2025 Audi S5

Car and Driver (opens in a new tab) says a new generation debuts for 2025 and the S5 Sedan is even more powerful thanks to a 362-horsepower twin-turbo V-6, with an 11.9-inch digital gauge display and a much larger 14.5-inch curved center touchscreen replacing the old 10.1-inch screen. Carvana (opens in a new tab) says it is the first year of the third generation on Audi's PPC platform, with a different body, a stronger V-6, a new transmission and a redesigned digital cabin, plus a new Dynamic Plus drive mode and the return of a physical steering-wheel scroll wheel. Car and Driver's road test (opens in a new tab) says the new S5 is bigger in every dimension than the outgoing Sportback, about three inches longer in both length and wheelbase.

Kelley Blue Book (opens in a new tab) lists the Premium at a starting sticker price of $63,995 and a Fair Purchase Price of $59,600. EPA rates the 2025 S5 at 22 to 23 mpg combined and $3,350 to $3,500 a year in fuel.

NHTSA lists two recall campaigns for the 2025 S5, both about seat-belt retractors: 25V638000 covers front retractors on the 2025 S5 and several other Audi and Volkswagen models, and 25V899000 covers rear retractors on the A5, S5 and other models. Owners have filed 11 complaints with NHTSA: lane departure, forward collision avoidance and electrical system with 5 each, and service brakes and engine with 2 each. CarFactBase (opens in a new tab) carries nine of those complaints.

EPA rates the 2025 S5 at 22 to 23 mpg combined. The 2025 BMW 4 Series rates 27 to 31 at $2,500 to $2,850, the Mercedes-Benz CLE 22 to 27 at $2,850 to $3,500 and the Lexus RC 19 to 25 at $3,100 to $4,100. On EPA figures the S5 is less efficient than the 4 Series and level with the CLE's low end, and it is sold only with all-wheel drive.