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AI GeneratedSam from the CarCo YouTube channel reviews the Audi A1 Black Edition, a premium supermini soon to be discontinued. Despite its age, the A1 is praised for its timeless design, high-end interior, and nimble performance. Positioned as a stylish, high-quality alternative to the VW Polo, it offers a blend of urban practicality and premium branding with strong value retention.
It's very nippy.
Hello everyone and welcome to the CarCo YouTube channel. If you're new here,
my name's Sam. Today I'm checking out this, the Audi A1, which is essentially Audi's posh polo.
It is available new, but not for long. They are discontinuing the A1 very shortly,
so we're going to give it a final farewell. Firstly, a huge thanks to Lake District Audi
for making this video possible, to Stephen, the sales manager, and also to Reece. Keep
watching to the end to find out, should you still buy an Audi A1 in 2026?
Now this one is the Black Edition top of the range model. So it starts off with the Sport,
then you've got S-Line, and then at the top you've got the Black Edition. So there's three
trims to choose from, which makes it very simplistic. The Black Edition actually currently
is the most popular model, believe it or not, even if it is the most priciest option.
It also kind of makes the most sense because it gives you the most premium Audi feel,
and if you wanted a similar, cheaper car, you could just go for the Volkswagen Polo. So,
if you're going for the Audi, you may as well go all out, which seems to be
how customers are choosing their A1. It's hard to believe that this car was released over seven
years ago. Look at the design. I think Audi had a crystal ball when they were designing this car,
and it's not had any major facelift or update since it hit UK roads in November 2018.
That's not a bad thing though. It still looks so fresh in 2026, which just shows how well
designed this little car is. So the front of the A1, it was a little bit controversial when
it first launched actually, but I think most people really like the design, and that's me
included. I think it looks great. You've got this large hexagonal Audi grille, which they're known
for. Black Edition also brings out the blacked-out Audi badge, which does look sleeker and kind of
sportier. However, I quite like the contrast of the silver badges for a bit more of that pop,
but if you like a stealthy look, you'll definitely like these. Let's talk about the
So you get LED headlights as standard across the range in the UK on the A1, with this really
lovely LED daytime running light signature. You can't customise them like the newer,
more advanced Audi models, but that doesn't matter. It's simple and it works. It looks
really good, and the full LEDs are standard as well, so that's great to see. So you can see
there, full LEDs are standard. They're not the matrix LEDs that you get on some higher-end
Audis, but they are full LEDs, and they do a great job of brightening the road up. You also
do have auto high beam, so that's a great feature. To the side, the A1 is also so well-proportioned
that you don't actually realise how small it is. It's actually 4.029 metres long, a few centimetres
shorter than a Volkswagen Polo, and if you're comparing it to the next biggest Audi, the A3,
which will soon be the smallest in Audi's range, the A3 is over 30 centimetres longer than the A1,
so that's quite a bit bigger, isn't it? If, of course, you did want a small car that offers more
practicality for a similar price, you could check out the Skoda Fabia, but then the A1 focuses on
style. I knew what I'd rather drive around in. Maybe that's a bit of badge snobbery. Now,
this is actually built alongside the SEAT Ibiza in Spain. They used to be built in Brussels,
the first generation. The second gen are all built in Spain, which actually has helped this car be
quite easily available, more so than the Polo, which is made in South Africa. Quite interesting.
Are built in different places, and it's also interesting that this is a tiny bit smaller
than the Polo. And how about alloys offered on the A1? Well, they range between 16 and 18 inches.
As standard on the Sport model, you get these 16-inch turbine alloy wheels in silver,
and, of course, being 16s, you get a chunky, decent sidewall, so you have a really smooth
suspension. You can upgrade them for £275 for the straight-spoke, 10-spoke wheels, but I just
don't think they look as interesting as the standard turbine. Last but not least, on Sport,
you can upgrade to 17-inch wheels with the five-arm star design for £825. So not the cheapest,
but they do definitely set the look of the car off. Having that slightly bigger alloy looks great.
Going up to S-line, as standard, you get these two-tone diamond-cut grey alloy wheels, 17 inches,
which do look great and suit the car well. Or you can upgrade them for £525 for a sportier look for
the five-arm S-line alloys, which do look really good. Last but not least, then, going up to Black
Edition, as standard, you get these 18-inch diamond-cut black and silver alloy wheels. These have been
on the A1 for quite a while, but they do definitely look quite cool on the car. My favourites, though,
are the £275 option of these, the five-arm Y-spoke design alloys in the grey tinted gloss. I think
these look so sporty. I've seen a lot of A1s have been spec'd with these wheels as well, so if you
do go for a Black Edition, I'd definitely recommend going for these alloys. What's really nice to see
from Audis on the Q3, you can get the calipers in red, and that looks fantastic. Whilst you can't get
red calipers directly from Audi for your A1, you could get these sprayed anywhere, and I think it
would definitely set the look of the car off, but these are definitely my favourite alloys by far.
