- Audi A5L launches at 2024 Guangzhou auto present
- The A5L is a long-wheelbase A5 with a standard trunk lid
- A5s certain for the U.S. function a liftback design
The new Audi A5 that goes on sale subsequent spring because the alternative for each the present A5 Sportback and gas-powered A4 is referred to by Audi as a sedan, however that is a misnomer, because the automobile is definitely a hatchback—the place a sloped rear window and trunk lid open collectively as one component.
There’s a correct sedan model of the brand new A5 coming, although just for China, the place it is going to be offered because the A5L. The debut came about on Friday on the 2024 Guangzhou auto present.
The A5L is a long-wheelbase variant of the brand new A5 household, however as a substitute of the liftback of the common A5, the A5L has a set rear window, leaving solely the trunk lid to open. The roof line can also be much less curved, leading to extra headroom for rear-seat occupants. Audi did the identical with an A7L that was launched in China three years in the past.
The A5L has a wheelbase of 116.7 inches and an general size of 193 inches. The common A5 has corresponding numbers of 114.1 and 190.1 inches. Many of the additional size advantages rear-seat passengers with extra beneficiant legroom, one thing that is necessary in China the place long-wheelbase automobiles are usually used for chauffeur providers.
2025 Audi A5 L (China spec)
2025 Audi A5 L (China spec)
2025 Audi A5 L (China spec)
The A5L shall be in-built China by Audi and native associate FAW.
The brand new A5 additionally comes with a wagon physique fashion, although Audi hasn’t introduced whether or not any of the wagons, a physique fashion Audi calls an Avant, will make it to the U.S. The present A5’s coupe and convertible physique types will not make a return with the brand new era.
The Guangzhou auto present runs till Nov. 24. Audi additionally used the occasion for the launch of its new China-only AUDI model. The model (all caps, and minus the four-ring brand) will give attention to electrical automobiles designed to fulfill the necessity of Chinese language prospects, significantly within the space of connectivity and automatic driving expertise. No less than three automobiles shall be launched by AUDI ranging from mid-2025, and an idea in Guangzhou hints at what’s to come back.
