Quick Answer: 2026 Audi A5 Prestige
The Prestige tops the 2026 A5 range at $56,700 MSRP before the $1,395 destination charge. Over the Premium Plus it adds the head-up display and 10.9-inch passenger screen as standard equipment, Matrix-design LED headlights with selectable light signatures, digital OLED taillights, acoustically insulated glass, ventilated front sport seats, heated rear seats, rear side-window sunshades, headlight washers, automatic park assist, and Bang & Olufsen headrest speakers built into the front seats. Mechanically it's the same 268-hp quattro liftback as every A5, what you're buying is the complete sensory suite. Audi Queens in Flushing keeps the Prestige on the floor with the other two trims.
Total price, including every dealer-imposed charge: starting at $58,270 all in for the A5 Prestige — the $56,700 manufacturer’s suggested retail price plus the $1,395 destination charge and the $175 documentation fee (an optional dealer charge, not a New York State or DMV fee). It excludes state and local taxes, title, registration, and any optional equipment.
Everything, standard, no configurator homework
The honest pitch for the Prestige is completeness. Where a Premium Plus owner weighs the Technology package, the Prestige simply includes the head-up display, key data floating over the road at the right focal distance, and gives the front passenger a 10.9-inch touchscreen for navigation duty and settings, so the driver stops playing DJ-slash-copilot on the way to LaGuardia. The B&O system gains its final form here too, with speakers embedded in the front headrests that place navigation prompts and calls at your ears without interrupting the cabin's music.
The quieter upgrade is literal: acoustic side glass. The A5 is already a hushed car, but the laminated windows clip the frequency band where expressway hiss and city clatter live. Stack that with ventilated front sport seats for July, heated outboard rear seats for January passengers, and manual sunshades for the rear side windows, and the Prestige becomes the trim tuned for people who carry passengers they care about, which in this borough usually means family.
Lighting as a signature
Digital OLED taillights with the full-width light strip mark the Prestige at night.
Audi has spent two decades turning lighting into brand language, and the Prestige gets the fluent version. Matrix-design LED headlights carve their beam around traffic while offering selectable daytime-running-light signatures, pick your face, effectively, from the MMI menu. Out back, digital OLED taillights animate across the full-width strip, and the whole system is legible as a Prestige from half a block. The headlight washers are the unglamorous companion feature, but after a slush week on the Whitestone Expressway they're the one you'll appreciate; grimy lenses steal more light than drivers realize.
Automatic park assist completes the city kit: the car measures a curbside gap and steers itself in while you manage the pedals. On a Friday night in Astoria, that's not a demo feature, that's ten minutes of your life back.
What the store's flagship buyers report
Top-trim shoppers tend to be repeat luxury owners with sharp expectations, and the Flushing store's long review history holds up under them: a 4.5-star average across more than 1,250 Google reviews. One A5 buyer described the experience that keeps that number high: "She helped me get my Audi A5, and the entire process was smooth, professional, and truly enjoyable" (Terrance), the "she" being brand specialist Patricia Tirado, a fixture of the store's A5 reviews. Another simply thanked the team for a "quick turnaround" on his A5 (Jonathon). The pattern across years of feedback is speed without pressure, which is precisely the temperament you want at this price.
Frequently asked questions
What does the 2026 A5 Prestige cost?
MSRP is $56,700 plus $1,395 destination, before New York's taxes and fees, still under both the S5 ($63,300) and the V6 A6 sedan ($64,100). The A5 pricing & leasing guide covers what the city adds; monthly programs post to the Audi Queens specials page.
Is the Prestige faster than the other A5 trims?
No, and that's by design. All three trims share the 268-hp turbo four, the 7-speed S tronic, and quattro: 0-60 in 5.6 seconds regardless of badge. Buyers wanting more thrust should look at the S5, a separate model line.
What does the Prestige have that the Premium Plus can't get?
The Technology package narrows the gap (HUD, passenger screen), but the Matrix LED headlights, OLED taillights, acoustic glass, ventilated fronts, heated rears, sunshades, headrest speakers, park assist, and headlight washers remain Prestige-only. That hardware list is the real $2,400 difference beyond the package.
Are ventilated seats worth it in New York?
Ask anyone who has retrieved a black-leather car from an open lot in a Queens August. Perforated, actively ventilated front seats change the first five minutes of every summer drive, and this is the only A5 trim that offers them.
Does the Prestige park itself?
Automatic park assist handles the steering into parallel and perpendicular spaces while the driver controls speed. It's standard on this trim and genuinely useful on tight neighborhood blocks.
Where can I see the OLED taillights in person?
On the Prestige models at the College Point Blvd showroom, check current A5 inventory and schedule an evening visit if you want to see the light animations do their thing in the dark.
The bottom line
The Prestige is the A5 with every decision pre-made: the full lighting suite, the complete audio system, the quietest cabin, and the comfort features front and rear. At $6,500 over the Premium it isn't the value pick, it's the no-compromise pick, and for buyers planning to keep the car through many New York seasons, the daily-use features it locks in tend to justify themselves one commute at a time.
All 2026 Audi A5 guides
Manufacturer’s suggested retail price excludes the $1,395 destination charge and the $175 documentation fee (an optional dealer charge, not a New York State or DMV fee), along with taxes, title, registration, and options; the dealer sets the actual selling price. Equipment, packages, and availability can change with configuration and production timing; confirm current specifications with Audi Queens. Customer quotes are excerpts from public Google reviews of Audi Queens.