12 May 2015

A1 for away! Audi's baby-car gets hotter

LES STEPHENSON

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<b>ANCIENT AND MODERN:</b> Audi's 2015 two-door A1 and four-door A1 Sportback at the May 2015 Cradle of Mankind model launch. Ease the model identity crisis by checking the fog lights. <i>Image: Les Stephenson</i>

They’ve been a while coming but Audi SA has at last launched the balance of its latest A1 two-door hatch and four-door A1 Sportback range - its Mini-challenging four-seaters – and rather nice they are.

And before you read further, prices range from R265 000 to R460 000. Before add-ons… of which there are a lot.

Audi SA chose the swoopy rolling hills around the Cradle of Mankind, north-west of Johannesburg, for the launch event on May 11 2015. The cars were originally launched in Europe and other world markets back in 2010 and so far more than 500 000 have been sold globally.

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