needs and wants are two very different things you want a stylish two-door coupe a to make you
look rakish and cool but you need a sensible hatchback for your job and growing family what
I hear you ask should you do well the go-to option is the Audi a5 Sportback it offers coupe a styling
five-door practicality our most importantly that badge which tells all your colleagues
and neighbors that you one of life's winners that's all very well and good but what if you
find the Audi a bit well predictable if you do then there is an alternative like here stinger
so two cars with very different appeal but which is best to find out we're going to look at the
interiors driving and practicality of each car before finishing up with a little Parkers drag
race before we do any of that though do be sure to LIKE this video and subscribe to the Parkers
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now we'll start in the stinger and first impressions are very good the driving position
is low and there's a good long bonnet out in front of you which makes you feel like you
in something quite special the seats are very comfortable and the headrest is quite plump as
well which is nice on long journeys overall the ergonomics are actually very well-thought-out
it's similar to the Audi in here the cupholders the gear leave all the heating controls are in
a similar sort of position one thing where it differs from the Audi though is outright
quality don't get me wrong everything feels well built in here it feels like it will last for the
seven-year warranty but the that final feeling of quality especially in the buttons just isn't
quite up there at the Audi it doesn't feel quite as special quite as premium there are more buttons
in here than in the Audi but as long necessarily a bad thing miss it means you don't have to delve
into the infotainment system which isn't the easiest to use to switch around all the vital
settings storage space is actually pretty good you've got most cupholders in the middle here
of different sizes there's plenty of room in the glove box and in the door pockets as well
one final thing if you're a kind of person that likes to show off your car key in the pub the
Kia has the Audi beaten all ends up this is the Kia key it's lovely sort of trigger design where
you can open and close it like that with the buttons on here and compare it to the Audi's
plasticky item this leather-bound aluminium looking keoki is far far more premium item
now the driving position of the Aldi isn't quite as low down in sport is the kids but for all of
their intents and purposes it's kind of got this section of the test sewn up the quality of the
materials is just so much nicer to look at and feel and it's so solid in here it doesn't feel
like it's been put together from different bits and bobs more that it's been hewn from
a single piece of granite now the bottom layer is restrained but that doesn't mean that there isn't
any space for flair there's this customizable strip lighting these really cool haptic controls
and the elegant suite of air vent across the dashboard - right first things first Kirsten
James what's it like to drive well this is a rear-wheel drive car doesn't matter that it's the
2.2 litre 200 horsepower diesel spec model it's still rear-wheel drive and it's still great fun
to drivers to explicitly rated it's accurate and its banks of Grif as well while I agree with you
how important do you think fun is in a colonist that needs to just basically be very good day
to day I mean yes the ride is a little bit jiggly at low speed and a tire or higher speed is quite
intrusive certainly more so than the Audi but you know when you're when you're on your way
home when you hit your favorite roundabout or your favourite bit of twisty road this is where
this car comes alive over the a5 one more thing can you just accelerate for me why is it making
that noise yeah it's not as refined as the Audi is it really doesn't start some booming around three
and a half thousand to four thousand part driver enjoyment found all those things turn off right
without mice should we go drive the a5 so here we are in the Audi a5 Sportback Adam you're driving
tell us what it's like well as we've already discussed it's not as much fun as the K up but
what it does do is all the day-to-day stuff and exceptionally well and I know that sounds boring
but it's actually a really underrated trait that I really value in something like the family car
the controls are really like the gearbox is basically telepathic and this 100 nights goes
by these words it does pretty much everything you need out of your apartment but fair enough
this cars fitted with Quattro all-wheel drive Howdy's fame door wheel drive system is it worth
the extra cash I don't know whether our bother quite frankly it's probably really useful in
the winter if you're slightly nervous about going out in the ice and snow but I reckon just trucks
might start a two-wheel drive car and you pretty much got everything covered fair enough all right
then let's go have a look at the practicality both cars of a decent almost saloon like head
and leg room in the back despite the keep a roof line and they're easily accessed thanks to their
five doors you also get a large tailgate and boot space to spare with 406 liters in the Kia and 480
litres in the a5 Sportback that's the same as the a4 saloon the Audi also has are not sturdier a
businesslike pass yourself while the Stingers is a little bit flimsy we're going to do something a
little bit different with this drag race instead of just firing both cars off down the runway as
fast as possible it's going to be more relevant to the real world in theory at least so we both
need to open the boots put our luggage in fold the rear seat down and program the Sat Navs to
Buckingham Palace and then fire off down the runway as fast as possible James you know I've
got two kids don't you yes she basically described my every Saturday morning yes okay whatever anyway
if you want to see a proper drag race without any of that stuff beforehand click on the link in the
top right hand corner of the screen where you will see exactly that dude all right
yes absolutely rents him there without getting the seats down in the boot maneuver right putting in
palace engine on there we go I'm not really even gonna rush to be honest to you because I've got
Aldi's excellent MMI sat-nav here all you have to do type in where you want to go using your
finger on this touchpad nav let's go toi [ __ ] room there it is Palace I have just absolutely
ruined him and he's off are we he's gone yeah howdy infotainment systems it's probably one
of their strongest strongest paths she does Buckingham antiques Buckingham aquatics no
buckingham paris rights drive seatbelt safety go drive go so decision time atom which car is
best the Audi why well I mean every reason the engine the gearbox styling tech it's cheaper it
is cheaper as you can see from our finance figures on screen the Audi has the advantage over the Kia
although in GT line s spec this car does have much more equipment and standard it's also got
a seven-year warranty it's better-looking in my opinion and it's more fun to drive to I will give
you that and to go back to the office I'm going to set the chaos well there you go however for
the weekend I want the Audi and I don't care about a seven-year warranty because I've got
a three-year PCP yeah you're right I mean the Audi is the better car it's the it's the more
complete all-rounder I think we can agree on that although if you don't agree do let us
know in the comments and don't forget to like this video and subscribe to Parker's Channel