Limited Edition Audi A1 Quattro with 256 hp - Only 333 units worldwide, but not for Middle East!

Audi UK has confirmed that the ultra-exclusive 256PS A1 quattro will be priced at ?£41,020 OTR when an extremely limited quota of just nineteen UK-bound, left-hand-drive examples officially becomes available to order in early March.

UK Audi Centres already have deposits for the vast majority of these exceptional high performance subcompacts, which are not only unique in featuring quattro all-wheel-drive, a larger capacity 2.0-litre TFSI petrol engine and rally-inspired styling, but also an all-encompassing specification including equipment upgrades to the value of over ?£11,000.

More than 600 components have been either reworked or replaced in the creation of the A1 quattro, one of the most prominent of which is the engine. The turbocharged and directly injected 2.0-litre four-cylinder unit has been adopted from the TTS, and delivers its specially tuned 256PS output at 6,000rpm, and its punchy 350Nm torque peak between 2,500 and 4,500rpm. It enables the A1 quattro to power from rest to 62mph in 5.7 seconds and on to a top speed of 152mph, while also returning up to 32.8mpg according to the combined cycle test.

According to Rami Joudi from Audi Middle East, no Audi A1 Quattro models are planned for the Middle East region, and consequently probably also no units will be delivered to the North African markets.

TS
Ingolstadt - Cairo - Dubai
17.02.2012 (updated 20.02.2012)