I don't know.

Seems kind of pointless, eh? It's not a bad photoshop and it certainly looks nice, but I don't think the gap between the A4 and A6 is that big. Anyone else think it is?

I'm with you on this one wimmer. The car is completely pointless and will IMO not see daylight in the coming 5 years. Like I have said before there is already an A5 sportback, it is called the A4 Avant.
Audi has more important models to develop like a large sized coupe instead of a non-sense model backed up by their marketing department.

It appears the new Audi A5 Coupe may not be a single model line for long as rumors of a new A5 Sportback begin to mount. Though the vehicle shares some obvious similarities with the A4 Avant, the roomier cabin, taller profile and sloping hatchback style rear-door means the A5 Sportback could form its own niche.
These renderings reveal that the new A5 variant could pick up two rear doors. Base models will feature common rail diesel engines ranging from 140 to 200hp, with the rest of the lineup featuring petrol powered TFSI engines and a range topping 4.2L FSI V8 for the RS5.
The base model will remain FWD but AWD variants will feature the latest quattro torque vectoring systems, which distribute drive individually between each axle and between the rear wheels for improved traction and stability.
Though it seems odd that Audi would build the A5 Sportback with five doors considering part of the A5’s appeal is its coupe bodystyle, Audi exec Rupert Stadler’s boast that up to 18 new models will be launched in coming years leads us to believe that there may be some merit in the possibility of the five-door A5 Sportback making it to production.

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Okay, let's face it, but this is just BS.

A5 is built to be a Coupé, and will remain that. All this A5 Sportback talk is nonsence!
I've talked to my Audi source and he confirmed it. There won't ba any A5 Sportback. This talk here is about the B8 A4 Avant!

Audi A5 Sportback is designed to be half wagon, half coupé according to CAR magazine.

The also have prepared a couple of renderings o show us how it will look like...

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As I said in some post earlier in this thread:

I can see such vehicles coming ... 5dr Shooting Brakes.

Alfa Romeo 159 wagon is already very coupeish, very Shooting-Brake-ish.

Industry rumors are saying MB are considering CLS based wagon: a 5dr Shooting Brake.

With introduction of versatile F model family (F5, F3) BMW are also considering to reposition their Touring models (3er, 5er) - making them more sporty Shooting-Brake-ish then ever.

Audi A5 Shooting Brake etc. I can even imagine a Jag XF based 5dr Shooting Brake model.

Please Audi don't do this.

Don't cause disturbs between the model's
in my definition, forever:
A3=hatch
A4=multi(sedan+avt+cabrio)
A5=coupe
a6(sedan+avt)
a7=coupe sedan
A8=sedan
Q3/q5/q7= suv

A5 Sportback you say? Now there's a crossover I'd like to see...

The A5 Sportback is pointless if Audi is going to make an A4 Avant, but in these photos the A5 Sportsback does look sexy.

There won't be any A5 sportback.

A5 is a coupé. Period. THis thread is pointless.