For the same money as an A1 you could buy a vastly more practical, vastly faster and vastly more fun VW Polo GTi. And the A1 has really not been an exception to this rule. Kiwis just generally don’t buy three door hatches. Previously the A1 has only been available as a three door hatch and, as such, has been a limited-appeal proposition. To varying degrees of success, it has to be said. VWs, Audis, Seats and Skodas have shared the hard to see bits underneath in one way or another for decades now. So all the cool kids are doing it, and to be honest, the VW Audi Group (VAG) have been masters of this for some time now. And the now-departed Dodge Avenger, Dodge Caliber and Chrysler Sebring too. The Mitsubishi Outlander, ASX, Lancer and Peugeot 40 all share a platform, in fact it is the same platform that the Jeep Patriot and Compass sit on. The same one that lurks under the awkward curves of the 5 Series GT too. That big luxurious Rolls Royce Ghost? That’d be a BMW 7 Series platform that sits on there. That sexy Camaro you daydream about? That sits on the same platform as the humble Commodore.
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And a Skoda Fabia too.īut what lurks under the skin is largely irrelevant to buyers these days, as everyone does it.
You see, despite Audi’s marketing department’s best efforts to convince everyone otherwise, the A1 is essentially a VW Polo under the skin. That is why Volkswagen will not sell you a Polo for that much. So we spent some time with it and really rather quite liked it!įorty thousand dollars is a lot of money to drop on a supermini. The diminutive A1 is the latest Audi to get the five-door – sorry, Sportback – treatment.
Probably because it sounds far more sexy and exciting that “five-door hatch”. OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Audi A1 Sportback While “Sportback” may sound like some kind of injury that a firmly-suspended German car might cause if you drive one for too long, it is actually Audi’s term to describe it’s… erm… five-door hatches.
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