Audi A5 Sportsback Officially Unveiled

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Audi has finally unveiled its A5 Sportsback of its five-door coupe which will formally be displayed at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show. The German firm claims that new member of the A5 family “combines the best of various vehicle genres such as the emotion and elegance of a coupe, the comfort of a sedan and the practicality of a station wagon.”

Audi A5 Sportsback will get a low-slung roofline and the rear-hatch, the Sportsback also boasts a unique C-Pillar design with a dramatic kink as well as frameless doors.

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Audi A5 Sportsback will also get an optional S-Line sport package that includes a tauter suspension setup and lowered body with larger alloy wheels, specific bumpers, distinctive features on the side air intakes, on the diffuser and on the tailpipes along with color keyed side still trims which even looks better with these.

Audi A5 Sportsback interiors gets a new door trims and the four-seat layout as the dashboard is no different than the one found in the rest of the A4 and A5 family.

Even though the Sportback is 36mm (1.42 in) lower than the A4 Sedan, the German automaker supports that the four-seater model offers comparable headroom and legroom space with the more conventionally styled A4.

Furthermore, Audi says that the Sportback’s compartment volume of 480 liters (16.95 cu ft) is nearly as much as the A4 Avant and it can increase to 980 liters (34.61 cu ft) with the rear seats folded down.

There are no surprises under the hood as the Sportback will roll into European showrooms in September with a similar engine lineup to the A4 and A5 models. The initial range will consist of three gasoline units, a 2.0 TSI with 180HP and 211HP and a 265HP 3.0 FSI V6, and three diesels, a 2.0 TDI with 170HP, a 2.7-liter TDI delivering 190HP and a 3.0- V6 TDI that make 240HP.

All models are equipped with a recuperation system that recovers energy during braking and deceleration and stores it temporarily in the battery while the three gasoline and the top diesel variants are offered with Audi’s quattro permanent all-wheel drive system.

Audi said that the A5 Sportback’s range will be enhanced with three more engines by mid-2010, one of which will surely be the new 3.0-liter supercharged V6 TFSI that develops 290HP in the A6 and 333HP in the S4 Sedan and Avant models.

In Germany, prices for the A5 Sportback range from €33,650 for the 180HP 2.0 TSI to €47,950 for the 3.0 TDI.

[Source: Carscoop]