2012 Audi A5 Consumer Reviews

Had this 2015 Audi A5 Cab for 2.5years, actually my wife's car, and it has been a lot of fun driving it near and in the mountains of East Tennessee. We put about 18K miles on it. The styling is exceptional with the top down, the brown color is striking, and driving on the winding roads is exhilarating. The front seats give more than enough room. The driving position is very good. The back seats are useless for humans but they are there for extra storage. Strange that there are reading lights and cupholders for the prospective backseat passengers. The seat backs fold down for extra trunk storage. The technology takes some getting used to, but spending a few hours with the owner's manual and you'll get the knack of it. Very reliable, with one exception due to an intermittent left rear window, but, heh, it is going on 8 years old. Fun to drive on the interstate and through the mountains but the ride is a bit stiffer and slightly bouncy as the wheelbase is shorter. The Continental Tires on the car, though, wear out after 25-30K miles, a disappointment. On long trips, I average close to 36 mpg, but with premium (93 Octane) gas. Very high quality interior appointments.

Great car that looks great and different. Good performance while having great gas mileage. I have had mine for 3 years with zero problems. My 2nd Audi which has been reliable and a joy to drive. I love I’ll definitely buy another

Having been in the automotive/product design field…product of:Art Center College of Design (major transportation). My opinion: Audi’s design team did a great job on the Audi 2012 (form follows function). The only other automobile that I give high marks to: 1995/911 Porsche!

Fast and comfortable. Easy to customize. Beautiful coupe. Cost of ownership is high however and finding a solid Audi mechanic that you can count on and trust can be a challenge.

Long story medium long. I have owned the car for 1 and 1/2 years. I have drove it for 3000 miles the rest of the time it has been in the shop. It has a new clutch $2500. The timing went bad and the head got replaced with some wiring. $7500. Including my original purchase price this car has costed $5.80 a mile to drive. That's right folks I have a $17,400 Audi A5 that doesn't even have a garage door opener option. Bonus feature that as of this writing KBB says its worth a whopping $4300 to trade in.

I love my Audi! It never let me down. Expect compliments every time you're out!

I got a 2011 Audi A5 Quattro premium convertible for only a few thousand bucks. My first car I paid in cash for. It took a while to adjust to the dorky keyfob thing where you push it into the dash and push again to turn the car on and you have to push the keyfob to unlock the car. I’m used to cars unlocking with my touching the door handle. And with the key fob you have to struggle to pull the key out. Since I just got the car I’m not sure if it has cruise control, I haven’t figured that out yet. It’s a 10 year old car so it has scratches, small dents, a chip in the windshield, may need new wipers, the front bumper has quick latches on it to keep it on and the headlights and fog lights are yellow and hazy and it’s missing a wheel center peice and some chrome parts have been worn on the inside. Cannot easily find parts to fix it. The A4 has cheap replacement parts but this has hard to find expensive parts! Right now it has some oil spots in the driveway so I’ll need to take it to a shop since I just got the car. The car also creaks and makes noises like something is loose on the body. Maybe it’s just old car noises? But hopefully it doesn’t have too expensive of problems. But it’s an old car and paid cash. The engine seems ok, it feels very zippy and the heated seats are amazing. I like that the turn signals are on the side mirrors. It’s lacking a rear view camera that I loved on my previous car. I only have this because it’s cheaper. It looks like a nice car overall though it does scream at you super loud if you open your door with the key in the ignition!

I purchased my white manual A5 AWD premium used with 20k in 2012. It would normally be past time to replace, but with only 70k on the odometer and still a pleasure to drive, we're keeping her for now. Been reliable other than a few recalls early on. When I replaced the Bilstein struts I upped them to the S level (B6), and she rides even better now. Had my share of sports cars over the years, this is one of the greats. Still get compliments on the styling. Never understood why Audi didn't expand the concept to the rest of the line. Notwithstanding the EPA, I average mid 30s mpg.