Audi S1 spotted undisguised

Should release this as a diesel also!

By KIII3R on 18 May, 2011, 12:51pm

Shame its only the 1.6T and not the 2.0T.

I was hoping it would make a good trackday toy (Tuned of course).

By BenS1 on 18 May, 2011, 6:20pm

Umm, are you kidding??

Let me get this straight...this thing is going to have more power and cost more than the new Toyota 'supercar' ft86? Either Audi and the like are going seriously overboard with these overpriced, overpowered tiny cars or Toyota are going to have to re-think the launch of their supercar...given the expected difference in class placements (i.e. you'd expect that the ft86 sits at least 2 classes above etc) I suppose the Toyota will have to come out with 350bhp and cost nearer 35k??

As for the Audi itself, can't say I like it or would consider buying one...it's cute'n'all, but even if I was a billionaire and literally had money to burn...there are so many hundreds of cars that I can think of that are far more interesting to look at and drive...life is far too short to waste 4yrs' of repayments (i.e. work, earning, living etc) on this.

By jon_abbate on 19 May, 2011, 4:24pm

A £23,000 vision of ugliness

The A1 has taken the crown from the A2 as being the runt of the Audi range.
For me the design just doesn't work.

By toycollector on 19 May, 2011, 6:46pm

S1 or RS1

crazy little car but i don`t think it´s the S1 cause the S1 nameplate like the M1(BMW) will surely not be sacrificed. it´s more likely the RS1!

By catchmyshadow on 19 May, 2011, 8:09pm

crap

crap

By jcrowley012 on 19 May, 2011, 8:14pm

Is this the base model or the S1?

Apart from the wheels and twin exhausts, who'd know?

Forgive me for being cynical, but perhaps they're saving the sporty bits for the RS1....... which will cost closer 30K. Just like BMW will probably do if they use the 174BHP diesel engine in the Mini Cooper SD Works (which should have gone in the standard Cooper SD)

I'm sure there's better ways of spending 20-odd grand.

By gavsmit on 20 May, 2011, 4:20pm

HATE IT!

and whats that stupid looking squiggle in the head lamps??

By liverpool on 20 December, 2011, 7:14pm

Some people.....

A Toyota FT-86 is not a "supercar". It's essentially a Celica, and quite likely about as quick as a Renaultsport Clio, although it looks nice.

The whole point of an S1 is to be an S-line with a big engine. It's not an RS1 or a Quattro....

The "stupid squiggle" in the headlights in the DRL strip, which looks a damn sight better than the individual LED, chavy-looking ones most cars have.

And the price.... what does spending less than £20k get you nowadays?... Other than Korean. In 5 years it'll only buy you Chinese.

By mikeyw on 30 April, 2012, 9:17am