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CarsLore / Compare / Sports cars / A5 Cabriolet vs Octavia RS

Audi A5 Cabriolet vs Škoda Octavia RS

Two sports cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 2 like-for-like measures: the Audi A5 Cabriolet leads on 1, the Škoda Octavia RS on 1.

Where each one leads

Audi A5 Cabriolet

  • Fewer Audi A5 Cabriolet cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (4.5% against 9.4%).

Škoda Octavia RS

  • New Škoda Octavia RS cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 130 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 162 for the Audi A5 Cabriolet in 2022.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Audi A5 CabrioletŠkoda Octavia RS
Model years in the US safety record2008–2025—
New cars registered in Europe58,770 (2010–2022)28,912 (2010–2022)
On the road in the Netherlands4,5801,191
In traffic in Finland1091,042

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Audi A5 CabrioletŠkoda Octavia RS
Illogical odometer records (NL)4.5%9.4%
US owner complaints51—
Most complaints aboutAir bags—
Model year with most complaints2010 (16)—
US recall campaigns9—
Manufacturer service bulletins11,214—

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Fuel, emissions and price

Audi A5 CabrioletŠkoda Octavia RS
Official combined fuel use, Canada8.6 l/100 km (2024)—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid8.4 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, diesel hybrid6.8 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, diesel—6.4 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—8.5 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe162 g/km130 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe147 kW (197 hp)153 kW (206 hp)
Average mass in running order1,779 kg1,577 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€71,966€45,436
Average odometer in Finland157,000 km88,000 km

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).