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Audi is expanding the A1 range with the long-anticipated five-door, the new A1 Sportback. The five-door A1 arrives in showrooms in spring 2012. You won't mistake it -although it's the same length as the three-door A1, at 3950mm, it's 6mm taller and wider to pack in more space for heads and doors. The wheelbase is the same, but those extra doors have ...

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Audi A1 Sportback (2012) first official pictures

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Tim Pollard, 18 November 2011 10:28

Audi A1 by Damien Hirst (2010): first official picture

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Tim Pollard, 25 June 2010 11:00

British artist Damien Hirst has helped Audi produce this art car: an Audi A1, which sold for €420,000 (£350,000) at a charity raffle. The Audi A1 Damien Hurst was shown at pop star Elton John’s White Tie and Tiara Ball and the money raised goes to his AIDS foundation. Elton John on the A1 ‘That’s the most exciting object we’ve ...

Audi A1 prices start at £13,145 in UK

Tim Pollard, 06 May 2010 12:18

Audi’s new A1 supermini has gone on UK sale today, priced from £13,145 for a 1.2 TFSI SE trim model to £18,280 for a range-topping 1.4 TFSI auto. That pitches the A1 slightly above the Mini, whose boggo First three-door kicks off at £12,620. But study the two rival supermini ranges from Audi and BMW more closely and you’ll see ...

Audi A1 (2010): first news, photos of Audi's Mini

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Tim Pollard, 09 February 2010 23:00

This is what promises to be one of the biggest debuts at the 2010 Geneva motor show: the new Audi A1 supermini. Aimed squarely at BMW's Mini, the new 2010 A1 is everything you'd expect of a small car from Ingolstadt – and it's remarkably close to 2007's A1 Metroproject concept car.The Audi A1 epitomises the downsizing trend in microcosm. ...

More photos, details of new Audi A1 (2010)

Ben Pulman, 18 January 2010 14:56

Audi has started the countdown to the official unveiling of the new 2010 A1 supermini. Ahead of the A1’s world premiere at the 2010 Geneva motor show in March, Ingolstadt has launched a 22-step (yes, there are 22 parts to this tease) programme that will showcase Audi's new Mini challenger over the next three months. Rather than write 22 separate ...

Audi-designed Santa's sleigh (2009)

Tim Pollard, 18 December 2009 08:04

Audi has opted for a quick fix in designing an Ingolstadt-sponsored Santa’s sleigh: it’s taken the forthcoming 2010 A1 and prepped it for Christmas duties. Santa looks cheery in this left-hooker, a three-door version of Audi’s new Mini rival. It’s worth noting some of the details on the A1, which won’t be seen officially until spring 2010: the aluminium-effect roof ...

Audi’s new A1 range (2010): the latest news

Tim Pollard, 13 October 2009 09:38

Audi top brass last night outlined plans for the 2010 launch of the new Audi A1 family, including a whole range of A1 hatchbacks and potentially A1 estates, convertibles and small 4x4s. The Audi A1 will be positioned slap bang against BMW’s burgeoning Mini family when UK sales begin in autumn 2010, priced from around £11,000. The new A1 three-door ...

Audi at the Paris motor show 2008

Ben Whitworth, 02 October 2008 16:52

Audi’s sparkling new A1 Sportback – a thinly camouflaged version of its 2010 A1 Mini-basher – as well as its frugal A4 Concept E and a rather large trophy were the highlights of Ingolstadt’s Parisian offerings this year. Tell me more about the A1 Sportback In essence this follows on from the Metroproject that Audi unveiled last year. Slightly bigger ...

Audi A1 Sportback concept: first photos

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Tim Pollard, 01 October 2008 21:35

Audi has whisked the covers off its five-door A1 – in the shape of this A1 Sportback concept car, shown to a few selected media and VIPs on the eve of the Paris motor show 2008. It's a follow-up to 2007's A1 Metroproject quattro concept, which previewed the three-door A1. Audi's new supermini is scheduled to arrive in showrooms in ...

Audi A1 sketches

Tim Pollard, 27 July 2007 06:08

Audi A1: the world exclusive We always knew that CAR's Georg Kacher is one of the best connected motoring journalists in the world. But even we were surprised when he rang the office with news that he'd 'obtained' official design sketches of Audi's new Mini, the A1. Forget the artist's impressions you'll find elsewhere, CAR Online has three sketches smuggled ...

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