Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Audi AG
- Production
- 2007–present
- Class
- Compact executive car ( D ), Grand tourer ( S ) (2007–2024)
- Layout
- Front-engine, front-wheel-drive / all-wheel-drive ( quattro )
- Related
- Audi A4
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Audi A5 is a series of compact executive and grand touring coupé cars produced by the German automobile manufacturer Audi since June 2007. The A5 range also includes the coupe, cabriolet, and "Sportback"—a five-door liftback with a fastback roofline—derived from the Audi A4 saloon and estate models.
Under Audi's internal platform numbering convention, the A5 is a member of the B-platform series of vehicles, sharing its platform designation with the A4 saloon and Avant. The first generation A5 (Type 8T) belongs to the B8 family, while the second-generation model (Type 8W6) is based on the B9. Both generations are derived from the Volkswagen MLB (Modular Longitudinal Matrix) architecture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Audi A5” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.