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Audi A1 TFSI - Click above for high-res image gallery
Audi surprised us all when it
took the wraps off its top-of-the-line A1 TFSI hatchback packing everything but the kitchen sink...and the S1 nameplate. The reason, according to reports, was that every S model in the company's history has featured Quattro all-wheel drive, but the PQ25 platform on which the A1 is based can't accommodate it. At least, not yet.
The UK's
Autocar now suggests, however, that a business case is being made inside the
Volkswagen Group to engineer the platform to accept the extra driveshaft. Doing so would allow for proper Quattro-driven S1, but that's not all. In order to justify the cost, the Volkswagen
Polo could get a couple of models driven on all fours, including a Polo R hot hatch to slot in above the Polo GTI and a
CrossPolo soft-roader with actual traction to back up its butch styling.
Gallery: Paris 2010: 2011 Audi A1 TFSI




Gallery: 2012 Volkswagen CrossPolo




Live photos copyright (C)2010 Damon Lavrinc / AOL
[Source:
Autocar]
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