Model reviewed: Three-door hatchback range
Score: 6 / 10
“The Audi A1 boasted styling that distilled the sharp, sophisticated notes of the brand’s larger models into a deeply desirable yet smaller package.”
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Model reviewed: Sportback range
Score: 6 / 10
“The Audi A1 Sportback is a small car with limited practicality, but an extra set of rear doors makes it a feasible option for families with small children. It features a wide range of diesel and petrol engines, all turbocharged and with stop-start.”
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Model reviewed: Sportback S Line range
Score: 8 / 10
“Audi’s A1 S line supermini packs good looks, great quality and excellent refinement into a compact body.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door hatchback range
Score: 8 / 10
“Audi A1 facelift is subtle, but tweaks make it better value.”
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Model reviewed: 1.4-litre petrol manual
Score: 8 / 10
“Powerful enough for every eventuality and whisper-quiet, this higher-powered 1.4 TFSI is a great match for the Audi A1’s sophisticated character.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door hatchback range
Score: 3.9 / 10
“The Audi A1 is an upmarket supermini designed to appeal to style-conscious buyers who might otherwise choose a Mini or Citroen DS3. It’s well-equipped, efficient and great fun to drive.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door hatchback range
Score: 8.6 / 10
“The Audi A1 is an upmarket supermini designed to appeal to style-conscious buyers who might otherwise choose a Mini or Citroen DS3. It’s well-equipped, efficient and great to drive.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door hatchback range
Score: 8 / 10
“The Audi A1 is a stylish and competent supermini, if a little expensive.”
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Model reviewed: 1.6-litre diesel manual Sportback
“Like the normal Audi A1, but with rear doors. Diesel is still the least likeable of the range.”
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Model reviewed: 1.4-litre petrol manual three-door hatchback
“What you get with the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI is a quick and mature supermini with a comfortable, high quality interior, ‘big car’ refinement – and a ‘big car’ price to match.”
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Model reviewed: 1.6-litre diesel manual three-door hatchback
Score: 8 / 10
“The 1.6 diesel is powerful enough for Audi’s smallest model, certainly avoiding the impression of being a low-emission focused car, although the harsh ride of the S-line model in particular will be too much for some drivers.”
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Model reviewed: 1.6-litre diesel manual Sportback
Score: 8 / 10
“Though this is the most practical Audi A1, this still isn’t a supermini you’ll buy because of its utility – the major showroom draws here are the badge, the chic styling, and the best small car interior, bar none.”
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Model reviewed: 1.4 TFSI (2010)
Score: 8 / 10
“It’s hard to see the Audi A1 being anything other than a runaway success. There’s nothing revolutionary about it but it looks good and is beautifully put together and promises Mini-beating residuals and great economy.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door hatchback
Score: 8 / 10
“Coupled with its cosy interior, snug dimensions and rather unconventional engine line-up (for a supermini that is), the Audi A1 gives those who are in the market for a Volkswagen Polo or MINI Hatch something a little different to mull over.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door range
Score: 7 / 10
“The Audi A1 is a small car with many qualities that remind us of larger, more expensive models”
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Model reviewed: Sportback range
Score: 7 / 10
“The Audi A1 Sportback is the more practical, five-door version of the three-door Audi A1. It’s slightly easier to live with, but lacks some of the three-door version’s sleek looks – although a wide colour palette and customisation options helps soften that blow.”
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Model reviewed: Sportback range
Score: 7 / 10
“The Audi A1 Sportback has the build quality of a premium car in a small five-door hatchback body. It’s a worthy alternative to models such as the Mini 5-door, Volkswagen Polo and the trendy Fiat 500.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door hatchback range
Score: 7 / 10
“The Audi A1 has a lofty sticker price but low running costs and a premium badge make this a great premium city runabout.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door range overview
“The quality in the Audi A1 is all around you, from the soft touch materials to the excellent technology, the way the switches work so beautifully, and the performance.”
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Model reviewed: 1.4-litre petrol manual Competition Line
“Audi’s little firecracker may be the smallest in the luxury car maker’s range but it is hardly a shrinking violet.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door hatchback range
Score: 8 / 10
“The Audi A1 exhibits all the usual Audi traits, but lacks any real fun factor.”
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Model reviewed: 1.4-litre petrol manual Sportback Sport
Score: 7 / 10
“The Audi A1 Sportback 1.4 TFSI Sport looks good and the turbocharged petrol engine loves to be thrashed.”
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Model reviewed: 1.2-litre petrol manual SE three-door
Score: 9 / 10
“If you’re looking for a Mini-sized car but don’t want a Mini, then the Audi A1 offers a premium alternative option, and in 1.2-litre guise, it returns 55.4 mpg.”
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Model reviewed: Sportback range
Score: 8 / 10
“The extra pair of doors greatly improved the A1’s practicality as it was now a whole load easier for rear seat occupants to get in and out.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door range
Score: 8 / 10
“While the Audi A1 may have been a while in coming, it more than made up for it in the quality it offers.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door hatch range
Score: 8 / 10
“One of the most desirable small hatchbacks around, the Audi A1 does more than just trade on its badge. It’s a high quality, good to drive and refined car that is built to last.”
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Model reviewed: Sportback range
Score: 8 / 10
“Audi’s A1 Sportback rival for the Mini, Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Polo may have been a while in arriving after the launch of the three-door A1, but it was worth the wait for its greater practicality.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
“Blink and you’ll miss the changes to Audi’s 2015 A1 range – but major changes weren’t needed.”
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Model reviewed: Sportback range
Score: 8.2 / 10
“There are plenty of reasons to like the Audi A1 Sportback: it has five doors making it a more practical choice over the standard A1 hatchback, while it’s still one of the most premium-feeling cars in this sector.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door range
Score: 8 / 10
“The desirable Audi A1 is the premium supermini choice.”
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Model reviewed: Three-door hatchback range
Score: 8 / 10
“The Audi A1 provides a classy supermini alternative to the Mini and Alfa Mito.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“The Audi A1 is great to drive, and feels like a truly upmarket small car; but you don’t get a lot of toys for your money, and it’s quite cramped inside.”
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Model reviewed: 1.2-litre petrol manual Sportback
Score: 7 / 10
“Those looking for a classy, comfortable and luxurious city car will think it’s a lovely thing. Sadly though, the drive lets it down.”
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Model reviewed: Sportback range
Score: 8 / 10
“The Audi A1 is a car that combines desirability and ability alongside frugal financials.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
“If you’re not attracted by the brazen style of the Mini, Audi’s A1 offers a haven of understatement – and a feeling of unparalleled quality in the small car sector. It’s very refined to drive, too, if not the most practical car in the class.”
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