Audi S5

S4 gets a new name – and potentially a greater focus on driver rewards

When we road tested the Audi Q6 E-tron, Ingolstadt’s all-new electric SUV, it appeared to be a product of a new, different kind of Audi. One that stepped up its game in terms of driving dynamics, but took the rock-solid interior quality that has long typified the brand and traded it for a ruthlessly modern, screen-heavy approach.Audi is on a launch blitz at the moment and just months after the Q6 come the new Audi A5 and its sporty derivative, the Audi S5. In a sense, the A5 and Q6 are polar opposites within the Audi line-up, because it doesn’t get much more traditional than a compact exec with a range of petrol and diesel engines.So was the somewhat un-Audi Q6 a one-off, riding on the coat-tails of its Porsche Macan sibling model, or has Audi really turned a corner?A road test will reveal all, and we’ve gone straight for the S5, with its 362bhp hybridised V6 and four-wheel drive.

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