According to the latest reports from the German magazine Autobild, it appears that the upcoming Audi A1, the car which will take on the Mini Cooper, will not be offered with the famous quattro all-wheel drive system. Why? Well, sincer the Volkswagen Polo is so popular without the AWD system, why should’t the A1 follow the same path?

But, there is some good news though: the sport version of the A1, the S1 will receive the quattro all-wheel drive system. The new S1 will carry around 180 hp and with the AWD system installed will be capable to sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in just 6.9 seconds while the top speed will be limited at 227 km/h. The debut of the Audi A1 will be made in March at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, while the S1 is expected to debut in February 2011.

[source autoblog via autobild]

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