After last week's surprise reveal, Audi has actually launched its new A1 and A1 Sportback superminis in the domestic German market. Both have full configurators available, allowing customers to decide what spec they want this rather pricy car to come in.
The 3-door and 5-door models come with pretty much the same features and options. The only difference is that the 5-door costs 850 euros more to order. Last week, Audi promised us a total of six engines will be available on the 2015 A1, four TFSI and two TDI. However, not all are available yet.
For just under 20,000 euros, you can get one of the more basic models, which come with either a 1.4 TDI 3-cylinder making 90 HP or a 1.4 TFSI making 125 HP. The diesel is slightly cheaper at 19,200 euros and is also very efficient, but it's very slow compared to the petrol turbo, which takes 8.8 seconds to reach 100 km/h.
The most expensive powertrain you can order right now is the 1.4 TFSI with cylinder on demand and S tronic, offered from 23,000 euros before any options. It's very expensive for a supermini, but also quite impressive. 0 to 100 km/h takes only 7.8 seconds and because of the cylinder deactivation tech, the combined fuel consumption is around 4.7 l/100km.
Later on, Audi will also launch a 1.8 TFSI turbo engine with 192 HP, the same one you get with a Polo GTI. If you'd like to know more about the complete engine range, check out our previous report.
Most of the options are very expensive for a supermini, but it's what you expect from a premium brand like Audi. Most of the stuff customers regularly order is now bundled up into lines and packages that are worth considering. Since only black and silver are standard, we'd definitely have a look at one of the €500 optional metallic colors and the €900 Xenon Plus headlight system.
So far, Audi has managed to sell 500,000 A1 superminis in 4 years. Thanks to fresh colors and more options, the facelift model should do just as well.
For just under 20,000 euros, you can get one of the more basic models, which come with either a 1.4 TDI 3-cylinder making 90 HP or a 1.4 TFSI making 125 HP. The diesel is slightly cheaper at 19,200 euros and is also very efficient, but it's very slow compared to the petrol turbo, which takes 8.8 seconds to reach 100 km/h.
The most expensive powertrain you can order right now is the 1.4 TFSI with cylinder on demand and S tronic, offered from 23,000 euros before any options. It's very expensive for a supermini, but also quite impressive. 0 to 100 km/h takes only 7.8 seconds and because of the cylinder deactivation tech, the combined fuel consumption is around 4.7 l/100km.
Later on, Audi will also launch a 1.8 TFSI turbo engine with 192 HP, the same one you get with a Polo GTI. If you'd like to know more about the complete engine range, check out our previous report.
Most of the options are very expensive for a supermini, but it's what you expect from a premium brand like Audi. Most of the stuff customers regularly order is now bundled up into lines and packages that are worth considering. Since only black and silver are standard, we'd definitely have a look at one of the €500 optional metallic colors and the €900 Xenon Plus headlight system.
So far, Audi has managed to sell 500,000 A1 superminis in 4 years. Thanks to fresh colors and more options, the facelift model should do just as well.