The Audi A5 Sportback - the best of three worlds

Audi is presenting a new vehicle concept - the Audi A5 Sportback. The five door model with the long, flowing rear end unites the best of various vehicle genres: the emotion and elegance of a coupe, the comfort of a saloon and the practicality of a station wagon. The Sportback joins the Coupé and Cabriolet as the third member of the A5 model family.

The A5 Sportback will feature an emotion-packed design, high everyday practicality, a sporty character and engines that are as efficient as they are powerful.

Audi, the inventor of the Avant, is setting new trends in design with the A5 Sportback. The five-door coupe is defined by elegant lines. It is 36 millimetres lower than the A4 Saloon; with its short front overhang, long wheelbase, wide track and the four frameless doors with their slender window lines, it is the very picture of sporty elegance.

The interior is spacious, offering uncompromising comfort in all four seats. The large luggage compartment hatch is harmoniously integrated into the long, tapered tail end with the flat C pillars; the spoiler lip underscores the tension-filled character. The luggage compartment volume of 480 litters nearly matches that of the A4 Avant and increases to 980 litters with the rear seats folded down.

Audi is initially offering three petrol and three diesel engines, with three more engines to follow by mid-2010. The petrol engines - the two-litter TFSI with 132 kW (180 hp) or 155 kW (211 hp) and the 3.2-liter FSI V6 with 195 kW (265 hp) - are equipped with the Audi valve lift system for variable control of valve lift.