Sunday, November 20, 2011

Audi A1 Sportback: great attention to detail

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Early 2012 with the Audi A1 Sportback, new members of family A1 at the beginning.Sporty and efficient, the new five-door come, aimed at young, urban audience. In the design, lightweight body construction and dimensions of 3.95 meters long with a new model that is closely related three-door brother, and offer up to 185 hp, which encourages small sporty. Prices start from € 16 950.



Exterior with a fresh character

Audi A1 Sportback continues the design of the A1 with three doors. Hood and rear doors around the body, while the shoulder line runs around the entire car and an elegant dome roof flows, which integrates the spoiler, ending with a sharply raked C-pillar. At the front of a large single-frame grill dominates the upper corners bleed.Lights, Audi offers on demand with "xenon plus" lights including LED daytime running lights. The plastic is formed by the tail lights are also equipped with light emitting diodes, called LEDs SuperRed.

Upon request, Audi painted dome roof - including curved roofs, roofs and roof spoiler - in one of three contrasting colors. To paint 12 tones to choose from, like new, for the A1 Sportback exclusive "Samoa Orange".

Options are 'S line' exterior package with a sporty-chic details. Characteristic features of the exterior package 'S line' is a separate front and rear bumpers and side openings in the dar front radiator. The diffuser insert at the rear and center bar at the bottom edge of the front bumper from the manufacturer put in platinum gray. In the set-edged skirt attachment and subsequent large roof spoiler accent.

Audi A1 Sportback is 3.95 meters long and has a wheelbase of 2.47 meters, in this dimension, is identical with three doors. Width of 1.75 meters and 1.42 meters high above the five-door three-door meeting with 6 millimeters. Thanks to the fine-tuning of the aerodynamic drag coefficient of the basic version is only 0.32.



Lightweight body provides the basis for the low overall weight. A1 Sportback 1.2 TFSI and only 1065 kg on the scales. The body is also very rigid, impact-safe and comfortable acoustic. From these results the power in the course of self-confidence in a compact Audi, which - should be free of vibration and noise - like a car from a larger class.

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Drive: A strong efficiency

Audi A1 Sportback offers with six four-cylinder engine, three-TFSI (petrol) and three TDI (diesel). All engines follow the downsizing principle replaces, displacement with turbocharging and draw their fuel through direct injection. All versions, 1.6 TDI 'S tronic' and most powerful gasoline, except for a start-stop system on the board.

Entry-level 1.2 TFSI engine provides 86 hp and are satisfied with just 5.1 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers. Two well-TFSI 1.4-liter 122 hp or 185 horsepower issue.Top petrol engine with 185 hp and 250 Nm of torque from the supercharger and turbo charged together, resulting in the sprint from 0 to 100 km / h in 7.0 seconds and a top speed of 227 km / hour.

Three complete units TDI range: 1.6-liter diesel is available in two models with 90 hp or 105 hp. In both versions, the consumption of diesel with manual gearbox to 100 km on average only 3.8 liters of fuel, which corresponds to CO2 emissions of 99 g / km. The 143 hp 2.0 TDI, which follows later, the A1 Sportback accelerates in 8.5 seconds to 100 km / h and yet consumes an average of only 4.1 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers.

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