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NEW Audi A5 review – the A4 is DEAD, but is this better?

The famous Audi A4 is DEAD. In its place comes the new Audi A5 Saloon– a vehicle that needs to replace the A4, the A5 Coupe, and the A5 Sportback simultaneously. However does a new name and a sleek makeover make it much better than the BMW 3 Series?

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In this video, we check the new Audi A5 to see if it can dethrone the BMW 3 Series as our favourite combustion-engined executive car. We examine the questionable interior changes (where have the physical air-con controls gone?), test the new hatchback boot that Audi calls a "saloon", and find out if cost-cutting has actually messed up the premium interior feel the A4 was popular for. We also inform you which engine makes one of the most sense.

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Video chapters:.
0:00 Introduction.
0:19 Why the Audi A4 is dead (the calling confusion).
1:25 Rivals.
2:00 Interior.
5:49 Rear seats.
7:27 Boot space.
8:50 Engines.
9:58 Driving.
11:50 Rates.
12:00 Trim levels.
12:45 Dependability & security.
13:31 Decision.

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38 responses to “NEW Audi A5 review – the A4 is DEAD, but is this better?”

  1. @DrMikeOxgreen Avatar
    @DrMikeOxgreen

    Audi interior design and quality have fallen off a cliff. Look and feel terrible these days compared to previous models

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    1. @alwayshungry1169 Avatar
      @alwayshungry1169

      I agree, that material on the seats and dashboard just looked nasty

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    2. @hermesliteratus882 Avatar
      @hermesliteratus882

      This channel has done everything it possibly can to promote this model.

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    3. @stra632 Avatar
      @stra632

      The prices though have not

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    4. @SiamHossain7 Avatar
      @SiamHossain7

      The interior reminds me of my old ’08 Civic Hybrid except that thing was 2x as practical and useful since it has no buttons, lol

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    5. @runawayronnie Avatar
      @runawayronnie

      Looking thru rose coloured specs. Every new model is never as good as the old one according to the armchair experts. Look at that large screen where all the information and haptic button sit – it’s one integrated unit. Now look at the previous model. The screen looks like an afterthought, something purchased from the middle isle of Lidl. It still had haptic buttons but was much smaller, less clear. The dash/door trim in the new car is wrap round integrated. In the old car it was completely seperate, much cheaper looking. Many buttons now in same area and much easier to use than when they were scattered all over the shop. The suspension setup on the new model is light years more advanced of the older one, especially in sLine trim and above.

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  2. @Surreath Avatar
    @Surreath

    The naming issue is yet another example of some modern audience manager going “didn’t read the source material” and pushing through insane changes.

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  3. @AndyT306 Avatar
    @AndyT306

    Test drove one, steering wheel shape is odd, mmi is horrible to use, feels cheap generally and ride quality crashy, the current Audi design language isn’t to my taste either. Skoda superb and vw Passat are better designed more comfortable, with more space for a chunk less money

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  4. @lowpie1 Avatar
    @lowpie1

    Audi already admitted that they’ve made a mistake with renaming it to A5, so A4 it’s probably coming back soon…IMHO, peak A4 was B8.5 and B9 generations.

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  5. @whatcar Avatar
    @whatcar

    Is the new A5 a step forwards or backwards for Audi?

    a) Step forwards – I love the modern screens and new look! 🚀
    b) Step backward – Bring back the physical air-con controls and the A4 name! 🔙

    Let us know your thoughts below! 👇

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    1. @markcooke1275 Avatar
      @markcooke1275

      Why, oh why are your reviewers so reluctant to tell us if vehicles are rear or front wheel drive. I still don’t know this, so I’ll have to go somewhere else to locate this basic fact😮

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    2. @pricey78 Avatar
      @pricey78

      @markcooke1275Audi are front wheel drive. This is front wheel, unless you go Quattro of course. Either way, avoid it, it’s a horrible car, I sold mine after buying it within 3-4 weeks, massive backwards step!

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    3. @markcooke1275 Avatar
      @markcooke1275

      ​@pricey78Tks very much for the quick response. It must truly have been horrible to sell it after just a few weeks. Wow!

