Audi A1

Audi

MarqueAudi
ProductionMay 2010 – April 2026 / 1,389,658 units

Audi does not build many cars like the Audi A1: a 3/5-door hatchback with gasoline engine, built from 2010 to 2026 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market.

The background

The Audi A1 is a luxury supermini car launched by Audi at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Sales of the initial three-door A1 model started in Germany in August 2010, with the United Kingdom following in November 2010. The five-door model marketed as the Sportback was launched in November 2011, with sales starting in export markets during early 2012. The second generation was released in 2019; the three-door hatchback model was discontinued in 2018 along with the first generation.

The engineering

Under the skin sits gasoline engine. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Where it sits

Where it sits in Audi's history is not in doubt: the Audi 50 came before it; it was built at Brussels (Audi Brussels), Belgium. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Lexus LFA, the Nissan Leaf, the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Its Audi stablemates include the Audi 200 and the Audi 225.

Specifications

Body style3/5-door hatchback
Length3,954 mm
AssemblyBelgium: Brussels (Audi Brussels)
PredecessorAudi 50
Catalogue IDQ758735
SourceWikipedia

The family, through the years

Every generation and sibling of this nameplate in the catalogue, oldest first. Photos: Wikimedia Commons.