It's a Sportback(=5 door) actually and Audi won't call it a - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

I'm not sure there's any point in this car, I'm sure they are just playing with the A5!

Surely this is similar to what the next A4 will look like!

The only SportBack I want is TT-SportBack !

A5 Sportback.. Come on Audi ...

Not today - thank you...

Pointless car. The name sportback doesn't change the fact that it is simply an A5 avant. Will never hit the showrooms, believe me.

VW is doing the same adding another variant to VW lineup except it will be a Sporty Variant Passat lol

As for the A5 Sportback, I agree with everyone else its not needed

I agree with you guys that this is BS. There is not even a gap between the A4 and A6 Avant. Note that the next A4 will be bigger than the current one, making the 'gap' even smaller...

And when will come A3.5? And A4.5? A5.5?

These are all gaps which can be filled with new models Sarcasm.press

They should make just one more model - A7 as a big four-door coupe (CLS competitor) and that's it. For now. Market will then show what type of models does it need but thats something that won't come soon.

In its hope to sell more than a million vehicles by the end of the decade, Audi will be releasing a host of possible new models that it will use to fill new market niches such as this Sportback version of the new A5 Coupe. According to this latest rendering from Germany’s Autobild, the A5 wagon will feature a five-door configuration, which positions it between the Avant models of the A4 and A6.

If it enters production, the first models could be in showrooms as early as 2009 but before we see the Sportback, Audi will be launching the Cabriolet version of the A5, which is expected to hit the market next year. Although a Sportback A5 would likely compete with Audi’s own A4 and A6 Avant, the lineup’s new modular design means each car can be developed at very low additional costs. The next-generation A4 and A6 models will be based on the same architecture that underpins the A5.

Audi exec Rupert Stadler has previously boasted that his company plans to launch up to 18 new models by 2015, so we wouldn’t be surprised if it did build the A5 Sportback. Other models that are planned include the A1 Mini-competitor, A7 four-door Coupe and Cabriolet, plus an all-new mid-sized Q5 SUV and smaller Q3 soft-roader.

Building the A5 Sportback with five doors would be silly when you consider that a significant part of the A5’s appeal is its coupe styling. Also, the Sportback is too similar to Audi’s other models. A two-door hatch the size of the A5, now that would be unique.

[Source: AutoBild]

Errm, what?!

What's the main difference between A4 Avant, A5 Sportback & A6 Avant?

IMO A4 & A6 Avants are sporty enough, and practical - so why A5 Sportback?



Btw, what happened to rumoured A4 Sportback - which ironically looks more coupeish than A5 Sportback ?