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Next-Generation Audi A1 Expected To Come In 2018 With New Platform And More Tech

Audi’s smallest model, the A1, has last been refreshed in late 2014. Since then, the company has been working on its successor.
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The next Audi A1 is expected to come to market in 2018, and it is scheduled to receive the MQB A0 platform. As we have previously explained, this platform will first come to the 2017 Volkswagen Polo, but company insiders claim that the Audi A1 will also get the MQB A0 makeover.

The next generation of Audi’s smallest model will be built at the Seat factory in Martorell, Spain. The same facility will also produce the 2017 Volkswagen Polo, as well as the equivalent Seat Ibiza, Auto Express notes.

Since the A1 will share the production line with the two models, and the German supermini already shares the ongoing VW Polo platform, it would make sense that the second generation of the A1 will follow its footsteps.

The new technical platform will bring a range of new engines for the upcoming A1, including the Volkswagen Group’s latest 1.5-liter mill, which will be offered in both gasoline and diesel versions.

As with the 2017 Volkswagen Polo, the entry-level in the range will be fitted with a 1.0-liter engine, but Audi will only use the turbocharged versions of the engine because it is the premium division of the German corporation.

The MQB A0 platform will bring a larger wheelbase for the A1, which will bring it closer to the A3 regarding size. Some rumors suggest the potential of a smaller Audi model in the pipeline, but his model has yet to be confirmed by Audi representatives. Meanwhile, the upcoming A1 will get a more roomy interior.

Once inside, occupants will be able to enjoy the Audi virtual cockpit, first introduced on the TT, as well as an improved MMI interface. Driver assistance systems will be enhanced, while the materials found onboard will also be upgraded.

The same company insider claims that Audi is planning the next generation of the performance-oriented S1 model, but the long-expected RS1 remains a rumor.
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About the author: Sebastian Toma
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Sebastian's love for cars began at a young age. Little did he know that a career would emerge from this passion (and that it would not, sadly, involve being a professional racecar driver). In over fourteen years, he got behind the wheel of several hundred vehicles and in the offices of the most important car publications in his homeland.
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