 TFSI — we'll take the roughly 10% fuel-economy hit in return for 30% more power. You get upsized 19-inch wheels, too, which really tie the room together in terms of the A5 Sportback's styling.
The S5 Sportback picks up where the A5 Sportback 45 TFSI left off, swapping out the latter's four-cylinder engine in favor of a turbocharged V6 that'll catapult you to 60 mph in about four and a half seconds. Not bad for a handy hatchback that can carry a lot of stuff.
Publisher and Donkey-in-Chief
Josh has been reviewing cars professionally since joining Edmunds.com fresh out of grad school in 2008, personally driving most new cars on the market every year since. He also served as the project manager for Edmunds' expert vehicle rankings from their inception in 2018, building the product out from the back end to the front end. Josh is a card-carrying member of the Motor Press Guild and a lifelong car nut who has tested, compared and critiqued a ridiculous number of cars in his career.
Latest Reviews
Let's make it official!Be a good donkey and we'll deliver delicious car news straight to your inbox, spam-free forever.
