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.
Audi A1 8X
Audi A1 GB