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You get three different body styles in the A5 lineup. The range opens with the two-door coupe and two-door Cabriolet, the latter of which has a folding soft-top fabric roof. If you need a little more space for passengers or cargo, there’s also the five-door hatchback coupe model called the Sportback.

There was an extremely minor facelift of the A5 for 2019 models. This brought a very subtly reprofiled front bumper and a small refresh to the engine range.

The A5 coupe and Cabriolet are a hair under 4.7 metres long, which is pretty much on par for this class. That means they’re a few millimetres longer than a Mercedes C-Class Coupe and pre-2020 BMW 4 Series models, although current 4 Series models are now slightly longer than the Audi. The five-door A5 Sportback is 60mm longer than the two-door models – again, within a few millimetres of its class rivals. The A5’s medium-sized footprint means it won’t be quite as easy to squeeze into tight spaces as a family hatchback, but neither will it be as unwieldy as larger cars such as the BMW 5 Series.

Practicality probably isn’t top of the list for most coupe buyers but the A5 still scores quite well in this area. Of course, access to the rear seats is limited on two-door models, but there’s enough space back there for two adults to sit in reasonable comfort, with slightly more rear shoulder and legroom than other cars in this class. Coupe versions do include a centre-rear seat for a fifth passenger, but this is very cramped and will get uncomfortable very quickly. Five-door Sportback models are a much better choice if you regularly use the rear seats, with good room in the outer seats and a centre-rear seat that’s a little more useable than the coupe’s.

All engine choices for the A5 are smooth and powerful, so picking one is simply a matter of deciding how much performance you’d like. Audi’s smooth S Tronic automatic gearbox is available across the lineup and it really suits the A5’s effortless character – although the six-speed manual is pleasingly slick in use.

The company’s quattro all-wheel-drive system is also widely available. It adds a little extra grip in extremely slippery conditions but two-wheel-drive A5s are still great fun on the road so it’s not a deal breaker.

No – some A5s come with quattro, which is Audi's brand name for all-wheel drive, while the rest are front-wheel drive only. quattro is usually standard on more powerful A5 engines and optional on mid-range versions.

In practice, you'd need to be driving at race-track speeds to tell the difference because all A5s feel grippy and planted, even in wet and greasy conditions. Obviously, the low-slung A5 won't work as a proper off-roader, but quattro models will have slightly better traction in grassy fields or in the snow. That said, a good set of winter tyres for the cold months is more than enough for front-wheel drive A5s to be used all year round.

Servicing and maintenance costs tend to be higher for more premium vehicles. That means you should budget a little more for your Audi's annual maintenance than if you'd bought a car from a more mass-market brand.

Nevertheless, A5s share engines and parts with lots of other Audi and VW-Group cars, so you shouldn't struggle to find replacements if something fails.

Audi's scores in recent reliability surveys have been somewhere in the middle of the table – on par with companies like Mercedes and BMW.

This is often because premium brands like Audi usually equip their models with more features than cars from affordable brands, which means there's more than can potentially go wrong.

To protect yourself from unexpected repair costs, you can add an extended warranty onto your A5 purchase.