Audi A5 Avant: Mid-size wagon may go PHEV in Australia

Audi Australia has beforehand dedicated to providing wagons in its lineup, although the successor to its A4 Avant is presently beneath a cloud of uncertainty regardless of the high-performance S5 Avant being confirmed for launch.

Following an announcement of preliminary particulars for the brand new A5 and S5 vary, Audi’s staff suspiciously not noted any point out of an A5 Avant to take a seat alongside the S5 Avant flagship.

We may have a clue as to why, although.

Esther Choi, product supervisor at Audi Australia, hinted {that a} wagon-bodied A5 would wish to supply an analogous bundle to the A4 Avant earlier than it – which was bought solely as a high-spec 45 TFSI quattro in its remaining days.

“When you checked out A4, our Avants have been at all times the quattro. Our [Avant] buyer demand has been for the higher-spec vehicles reasonably than the entry variants – so watch this house,” Ms Choi instructed CarExpert.

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By omission, Ms Choi has maybe given a few results in how the A5 lineup would possibly increase in Australia, given the A5 Avant is presently marketed as “coming quickly” on the model’s web site regardless of not being talked about within the preliminary launch announcement.

Given the entry-level A5 Sedan shall be powered by a 150kW 2.0-litre ‘TFSI’ four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine in Australia driving the entrance wheels, it seems Audi’s native arm is ready for added powertrain variants to be authorized for the Australian market earlier than committing to bringing the A5 Avant.

Oddly, the 150kW 2.0 TFSI in Europe with 48V ‘MHEV plus’ expertise is just out there in Europe with quattro all-wheel drive, regardless of the identical powertrain in Australia being FWD solely.

The one different quattro variant out there in abroad markets is a 150kW 2.0-litre ‘TDI’ four-cylinder turbo-diesel, which might be unlikely for Australia.

Thus, our consideration turns to the latest announcement of the A5 e-hybrid vary, revealed in March providing two energy ranges throughout each the A5 Sedan and Avant physique kinds – crucially, each variants come normal with quattro all-wheel drive.

Each A5 e-hybrid fashions mate a 185kW 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine with a 20.7kWh internet/25.9kWh gross lithium-ion battery, an electrical motor with as much as 105kW, and a seven-speed dual-clutch automated transmission.

Accessible energy ranges are 220kW/450Nm or 270kW/500Nm, with the extra highly effective model quoting a brisk 0-100km/h time as fast as 5.1 seconds. All e-hybrid fashions are AWD, and might be charged on AC energy at as much as 11kW.

Maybe extra importantly, EV driving vary is as a lot as 110 kilometres on the WLTP cycle, with weighted mixed gasoline consumption quoted at 2.0-2.7L/100km relying on variant.

The A5 e-hybrid might be pushed in both EV or hybrid modes, with the previous utilizing purely electrical energy till the battery is depleted or when you put it in sport mode. The combustion engine additionally engages throughout kickdown.

The A5 e-hybrids might be pushed on purely electrical energy at speeds of as much as 140km/h.

Based mostly on Audi Australia’s earlier kind with its TFSI e-branded plug-in hybrids, the native division sometimes opts for the higher-output PHEV choice and positions it as a mid-tier efficiency variant to take a seat under the equal ‘S’ grade.

CarExpert understands that, ought to the A5 Avant e-hybrid (and Sedan) be confirmed for the Australian market, it’ll probably solely be supplied with the beefier 270kW/500Nm tune and priced a smidgen beneath the brand new S5 Sedan and Avant efficiency fashions.

Previous to going out of manufacturing final yr, the Audi S4 Sedan and Avant have been priced from $110,715 and $113,215 respectively, each earlier than on-road prices. Pricing for the new-generation S5 Sedan and Avant remains to be to be introduced.

We’d anticipate a rise in worth for the brand new S5 – probably beginning across the $115,000-$120,000 mark, so the high-output A5 e-hybrids may nicely be price six figures if and after they arrive in Australian showrooms.

Additionally price noting is that Audi Australia may also supply S5 version one fashions at launch, pitched as “purist” variations priced beneath the usual S5 – very like BMW’s earlier “Pure”-badged M Efficiency fashions.

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