Unveiled by the SAIC-Audi joint venture and launched on 16 September 2025, the AUDI E5 Sportback is a five-door electric shooting brake built for China only. It carries a standalone “AUDI” wordmark without the four rings, marking it as a separate lineup from the four-ring Audi models FAW-Audi continues to build in China. Production runs at SAIC’s Shanghai plant, and the car shares its Advanced Digitized Platform (ADP), an 800V architecture, with SAIC’s IM L6.
Four trims are available. The base RWD model uses a single 299 hp motor with a 76 kWh LFP battery from SAIC/CALB, rated at 618 km CLTC. Stepping up to a 408 hp single motor pairs with an 83 kWh CATL NCM pack for 623 km. Quattro all-wheel-drive versions add a second motor: a 525 hp tune paired with a 100 kWh CATL pack reaches 773 km, the longest range in the lineup, while the flagship 787 hp version trades some range (647 km) for a 3.4-second 0-100 km/h time. Audi quotes a 370 km range top-up from a 10-minute fast charge on the higher-capacity packs.
Inside, the E5 Sportback runs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 chip behind a pillar-to-pillar 4K display, with adaptive air suspension and all-wheel steering on higher trims. Driver assistance uses LiDAR-based hardware, and the cabin adds ambient lighting with scent diffusion.
Pricing spans ¥235,900 to ¥319,900 (~$35,100–47,500) across the four trims. Audi cut prices by roughly ¥30,000 (~$4,500) in February 2026 amid softer demand in China’s EV market.
