Audi will exhaust А1. And, the premiere of serial model is planned to the next year! While the information on this car has some, however, we can already tell something. And even to show.Audi A1 becomes the smallest model of the company, and the main competitor «Audi1» will appear Mini which now creates BMW. It is expected that in March, 2010 on a motor show in Geneva we can already look on
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Audi is set to unveil a five door, four seater version of the A1 at the Paris Motor Show tomorrow, this time a Sportback variant.
Powering the A1 Sportback is a hybrid system combining a 1.4 TFSI petrol engine (which produces 110kW) and an electric motor producing an addition 20kW (and 150Nm of torque) available under acceleration. Drive is delivered to the front wheels via Audi’s S-Tronic dual clutch transmission.
Fitted with ESP and differential lock, the front wheel set up is said to promote dynamism, efficiency and motoring pleasure - all we know is it looks pretty impressive and with the whole vehicle able to run solely on electric power for up to 100km, it should be pretty light on the wallet come fill up time too.
Also featuring automatic stop/start facility and energy regeneration, A1 Sportback manages a claimed 0-100 time of 7.9 seconds with a top speed of 200km/h. Fuel consumption is 3.9 litres per 100km.
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Audi has just announced that we’ll get a look at a 5-door version of their A1 at next month’s Paris Motor Show. Carscoop says the vehicle on display in the land of wine and cheese will be closer to the production models than examples we’ve seen in the past, like the Tokyo example, which’s pictured.
While lower rung front-wheel drive models will likely be available, we’ve got our eyes and our hearts set on a possible S1 model, complete with 200 horses and all Quattro corners kicking.
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This is the smallest and most easy going offering from Audi, developed for and aimed at a young clientele. It’s carefree and versatile, and according to Auto Express, author of this rendering, Audi will present the A1 concept car at the next Frankfurt show in September 2009. About 12 months after this open-top, we should see commercial production of the Metroproject Quattro.
The declared adversary of the A1 will be the Mini convertible, also to debut next year, which should have a more complex roof system that folds into the boot area.
The Audi A1, a different kettle of fish to the English car, will see an aluminum roof similar to the system adopted by the unlucky A2. The engine range will be completely different though, with a turbo compressor, and a 1.6 aspirated engine as the basis of the range. There will also be the TSI 1.4, the 1.8 and the future jewel in the crown, distinguished by the letter S.
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The European invasion of Japan has begun. This is the Audi A1 concept, set to be revealed at the Tokyo Auto Show and take the premium small car fight to the Mini Cooper.
Actually, Audi isn't calling it the A1 concept, but rather the Metroproject Quattro. It's a three-door, four-seater plug-in hybrid that could reach production some time in 2009 to slot below the A3 in Audi's line-up.
The A1 concept (we're going to stick with that name - Metroproject Quattro sounds like a cheesy Amsterdam rave bar) is powered by a 1.4-litre TFSI petrol engine, which sends 150bhp through the front wheels. There's also a 41bhp electric motor positioned over the rear axle - which, in a rather cool touch, is visible through the rear hatch - driving the rear wheels.
This means that, when the two motors are working simultaneously, the A1 becomes four-wheel drive, but under low loads it can run on either motor independently: the lithium-ion batteries give the A1 a range of some 60 miles in pure electric mode.
Audi quotes emissions of 112g/km of CO for the A1 concept, while fuel economy stands at 58mpg: not bad for a car that'll hit 62mph in under eight seconds.
Predictably, the A1 concept is more restrained in appearance than the Mini Cooper it'll be aiming to steal buyers away from. That said, there are still some neat touches: those wrap-over aluminium arches give an almost Fiat 500-esque curve to the coupe's glasshouse, while the front end is dominated by that huge, trapezoidal front grille.
The cabin is functional, without many of the retro touches of other premium small cars. The A1's big trick is the iPhone-inspired Audi Mobile Device, a handheld unit that plugs into a slot on the centre console.
We'll get a closer look at the A1 concept in Tokyo next week, where we'll be dreaming of an RS1. No idea how it'd work, but we want one.
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