Start with what the Audi A2 is: a 5-door hatchback with Petrol engine, built from 1999 to 2005, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Luc Donckerwolke.
The background
The Audi A2 (internally designated Typ 8Z) is a compact MPV-styled supermini car produced by the German manufacturer Audi, produced from November 1999 (for the 2000 model year) to August 2005. It is a five-door hatchback with four or five seats. Based on the Audi Al2 concept car first shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1997, the A2 was notable for being constructed from aluminium, which made it lightweight and alongside its efficient engines made it highly fuel efficient.
The engineering
The engine is Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 895 -. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual (Getrag) / 5-speed automated manual. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2405 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
In the Audi line-up the Audi A2 has a clear place: the factory was Neckarsulm, Germany. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Škoda Auto Škoda Fabia, the Honda S2000, the BMW X5. Its Audi stablemates include the Audi 200 and the Audi 225.