New Audi A1 should be represented at the Geneva auto show next month. But it appeared to give us the only chance to see it first.
The model exit in sale is planned in February 2011. As informs Audi, start lines for manufacture 3dr and 5dr hatchback in ammount of 100 000 copies in a year was originally planned. But with the new upgrades production can grow up to 120 000 copies in a year. Audi has already confirmed, that it invests €200 million in its Brussels plant to prepare it for the new A1 range.
This Audi looks to be wearing S-Line trimmings with what appear to be 17 or 18-inch rims, a rear spoiler and integrated diffuser on the rear bamper.
The A1 is set to debut with three VW-sourced engines on offer. Those would be two petrol/gasoline engines, a 1.2 and 1.4 litre, and a 1.6 litre diesel displacement and output up to 200-horsepower in a performance ‘ S’ variant.
Audi’s 2011 A1 premium compact aimed squarely at other upmarket compact cars, namely the Mini Cooper, the new A1 will be available in several different variants, just like the Mini family, but Audi says, the A1 will be the first "true" premium mini.
There’s a strong chance the A1 will be arriving in North America. Though the A1's position as a premium compact isn't something U.S. buyers have had much exposure to, the credit crunch and subsequent curtailing of salaries may have opened the door - along with higher average fuel prices - for a feasible, if small, sales market for the car.
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