Car New Audi makes up its mind: Carmaker to sell A5 and S5 Sportback models in the U.S.

Car New Audi makes up its mind: Carmaker to sell A5 and S5 Sportback models in the U.S.

When it unveiled Sportback five-door hatchback versions of its A5 and S5 at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, Audi said it hadn’t made a final decision on whether these models would be sold in the U.S., alongside existing coupe and convertible versions. It seems Audi has made up its mind.

At the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show this week, Audi announced that the A5 and S5 Sportback will be sold in the U.S.. They’ll arrive this spring as 2018 models. While mechanically identical to the A5 and S5 coupe and convertible models, the Sportback variants offer more practicality, in a package that’s still more stylish than the average SUV.

The Sportback models feature the same evolutionary version of Audi’s current design language as their coupe and convertible cousins. They combine that with a sloping roofline and steeply-raked rear hatch adapted from the larger A7 and S7 models. This is part of the trend among German manufacturers to try to sell vehicles with more than two doors as “coupes” based on expressive styling.

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