I think they look fantastic. Being 18s, of course, you do have more of a low-profile tyre, so a bit
more of a firm ride, but we'll move on to that into the driving segment. As you can see, these
are wrapped in Bridgestone Tyranza tyres, which are some of the best tyres on the market at the moment,
which is great to see. And how about colours on the A1? As standard, Sport and S-Line bring you the
Shell White Solid paintwork. I'd definitely opt for one of the metallic paintworks, which are £575.
This is the Navara Blue, which is a lovely deep navy blue. I think it looks so classy on the car,
and it's definitely one of my favourites. The Black Edition brings a black contrast roof as standard,
however, you can opt for it on the lower trims for £425, and it does look really good on the car, so
would definitely be something worth considering. You have plenty of colours to choose from.
You've got Glacier White, Mythos Black, Progressive Red, if you want something a little bit more
out there. District Green, very fitting for the Lake District. Kronos Grey, which is a dark grey
metallic with kind of a slight green hint in it, so that's quite nice. One of my favourites, which is
the Arrow Grey Pearl. It's got kind of a slightly bluey hint to it. It's really nice. It's a light
grey colour. You've also got the Dew Silver. That's one of my favourites as well. It's kind of a tungsten
silver, so it's a warmer silver colour. That's really nice. That's actually the standard colour
that you get on the Black Edition, so a really great look on the vehicle actually. That's probably
one of the most popular colours I've seen on the car as well. Unfortunately, they have got rid of
the Python Yellow, which is my favourite, so was the Tayoman Green, which is available at the start
of the A1. I really like those funky colours, however, you can still get a Python Yellow on
the A3, which is a really lovely car one day. So, plenty of colours there. Like I say, I would have
liked to see some more out there colours. Audi have gone for a very sophisticated, clean look with the
A1, and you still have some nice colours available rather than just black and white and grey. You can
have a blue, a red or a green, which makes things a little bit more interesting. To the rear, the A1
still looks so good as well. You've got the LED rear taillight as standard. Black Edition gives
you the Blacked Out badge again and the Blacked Out Audi logo. The design of this car did not
mess about. Some called it overstyled when it first came out, but like I say, it's really stood the
test of time, and it still looks so fresh to this day. So, they have done a fantastic job with this
car, and this hasn't received a big facelift, which is great to see, and it just didn't need one.
As you can see, you've got rear sensors. This car's got the Technology Pack, which includes the rear
camera and Sonos sound system, as well as heated front seats. That's £1,295, which isn't bad value.
You can also get the Technology Pack Pro, which adds things like the central armrest and a few
extra features, which is all nice to have, but of course, does add extra to the list price. But yeah,
to the rear, it looks good as ever. And obviously, you get the sequential style sweeping indicators on
the Audi. Of course you do. This is what you're paying a little bit extra for, but these premium
features all add up actually, making the car more attractive than the more affordable counterparts.
To the front, not quite as cool. You don't have a sweeping style, but it's still really obvious,
so that's good. Just so nice to see proper indicators at the front and the rear,
rather than tiny little ones that we see on quite a lot of modern cars.
Let's take a quick look under the bonnet and see what engines you can get in the A1,
because it's not as simple as just one motor, which is actually quite good.
