The roofline of the A5 sportback does not suit taller humans very well for headroom. Hence the purpose of the traditional A4 sedan roofline

That’s how the sportback rear hatch opens, same as the 3 series Gran Coupe. That’s what I really like about it

Families with 4 door hatchbacks put the kids in the backseat and their groceries in the hatch/trunk area the same.

and 6 series ‘Gran Coupe’

You forgot to include in BMW’s sedan count the 4series GC (A5 sportback equivalent) and 6 series GC (A7 equivalent) which puts its sedan count even with Audi again

its a 4 door car with a coupe front/rear end styling and a liftback hatch? I like that idea and was annoyed it was only available in Europe and not here in the US. Even moreso annoyed when BMW’s versions were made available here for sale.

Depends on how many layers of obvious we wish to explore

It’s implied if they bring that chassis here. One announcement at a time. Be patient

The current 3 series looks much more handsome with a coupe/4 series front and rear fascias. I’ve always been a fan of the GC styling

Likewise, I was wondering why it took this long for Audi to pull the trigger since this product has already existed in Europe in both A5 and S5 form for the last several years. Still I’m happy to hear this news

That’s why they’re called ‘sport back’ because they have the 3 series GC/ Panamera style hatchback.

You realize most car buyers out there are not jalops or care about driving dynamics or performance, right? Besides plenty of overpriced luxury cars out there that aren’t necessarily good handlers and slow.

I don’t get the natural history of pedestrian safety laws, yes I know they were spearheaded in Europe because there are more pedestrians there crossing streets in major urban centers, vs American cities.

Pepperidge Farm remembers...

Yep

And peanut galleries in the comment sections of youtube or a weblog like io9 never expressed exaggerated mob-mentality outrage at something they haven’t seen yet based on a trailer or a description of a new show/film before.

he can still play Indy, but the character has to be written as age appropriate, meaning he’s not gonna dress/act like the Indiana in his 30s or 40s, a younger co-star can do all the death defying stuff

Nice screen name BTW.

It does not they only brought back the expandable microSD storage

Saw one of these in person, in Japan of all places, what a random unicorn sighting