Audi A1 quattro prototype

The Audi A1 quattro snow testing in Canada Audi is developing a quattro system for the Audi A1. Expect an Audi A1 quattro later this year and a quattro Audi S1 in 2012. It did seem a strange omission by Audi not to have a quattro drivetrain for the ‘Only Premium Brand in its Sector’ Audi A1. And it was that lack of a quattro system for the A1 which apparently stopped the car that ended up being the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI from being launched as the Audi S1 at Paris last year. All of which has no doubt spurred Audi on to see development of a quattro platform for the A1. That and the embarrassment of having to backtrack on plans for a FWD S1. Which...

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Audi A1 1.4 TFSI S-Line Price & Spec

Audi A1 1.4 TFSI S-Line - from £20,705 Audi reveals the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI S-Line for the UK. Available only in S-Line trim the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI will cost from £20,705 Audi’s most powerful version of the ‘Only Premium Car in its Sector‘ is the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI, which we saw revealed at Paris back in September. And now its ready to roll the roads of the UK. This hot A1 is the car that Audi had decided was to be the Audi S1. Only they lost their bottle at the last minute and decided that they really couldn’t let the side down by having an ‘S’ model without quattro drive. So this car got renamed the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI, and is basically the VW Polo...

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Audi planning X6 rival. Audi Q6? Audi Q7 Coupe? Audi Q8?

Audi X6 Rival. Audi Q6? Audi Q7 Coupe? Even Audi Q8? Audi’s Chief Designer Wolfgang Egger believes Audi should be building a rival to the BMW X6. Which could be the Audi Q6. Or Audi Q7 Coupe. Or even Audi Q8. We like to take the mickey out of Audi with what seems like their quest for total domination of the premium car market, with a car to fill every niche, and every niche within a niche. And then the niches that no one other than Audi had considered existed. Although we happily admit – with the possible exception of the A2 – there’s not been a bad car from Audi in a decade. And we thought they must, by now, have thought of a car to fill...

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Aston Martin Rapide – the Photos

Huge gallery of Aston Martin Rapide Photos Aston Martin has produced a large gallery of photos of the new Aston Martin Rapide It took Aston Martin an age to bring the Aston Martin Rapide from concept to the road. And it seems to have taken them almost as long to get round to doing some decent pictures of the Rapide. But they’ve finally got round to doing it, and have sent us a huge gallery of images of the new 4-door coupe. We hold our hands up and confess a love of Aston Martins. They are works of art – always have been. That’s probably what got them through the wilderness years – even though your Aston broke down regularly you could...

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