Posts Tagged ‘A1’
2011 Audi A1 – Official Photos and Info
Written by nitram on February 12, 2010 – 10:58 am -
Out of the thin German ether appears official photos and information on the 2011 Audi A1, a vehicle that’s been teased more than C.C. DeVille’s hair on the cover of Poison’s kick-ass album, Look What the Cat Dragged In. Besides the Audi Metroproject Quattro concept from 2007 and the A1 Sportback concept from 2008, the Four Ringers have doled out bits of information via an A1 microsite. Now, finally, we know the whole deal.
The A1 is based in large part on the PQ25 platform, which also underpins the latest Volkswagen Polo, and will play in the hotly contested—in Europe, anyway—B-segment. It’s a segment Audi largely abandoned when it ended production of the ungainly A2 some five years ago, and it’s a decision the company has regretted since, especially given automakers’ pressing need to meet tightening efficiency standards in Europe and elsewhere.
Audi A1 Sportback – Live from Paris 2008
Written by nitram on October 2, 2008 – 1:34 pm -
Audi sticks with the hybrid drivetrain in take two of its subcompact concept.
Although hybrids were largely dismissed at first by much of Europe, the Continent seems to be warming up to the idea of battery-enhanced propulsion. When we first saw the Mini-fighting Audi A1 at the 2007 Tokyo auto show, it was sporting a plug-in hybrid drivetrain that has apparently seen further development. As it is seen in the A1 Sportback concept being shown at the 2008 Paris auto show, the claims for its capabilities have changed.
