TO our eyes, the new Audi S5 Avant is a great-looking car. It sits on the firm’s brand-new PPC (Premium Platform Combustion) platform, which will now do service until at least 2030 – or possibly beyond, depending on how legislation around EVs unfolds.
This architecture will never form the basis of a full-on electric car, and this has allowed Audi to focus purely on making the very best petrol-based platform it possibly can. It’s the reason the company’s designers and engineers haven’t had to compromise – either