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Audi A5

The A4's coupé, convertible and Sportback, and mechanically an A4 of its year in every respect that matters — same platform, same engines, same gearboxes, so A4 information applies to the powertrain in full. The 8T shares the B8's EA888 chain-tensioner and oil-consumption history exactly, and the convertible adds a fabric roof with its own hydraulic pump and microswitches. The Sportback body is the volume seller in Europe despite the coupé being the one the name suggests.

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Generations

8T 2007–2016

The B8 A4 under a different body; the EA888's chain tensioner and oil consumption apply here identically.
- Belt CVT (continuously variable) CVT
Body styles

Coupé · Convertible · Liftback

Platform

MLB
Engines
1.8 TFSI — petrol · 106–130 kW (142–174 hp) · 250–320 Nm (184–236 lb-ft)

2.0 TFSI — petrol · 132–169 kW (177–227 hp) · 320–350 Nm (236–258 lb-ft)

3.0 TFSI V6 — petrol · 200–245 kW (268–329 hp) · 400–440 Nm (295–325 lb-ft) · S5

3.2 FSI V6 — petrol · 195 kW (261 hp) · 330 Nm (243 lb-ft)

4.2 FSI V8 RS 5 — petrol · 260–331 kW (349–444 hp) · 430–440 Nm (317–325 lb-ft)

2.0 TDI — diesel · 100–140 kW (134–188 hp) · 320–400 Nm (236–295 lb-ft)

3.0 V6 TDI — diesel · 150–180 kW (201–241 hp) · 400–500 Nm (295–369 lb-ft)

2.7 turbo V6 — diesel · 140 kW (188 hp) · 400 Nm (295 lb-ft)
Transmissions

6-speed manual · 7-speed S tronic · multitronic CVT · 6-speed Tiptronic automatic · 8-speed Tiptronic automatic

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive · quattro four-wheel drive
F5 2016–present

MLB Evo with the B9 A4; mild hybrid across most of the range and a twin-turbo V6 in the RS 5.
Body styles

Coupé · Convertible · Liftback

Platform

MLB Evo
Engines
2.0 TFSI — mild hybrid

3.0 TFSI V6 — mild hybrid · S5

2.9 TFSI V6 RS 5 — petrol

2.0 TDI — mild hybrid

3.0 V6 TDI — EA897 · mild hybrid

1.4 turbo — EA211 · petrol · 110 kW (148 hp) · 250 Nm (184 lb-ft) · 35 TFSI
Transmissions

6-speed manual · 7-speed S tronic · 8-speed tiptronic automatic

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive · quattro four-wheel drive

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