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Audi A1 to enter series production in Oct., no plans for stateside sales

The head of Audi’s Brussels plant, Alfons Dintner, said that series production of the Audi A1 will begin in October of this year. The production model will make its debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, after which Audi will begin taking orders.
Dintner said that Audi will close its Brussels plant for five weeks in [...]

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Audi longs to join compact-luxury sedan in U.S., but feels brand isn’t ready yet

Audi executives have been playing the on-and-off again game with the Audi A1 compact car for quite some time now. Back in October 2008, Audi’s sales and marketing boss, Peter Schwarzenbauer, said that the automaker is reconsidering the A1 for the United States.
Now, Schwarzenbauer told Automotive News at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show that while Audi [...]

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Audi Q3 still two years away, Q1, A1 and S1 in the pipeline

Audi’s Q5 will arrive in the U.S. early next year. That will be followed by an even smaller crossover badged the Q3. No official details have been released yet, but according Michael Dick, Audi’s member of the board of management for technical development, the smaller Q is still two years out.
The smallest Q, known as [...]

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Live from Paris 2008: Audi A1 Sportback concept gets 62 miles of zero emissions

Audi held the world premiere for its new Audi A1 Sportback concept earlier this morning at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. Based on the Audi A1 quattro seen at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show, the A1 Sportback gives us a first look at what a five-door version of the A1 will look like when it [...]

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Audi A1 Sportback concept: 5-door A1 shown at Paris

Audi has released photos and details of the Audi A1 Sportback prior to its official launch at the 2008 Paris Motor Show starting tomorrow. Based on the three-door Audi A1 project quattro shown in 2007, the Audi A1 Sportback is a five-door, four-seater subcompact.
The Audi A1 Sportback measures just 3.99 meters long (13.09 ft) and 1.75 meters [...]

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