Last week saw the reveal of the five-door Audi A1 Sportback, and Audi has now revealed full pricing details for the new A1 for the UK. Last week Audi revealed the new addition to the A1 family – the five-door A1 Sportback – with an extra set of doors and just the tiniest bit of […]
New Audi A1 Sportback: The Five-Door A1 arrives for 2012
Almost two years on from the launch of the three-door A1, Audi reveal the five-door version – The Audi A1 Sportback. With almost two years of sales of the ‘Only Premium Car in its Class’ (Audi’s assertion), Audi has revealed the more practical version of its smallest car – the five-door Audi A1 Sportback. Visually, the five-door […]
New Audi A1 Black Edition and Contrast Edition & 143PS 2.0-litre TDI engine
Audi has revealed the A1 Black Edition and A1 Contrast Edition plus a new 143PS 2.0-litre TDI engine option. It was always obvious from the start when Audi launched the A1 that they intended to go the MINI route and offer as many options and limited editions as they could muster. So the launch of […]
Audi A1 1.6 TDI nips below 100g/km Co2
Audi has tweaked the A1 1.6 TDI to improve its economy by 5 per cent and reduce it’s Co2 emissions to 99g/km. The price remains the same. It’s of no use whatsoever for anything that actually matters, but getting below 100g/km Co2 is a big marketing deal for any car maker. Which is why Audi has been busy tweaking […]
Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro with 496bhp at Worthersee
Audi is taking the Audi A1 Clubsport quattro to this year’s Worthersee Tour, which features 496bhp and the oily bits from the TT-RS It’s Wörthersee Tour 2011 time – heaven on earth for VW Group nutters – and this year Audi has put together a very warm A1 with 496bhp – the Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro […]
Audi A1 1.4 TFSI S-Line Price & Spec
Audi reveals the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI S-Line for the UK. Available only in S-Line trim the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI will cost from £20,705 Audi’s most powerful version of the ‘Only Premium Car in its Sector‘ is the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI, which we saw revealed at Paris back in September. And now its ready […]
Audi A1 – slow sales
It’s being reported that sales of the new Audi A1 are running well behind expectations because of high prices. The Audi A1 launched this year to much fanfare – preceded by much of the now obligatory teasing – with a game plan to make the Audi A1 the “…only premium car in its sector”. Or […]
Audi A1 e-tron by 2014
It looks as if Audi are planning to bring the Audi A1 e-tron – a range-extender, plug in hybrid with single-pot Wankel motor – to market by 2014. As anyone who follows motors shows will know, Audi has been busy churning out electric Audis under the e-tron moniker for the last year or so. We kicked off with the Audi R8 […]
Audi S1 IS coming – with 270bhp & quattro
It looks as if Audi are going to produce an S1 after all, with quattro and 270bhp. But not until 2011. Sometimes it tough to keep up with the ever expanding Audi range. But we try. We thought that the hot A1 – the Audi S1 – was scheduled to arrive at Paris. Blimey, even […]
Audi S1 becomes Audi A1 1.4 TFSI
Audi has decided that the new S1 will NOT get the S1 moniker, but will be known as the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI. Audi let it leak they were working on making a hot version of the Audi A1, and we fully expected that the Audi S1 would turn up at the Paris Motor Show. So when […]