wizzofoz

Anyone purchased a 2018 S5 or S5 Sportback?
What are your impressions so far?

pogosha

2018 S5 Sportback... great car with one exception.
The single issue so far is the Auto Start/Stop that seems to shut the engine prematurely while the car hasn't fully stopped. Has anyone else noticed this?
Really annoying considering that you can't have it OFF by default it resets every time you start the car again.

s_h

I agreed 100%. In the family, we also have a 2017 Q7 sline and it triggered the auto-stop with much more forced stepping on the brake.
But with the 2018 S5 SB, a very light brake would bring the car to stop.... very annoying.

Everything else is making me love this 5 doors sporty.

S5 Mike

I have an S5 Sportback and love it. Nicest car that I have owned so far. My only comment, which is also posted in other discussions, is that the mileage range seems really wonky. Filled up last week and it said 780km. Drove the first 130km on the highway and the range matched pretty closely. Finished the rest of the tank in mixed highway and city and ended up with 670km total versus 780km. Filled up tonight and it said 790km range. Seems like VW math from the diesel days but will do more testing.