An electric prototype version of this A1 won a real motorsport event outright — the 2011 Silvretta Electric Car Rally — years before Audi sold a production EV.
Lead trim: 1.2 TFSI (1,197 cc I4 turbo, 86 PS) · up to 189 hp
Audi A18X · 2010–2018
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FactAn electric prototype version of this A1 won a real motorsport event outright — the 2011 Silvretta Electric Car Rally — years before Audi sold a production EV.
The Audi A1 is a luxury supermini launched by Audi at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, previewed by the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show metroproject concept; sales of the three-door first generation (model code 8X, designer Jürgen Löffler) started in Germany in August 2010 and the five-door Sportback, unveiled at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, followed in November 2011. It is built on the Volkswagen Group PQ25 platform shared with the Volkswagen Polo Mk5, SEAT Ibiza Mk4 and Škoda Fabia at Audi's Brussels plant in Belgium (nearly 910,000 built in 2010–2018; the last on 1 August 2018) and is aimed mostly at young, affluent urban buyers, with a MacPherson strut front and torsion beam rear suspension. Engines were petrol 1.0/1.2/1.4/1.8 TFSI and diesel 1.4/1.6/2.0 TDI, all with a start-stop system and energy recuperation except the 185 PS 1.4 TFSI and the S tronic 90 hp 1.6 TDI; quattro was available on 6-speed manual models only. A great many limited editions were offered (Wörthersee "Motto" vehicles, Competition Line, Contrast Edition, amplified, Samurai Blue, Urban Racer and others), and a version painted by Damien Hirst sold for £350,000. Wheelbase 2,469 mm (97.2 in), length 3,954 mm (155.7 in), width 1,740 mm (68.5 in), height 1,416 mm (55.7 in). The page gives no power figure for the 1.6 TDI 90, so none is entered; the S1 and the A1 quattro are catalogued as their own generations.
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Trims & Figures
11 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 TFSI (999 cc I3 turbo, 95 PS) | 2015–2018 | 1.0 L Inline-3 | 94 hp | 118 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.2 TFSI (1,197 cc I4 turbo, 86 PS) | 2010–2018 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 85 hp | 118 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 TDI (1,422 cc I3 turbodiesel, 90 PS) | 2014–2018 | 1.4 L Inline-3 | 89 hp | 170 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 TFSI 122 (1,390 cc I4 turbo) | 2010–2018 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 120 hp | 148 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 TFSI 140 (1,395 cc I4 turbo, cylinder on demand) | 2013–2018 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 138 hp | 184 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 TFSI 185 (1,390 cc I4) | 2011–2018 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 182 hp | 184 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.6 TDI 105 (1,598 cc I4 turbodiesel) | 2010–2018 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 104 hp | 184 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.6 TDI 116 (1,598 cc I4 turbodiesel) | 2015–2018 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 114 hp | 184 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.6 TDI 90 (1,598 cc I4 turbodiesel) | 2011–2018 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 89 hp | 170 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.8 TFSI (1,798 cc I4 turbo, 192 PS) | 2014–2018 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 189 hp | 184 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 2.0 TDI (1,968 cc I4 turbodiesel, 143 PS) | 2011–2018 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 141 hp | 236 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
Owning one
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Photographs
Audi's own CEO confirmed this A1 generation will be the last — once it ends, tighter European emissions rules mean there's no successor and the A3 becomes the brand's entry point.
Audi's smallest car ever to wear an S badge was this one — the S1, a hot hatch barely bigger than a supermini.
In a wet-handling test on MIRA's track, Autocar pitted the 256-hp A1 quattro against a Nissan GT-R — the little Audi came home over five seconds a lap faster, in what the magazine called a "giant-killing result."
An electric prototype version of this A1 won a real motorsport event outright — the 2011 Silvretta Electric Car Rally — years before Audi sold a production EV.
Rivals
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