A prototype for the following era of Audi’s A5 Sportback has been noticed for the primary time, in sporty S5 guise.

The present A5 line arrived in 2016, as 2018 fashions. The redesigned era, together with this S5 Sportback, ought to arrive late this yr or early subsequent, as 2025 fashions.

The S5 Sportback prototype is closely camouflaged however the common form of the car and a few finer particulars just like the internals of the headlights and the design of the grille can clearly be seen.

Quad-exhaust ideas and the big wheels and brakes verify the prototype as an S5 variant and never an A5.

2025 Audi S5 Sportback spy pictures – Picture credit score: Baldauf

Underpinning the car must be an up to date model of dad or mum firm Volkswagen Group’s MLB Evo platform discovered within the present A5 vary, that means longitudinal mounting of engines and customary front-wheel drive.

The present S5 runs a turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 good for 349 hp. Anticipate this engine to hold over within the new era, maybe with help from a mild-hybrid system.

2025 Audi S5 Sportback spy pictures – Picture credit score: Baldauf

This time round, the A5 line will probably be expanded to incorporate an Avant wagon possibility. The A5 Avant will substitute the present A4 Avant as a part of a shift in Audi’s naming technique. The brand new technique, introduced in March, will see fashions with internal-combustion engines characteristic an odd quantity of their names, and the names of electrical fashions characteristic a fair quantity.

Prototypes for the brand new A5 Avant and S5 Avant have additionally been noticed.

2025 Audi S5 Avant spy pictures – Picture credit score: Timo Jann/SB-Medien

Do not search for A5 and S5 sedans to interchange the present A4 and S4, although. Audi as a substitute is anticipated to launch an A4 E-Tron electrical sedan to attraction to patrons of the standard three-box form.

Ultimately, although, Audi will completely supply electrical energy throughout its lineup. The automaker has already confirmed it can stop launching new fashions with internal-combustion engines after 2026.