Thoughts on it? I have lease coming up on 23RX-350FSH and really not sure about getting the same car again and bit nervous about 500H due to issues with transmissions. I went into Audi dealer this weekend and couldn't believe for A5S- Prestige 74K MSRP, they offered me lease 36months 12K miles, total due at signing out the door 4K $769 month. You never know how they're getting to number, but he told me there just looking to move it.

Do you think it crazy to get new generation Audi, but the spec is great and is actually cheaper than my current lease.

 

Have you ever visited the leasehackr forum? You should run the numbers on your own and see where they fall. At current numbers, you're still paying almost $32K for 3 year rental.

 

A5S Prestige, or S5 Prestige?

For an A5 Prestige, you can get better pricing. For an S5 Prestige, that's really good.

 

With 4K down, that's really an $880 per month lease. You need to look at it through that lens.

 

*makes the sign against evil at the EA888 engine*

Are you looking at an S5 or A5? Big difference there in terms of if it's a good deal or not as well as how the car will likely behave. For a short ownership term like a lease though it probably won't matter at all

 

It is S5 Sportback with prestige pkg, the lease is good I think I mean it almost 74KMSRP with total out pocket 4k, 769 month 36 months 12k miles a year. Really don't think I can go wrong, it seems that there not selling any at all.
My thing is I wonder if it be disaster being first gen, but again sure that engine been around I got research it and its lease, so it always be under warranty.

 

Some electrical gremlins here and there, most have been sorted by the KD2 update so you might have to take the car back to the dealer to get that software update done if they haven't already. I believe Audi doesn't authorize the dealer to do the update before you take delivery.

Or you can wait for deals on MY26 models when they launch with the revised MMI, scrolling wheels on steering wheel, and new "Dynamic Plus" drive mode.. prob would have to wait 6 months to a year to get a deal like that on a MY26 though considering they're not even launching till March next year.

 

It is 2026 model, but believe refresh came out in 2025 late.

 

The lease deal is not bad but I would try to reduce that 4k down to 2,500.

No experience with Audi so can’t advise on the car.

 

For what it's worth - I would not put ANY $ down on a lease - except first payment. In an unlikely scenario you total the car, you're out whatever amount you put down.

 

2026 model? Aren't you in the US? We don't have MY26 for the S5 in the US yet.

 

Try to get an S5 at least, the A4/5 is the absolute most basic Audi you can get and really not worth it IMO.

 

are you sure about that?

https://www.audiusa.com/en/models/a5...S#configurator

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but that says 2025