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    4. @oleg274 Avatar
      @oleg274

      Modern screens look cheap and awful

      Reply
  6. @Ssimonnes Avatar
    @Ssimonnes

    Manual adjusted cloth seats and cheap pianoblack painted plastics everywhere, as an Audi Driver, what is happening? The downfall of Audi is sad to see, a Skoda looks and feel better on the inside

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    1. @tsuihintree Avatar
      @tsuihintree

      Yea I feel like the new skodas are more audi than the audis

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    2. @Doradoo-h1q Avatar
      @Doradoo-h1q

      But dont worry price is same as luxury !

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    3. @losch78 Avatar
      @losch78

      Add in the same steering wheel every MG comes with for quite a while now and there is even more disappointment

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    4. @MarbenSx Avatar
      @MarbenSx

      Look on the bright side – no animals had to die to allow you to sit in it😁

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  7. @pcr8918 Avatar
    @pcr8918

    Does piano black still have showroom appeal? Definite turn off for me.

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  8. @ililili6350 Avatar
    @ililili6350

    The interior just got worse and worse after the wrecking ball entry of the manual seats 💀

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  9. @leesmith9299 Avatar
    @leesmith9299

    what i love about this car is for years and years every human that ever existed told them they hate piano black and so they decided to cover the interior in it. i think that’s great!

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  10. @stevenjones916 Avatar
    @stevenjones916

    *Another German marque living of it’s historic reputation rather than merit.*

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  11. @Marre480 Avatar
    @Marre480

    The Audi interior has fallen off the cliff. Superb interior was a biggest reason I bought two new Audis in 5 years. They’ve company lost me now.

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    1. @hermesliteratus882 Avatar
      @hermesliteratus882

      This channel has done everything it possibly can to promote this model.

      Reply
  12. @StellaTigerFamily Avatar
    @StellaTigerFamily

    Korean brands were imitating germans, now korean brands interior design and quality surpassed germans, and germans have done a free fall 😂

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    1. @SiamHossain7 Avatar
      @SiamHossain7

      TBF a lot of those Korean firms brought in the designers that shaped some of the most iconic German cars, it only makes sense. Just a shame that their successors back in the German brands are not even close in terms of skill.

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    2. @StellaTigerFamily Avatar
      @StellaTigerFamily

      ​@SiamHossain7agree. Look at the interior of a genesis its way classier than a competitive a5 or 3 series etc

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  13. @Missing_chapters001 Avatar
    @Missing_chapters001

    148hp? in a new audi?

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    1. @ApurtureSci Avatar
      @ApurtureSci

      Honestly quite insulting in an 1800kg, £43k+ ‘luxury’ car. They don’t even offer the 265hp petrol you could get on the previous model

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  14. @Zorro-7-11 Avatar
    @Zorro-7-11

    Making everything work thru the Touch screen is a dumb idea

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  15. @marcusthestarlord4936 Avatar
    @marcusthestarlord4936

    Previous exterior design looks million times better

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  16. @davem8670 Avatar
    @davem8670

    The quality seems astonishingly poor for the money/so called “premium” brand. Absolutely no difference in quality to any VW group car now…

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    1. @hermesliteratus882 Avatar
      @hermesliteratus882

      This channel has done everything it possibly can to promote this model.

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  17. @FieldSight_Aeriel Avatar
    @FieldSight_Aeriel

    Why does the stitching and fabric look like something from TEMU

    Leather seats is a legal requirement in
    AUDI
    BMW
    MERCEDES
    VOLVO AND
    LEXUS

    Keep the cloth for Fiat and DACIA

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  18. @ViewBothSides Avatar
    @ViewBothSides

    “Wobbly bit of plastic” is a good term for the button clusters. WTF even the $6000 Tata Tiago in India has better buttons. Presumably absolutely everything in this Audi is the cheapest they could make it.

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  19. @alexandrem6429 Avatar
    @alexandrem6429

    Lack os physical controls?!…, ok, I’m off

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  20. @colinmassey527 Avatar
    @colinmassey527

    Audi turning into the Ryanair of the vehicle market – want electric seats? Pay us more 😂

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