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Audi A5 Sportback: Midlife reboot

The Audi A5 Sportback may be slinkier than the sedan norm, but it's also more practical

Published Fri, Oct 16, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Car review

Singapore

NO ONE likes to generalise (ignoring the fact that that statement is itself a generalisation, of course), but all smart men realise that their wives are smarter than them. This explains why women watch films with things like "plot" and "character" in them, while men go for movies with explosions or, better yet, characters who explode.

In car terms, while the male half of a nuptial union is typically excited by something slinky and needlessly powerful, the female at the other end of the manacles tends to be more concerned about pragmatic stuff, such as cabin space and fuel consumption.

That being so, the truly intelligent male should steer his wiser spouse's attention to a car like the Audi A5 Sportback. It mixes the practical with the sexy, taking the bones of a premium sedan and wrapping them in the shapely flesh of a sleek fastback…