ROAD TEST
Audi A5 coupe — driver’s delight ticks the boxes
Mark Smyth reports on Audi’s latest — and possibly greatest — A5 coupe
Once in a while a car comes along that makes you go: "Damn, this thing is good". It’s not usually a Ferrari, a Range Rover or something you expect to be brilliant — not that I had low expectations of the Audi A5 2.0T FSI quattro. But what I didn’t expect was to be sitting behind the wheel after a few days confident it is one of the best cars I have driven in 2017. However there are some caveats to this in terms of practical issues. It only has two doors, which are so wide you almost need to be one of those idiots who takes up two parking spaces so as not to bump them when you open them. And you have to open them wide to avoid twisting your body to get into the car. Another issue is getting anything or anyone into the back seats, which is a whole mission in itself. But this is not a car for those with 2.4 kids; it’s a coupe. And a brilliant coupe at that. The new styling is a winner. The nose looks sleeker than the last generation while the rest of the design adds definition to some ...
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