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Originally Posted by philthy
Looking forward to driving one of these. Reviewers seem pretty impressed with prototype. I think in Aus, it'll all come down to price. If it's in between Polo and Golf pricing, they might just have a winner.
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+1.Quote:
Originally Posted by philthy
Looking forward to driving one of these. Reviewers seem pretty impressed with prototype. I think in Aus, it'll all come down to price. If it's in between Polo and Golf pricing, they might just have a winner.
VW Polo R WRC Test - Day 3 - YouTube
So this is the Factory R....
This is an in house built Polo R...with more power
Dytko Sport
Apparently this is an Audi A1 Quattro special to be released in 2012
http://photos.autoexpress.co.uk/imag...o_486226_7.jpg
Limited edition to sit above the S1.
The worrying part is the date range they have for the release of the S1 (mid 2013). If that's the case then the Polo R could be a long time coming. Probably to occur at facelift time?Quote:
The latest reports suggest the A1 quattro will cost around £40,000 and will be available from the middle of 2012. The S1, with around 220bhp, will follow in the middle of 2013.
< take everything with a grain of salt >
Furthermore they would most like press release a road variant of the Polo R on the same year it debuts in the WRC to aid in marketing/advertising which would fall under the facelift period e.g late 2013 early 2014Quote:
Originally Posted by pologti18t
Not coming to Australia though :(
Audi A1 quattro: 333 for production, none for Australia | Car Advice
http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-conte...321&w=640&zc=1Quote:
The Audi A1 quattro features the 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine from the Audi S3 and Volkswagen Golf R. It produces an identical 188kW of power in the A1 quattro, but an additional 20Nm of torque, taking its total output to 350Nm.
Teaming a six-speed manual transmission with Audi’s quattro permanent all-wheel drive system, the A1 quattro blasts from 0-100km/h in 5.7 seconds and goes on to a top speed of 245km/h.
Bugger, looks like we will have to build our own then!
Hoyhoy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guy_H
Thats the spirit.
yap,you are right as with the s2000 aspirated engine,its easier to out accelerate, knowing its handicap being non super and turbo charge but the love of the s2000 kicks in when one hits Vtec at 9000rpm.I drive both the honda and vw polo gti.cheers tayQuote:
Originally Posted by pologti18t
Audi has said that there are no S1 plans anymore and if there is an S1, it is most likely to be front wheel drive, hence why there are only 333 of the A1 Quattros being buit, it's not economical to change the entire platform to take the AWD setup.
The new platform was never intended for awd.
I thought they had already developed a AWD chassis for itQuote:
Originally Posted by gavs
Audi A1 quattro
Audi A1 Quattro prototype (2011) CAR review | Road Testing Reviews | Car Magazine Online