Vehicle: 2011 Audi A5 1.8T Multitronic Sportback Price as tested: CDN$38500 (Estimated) Last year, we had a chance to drive Audi’s latest A5 Sportback. Its basically a sporty A4 hatchback that isn’t available Stateside due to its a hatchback. We were really impressed with its overall execution, we decided to give it another try this [...]
Vehicle: 2010 Audi A5 2.0T Quattro S-Tronic Quattro Sportback Price as tested: CDN$47500 (Estimated) Handling: Given B8 chassis’s dynamic capabilities already hard-to-fault in both A4 and Q5, Audi has taken it a step forward with the introduction of the A5 Sportback. The newfound B8 platform is not only much more balanced, thanks to moving the [...]
Vehicle: 2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet 2.0T Premium with S-Line and 6-speed Tiptronic Price as tested: CDN$62050 Performance: Other than the newly introduced A5 Cabriolet into the A5 family for 2010, Audi has added an entry-level 2.0T. On the other end of the spectum, Audi has replaced the 4.2 liter V8 with 3.0 liter supercharged engine [...]
Vehicle: 2008 Audi S5 with brushed aluminum inlays Price as tested: CDN$66700 Performance: With the introduction of the new S5, Audi has finally brought back their legendary sports coupe. Because the latest car has to match its forebear’s performance prowess, both on the road and track. A single performance shortfall would make its predecessor ashamed. [...]