Is the Audi A1 worth around $10,000 more than its Volkswagen Polo twin, especially when Polo Mk6 is now a generation ahead of the Audi, with a newer, larger body?
The four-ringed marque’s smallest four-door is never going to win any value for money awards — not when the People’s Car version provides essentially the same experience. Yet there are a number of reasons why the A1 shouldn’t be so easily dismissed.
For starters, it shares absolutely nothing that you can actually see or touch with the Polo. Indeed, as the still-fresh styling suggests after almost a decade on sale, the broad shoulder stance, clean surfacing and pleasing proportions make the Audi a lasting piece of industrial design.
As always, the interior is a textbook study of classy minimalism that…
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Australian New Car Buyer (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue #53 - June 2019