Audi A1 Sportback: Great engine - hats off!
"Really enterprising?" Judges ChroniquesDuVasteMonde editor Barbara Voigt about the Audi A1 Sportback
Hello, there you are again! Did not we travel through Berlin together two years ago? Even then I liked your half-moon upper body with colored roof arches above both doors. And even today I'm glad how quickly I felt with you in the next gap, how easy you are to steer.
So everything the same? No, as the Audi A1 Sportback, you're the new member of the family and look just like your brother, the Audi A1. Except for the two additional side doors. For this, the middle window columns have been moved further forward. I'll tell you: This makes not only visually, but also paid in narrow parking spaces when getting in and out.
Even the shoulder look at the lane change succeeds in you, the Audi A1 Sportback, much better than the other test drive. Bravo. In the rearview mirror, I also see a headrest more. This triple backseat I could get as an extra even without extra charge. Would not bring me anyway, because even a trio of slender girlfriends would have plenty back tight. But your PR people have ever looked for a new target group for you: Instead of the upward-oriented A1 singles now so the young family with a small child. Well, that would be everything under roof and drawer.
You look way more enterprising anyway. Does that make the extended sideline? The roof edge spoiler, the contrasting roof dome? Of course, you can not even splash in the sporty-noble interior.
Your newest coup was so far but exclusive top class: If it? S easy-going forward, you turn off the 140-horsepower petrol engine two of your four cylinders of all alone and so save neat gasoline. If the situation requires a sprint, your engine is fully operational again in fractions of a second. Without jerking and tubes. No wonder I did not notice this cylinder-on-demand (CoD) feature. Had I queried the consumption in the on-board computer, would there? 2-Cyl mode? flashed. I have to really pay attention to that next time.
TOP and FLOP
Appearance: Cuddly, sporty, good; lots ? also contrasting? Trim levels.
interior decoration: high quality, with aluminum or with colored elements; enough shelves. Unfortunately missing electrically adjustable seats.
driving style: First small car with cylinder deactivation; 7-speed automatic transmission with fast gear change.
storage space: With 270 liters of luggage space not more than in the Audi A1.
base Price: 850 euros more expensive than the Audi A1 entry-level model; fine with me.
INFO: AUDI A1 SPORTBACK
Length Width Height: 3.95 / 1.75 / 1.42 m
Engines: 86? 185 hp (petrol / diesel)
top speed: 227 km / h
spirit: from 3.8 l / 100 km (CO2: 99 g / km)
price: from 16 950 euros
