New Polo GTI revealed ahead of Geneva

**team_v** · 22-02-2010, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by gtimonkey

Keeping in the family

It looks like the Audi A1 will be based on the new polo.

http://http://www.carsguide.com.au/site/news-and-reviews/car-news/audi_a1_full_details

I am sure that a sport version of this would have to offer more than the polo gti - all wheel drive?

A1 Quattro would be fun to drive but it looks ugly as.

**noone** · 22-02-2010, 05:49 PM

A1 specs are a bit mediocre, S1 and RS1 could be monsters...

**Corey_R** · 22-02-2010, 08:03 PM

They're saying that the S1 will be the first Audi 'S' car to NOT have their famed Quattro system.....

**FL00DY** · 22-02-2010, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by coreying

They're saying that the S1 will be the first Audi 'S' car to NOT have their famed Quattro system.....

I imagine this would be due to the weight that a quattro system would add.

**team_v** · 22-02-2010, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by FL00DY

I imagine this would be due to the weight that a quattro system would add.

The S1 would still be at least 2 years away here.

They have only just leaked the brochure for the RS5 and the A5 has been out for 2 years or so?

**Lima** · 22-02-2010, 08:17 PM

I'd say it is highly unlikely there will be an RS1. And if it did happen it wouldn't be for at least 5 years. RS models (generally) appear towards the end of each platform's life cycle and it's at least that long ago that serious RS3 rumours began.

An S1 will happen, whether or not is has quattro is still up in the air.

I've had some fairly good mail to suggest that quattro has been approved for the A1 platform. That means there are two probable options. The S1 that most of us would prefer, or it could be used on a Q1 based on the CrossPolo. This would also offer a counter product in the MINI Countryman space. The more I think about the more I think we might see a quattro equipped Q1 first. Hopefully it's used for both.

**Timbo** · 22-02-2010, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Lima

The more I think about the more I think we might see a quattro equipped Q1 first.

That makes me sad

I can't see the point -- any point -- to a FWD only S1. What would be the attraction in Europe, over the Polo GTI or the Seat?

Despite the suggestion the A1 competes with the MINI, there's nothing in the current A1 line-up that even touches the Cooper (let along the Cooper S or JCW), so Audi will need to put their smarty pants on. And, given it's a company that has championed quattro, that seems the logical way to go. But I have absolutely no evidence to support such clear logic