Audi RS1???

[Froomee]

Saw this on another site and thought it may be of interest.....................



Apparently 4WD, 2.0 Turbo, circa 250-280bhp and around £30k and its due out in around 18 months..............................

[worsy]

Looks like a red x to me??

[vescaegg]

£30k for an Audi A1?

Madness

[martin mrt]

The A1 is possibly the most god awful looking car in Audis rather bland model line up at the moment

Why anyone would blow 30k on one baffles me

[marctwo]

Well I like it.

[Lets Torque]

Should be £23k tops. Not worth £30k IMO. Looks OK but nothing special.

[kambites]

Some people do buy their cars for things other than looks.

Personally, I think Audi are doing the best job of the German big three on the styling front at the moment, but that's not saying a great deal - they're all pretty poor.


It does seem quite a lot of money, though.

[Tyson1980]

I would definitely be in the market to buy one of these.

Looks great and with quattro to boot!

[andy665]

Its easy to spend 30k on an A1 already, if its 30k base price it will probably need another 4-5k of options to get a decent spec.

As long as there are people naive enough to pay it you can't blame them for doing it

[kambites]

andy665 said:

Its easy to spend 30k on an A1 already, if its 30k base price it will probably need another 4-5k of options to get a decent spec.

As long as there are people naive enough to pay it you can't blame them for doing it

I don't really see why it's naive. If it really comes out as a 280bhp supermini, it has no real competition so if that's what people are after, it's their only option.

[Lets Torque]

doogz said:

Lets Torque said:

Should be £23k tops. Not worth £30k IMO. Looks OK but nothing special.

That's Cooper S money. This thing has substantially more power, 4WD, and "the badge"

Audi are never going to sell these at £23k.

Oh I know that.

I just don't think it worth £30k. To me it should be VW Polo GTI/Cooper S money.

At 30k you could get Megane RS , Focus RS (well I know they don't make them now), Insignia VXR etc etc.

All of which I would have before a small Audi hatch.

[Mermaid]

It's a desirable package, and will sell well.

[Dr G]

Mermaid has hit the nail on the head; Audi would be absolutely insane to try and compete with themselves.

If you have Polo GTI money then buy a bloody Polo GTI

Audi's sales figures imply that they're a little bit better at pitching products than the majority of posters on here

[mnkiboy]

I really can't see it having 280bhp. Probably more like 230, and selling for £27-28k. I can't see a market for £30k+ Audi A1's. Though to be fair I can't see why anyone would by an A1, so what do I know.

[vtgts300kw]

Love the idea of this.

[Benbay001]

Why are we discussing whether a car, whose specs havnt been formally announced yet, is good money?
What other 280bhp small hatches can you get?

[s31tof]

I could see this being like the RS3

Very limited numbers...a 'test' for there future S/RS models, and wayyyy over priced once you started ticking a few boxes. I'd be very suprised if it would be less than £30k. They may build it- but you may never see one on the road!

[DanDC5]

Doesn't look too bad, but it will be overpriced. It's an Audi with an RS badge, overpriced is what it does best.