Audi added the A5 model in the late '00s as a designator for coupes, cabriolets, and five-door fastbacks ("Sportbacks" in Audi-speak) that shared a platform with the A4 sedans and wagons. Naturally there was also a high-performance S5 model to accompany them.
The A5 and S5 got their second generation for the 2018 model year, like the Monsoon Grey example in the photo. Where the regular A5 had a 2.0L 16V turbocharged inline four, the second gen S5 got a brawny 3.0L 24V turbo V-6 making 354 SAE net horsepower and driving all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic.
When Car and Driver tested a 2018 S5 ragtop, they recorded a zero-to-sixty sprint of 4.8 seconds and quarter mile run of 13.5 at 103mph through the traps. Top speed was governor limited to 155 and it managed 0.94g on the skidpad.
This one was photographed in September of 2025 using a Canon EOS R and an RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS zoom lens.
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