So a choice of one litres to a 1.5 litre turbo petrol is available. As standard across the range,
you get the TFSI 25 engine, which is the 95 PS, 94 brake horsepower, one litre turbocharged petrol,
which you can have with a five-speed manual or the seven-speed DSG. I'd avoid that one,
I'd get the more powerful one litre 116 PS, 114 brake horsepower, with a higher 200 newton metres
of torque. That's definitely going to feel much nippier and much happier. In the manual model,
that gives you six gears as well, which is better for motorway cruising etc, and that's actually an
engine not offered on the Polo. You can't get the more powerful one litre on the Polo with a manual,
you have to get it with an auto, so the Audi actually wins if you want a manual with a
slightly higher output. Last but not least, you can get the 35 TFSI, and this is what's fitted
in this one. It's the 1.5 TFSI turbocharged petrol engine, producing 148 brake horsepower and 250
newton metres of torque, getting you from 0-62 in as little as 8.1 seconds. So really, this is a little
bit of a hot hatch, it's pretty cool. This of course is four cylinders as well instead of three
cylinders, so it'll be happier at motorway speeds, cruising etc, and it has a tiny bit of mild
hybrid tech, not much, but it's nice to see on the cars. Unfortunately, you can't have the 1.5 with the
manual. They did offer it for a very short time a few years ago, but not currently. But this is going
to be the most popular engine actually at the moment in this black edition. This does mean it
is way north of £30,000, but then if you actually think about it, it's an Audi. Top loaded is pretty
good. So yeah, this is the top engine and definitely gives you the best performance. Audi claim this
does up to 49 miles per gallon, which isn't actually too bad, is it? The bonnet is not on
hydraulics, it's just a normal strut, but it is pretty lightweight, so that is good. What's quite
interesting with the A1 is it is a classic key in the ignition, even on this top step model. I
actually don't mind that because then I don't lose the key, so I actually think that's a bonus
point. It's quite nice to have that old school feel of a proper key. So let's take the A1 for a
spin. I have been driving this for a little bit already and it's a really nice car to drive
actually, unsurprisingly. It's based on the MQB A0 platform, so the same platform of the Polo,
the Volkswagen T-Cross as well, and the Volkswagen Taygo, Skoda Fabia, so all of those smaller
Volkswagen Group cars. Okay, we're getting on the faster road now. This has got the 35 TFSI 1.5 litre
turbo petrol, the 148 brake horsepower, that means it's very nippy and actually quite a lot of fun to
drive. It's actually the same engine that they use in the new Skoda Fabia 130, which is kind of a
hot hatch in a way. It is more of an upgraded in power, it's like 174, whereas this is 148, but it
still feels very nippy. 0-62 in this car is just 8.1 seconds, which is very impressive. The fastest
1 litre does 0-62 in 9.8 seconds, which still is pretty nippy, and then the slowest 1 litre 11
seconds, which is a bit slow. So I'd definitely avoid that one. It's quite interesting that you
could get that base engine on this Black Edition car. At least all of them are turbocharged, that's
great to see. Unlike on the Polo, where you can still actually get an MPI engine, which is just a
naturally aspirated 1 litre, and that's just a bit gutless, you'd always go for a TFSI.
Definitely, and I think on this car, definitely go for the higher output 114 brake horsepower model,
or if you can stretch to it, this 1.5 TFSI. It has got a little bit of mild hybrid tech as well, so when
you put your foot on the brake, it helps the start-stop system a lot more. As you can see, it stops
by itself there, and it can. Now, you can have your live miles per gallon here as well, which is quite
good. As you see, when you come off and it's coasting, it goes into the max mode here, which means it's
recharging the small battery. So it's a very mild hybrid system. In fact, Audi doesn't really even
advertise this as a mild hybrid, because it is so mild, the hybrid system. It doesn't feature any
regen braking either, like what you get on the Ford mild hybrids, but it does help your start-stop
system, and it means it's more readily available, the air conditioning, things like that. Of course,
the A3 does have the option of a plug-in hybrid, so if you are a company car driver, that would make
a lot of sense, and it also now has the really great range of like 70 plus miles. If you want to
watch my video on the A3 plug-in hybrid, you can click up there. This one is a little bit more
old-school with the proper handbrake. It would have been nice to see them put an electronic
handbrake on, maybe even if they did it just for the automatic models like what we see Kia do,
that would be great to see. Now this one's got the seven-speed S-Tronic dual-clutch automatic
transmission, which is very smooth actually. Slower speeds occasionally can feel a little bit jerky
off the line, but it's generally pretty slick actually, and one of the best autos out there,
easy to drive and live with. It does feel definitely nippier, this engine in this car, than it does in
the Golf or an A3. When you put your foot on the brake and come to a stop, the engine just turns
on this stop-start. The seven-speed S-Tronic is really smooth and slick as you expect,
so that's great. Sometimes when you are wanting it to slow down quite quick, it can feel a little
bit like it's deciding what to do, but most of the time it's pretty good and very seamless.
Because it's got dual-clutch, it's always setting up the next gear ready to change, so that means
that it can do the changes faster than most normal autos, and it doesn't use that much more
petrol than what a manual would. This handles very well in the corners on the 18s. On this
Black Edition, the S-Line will also handle very well. If you did want a smoother, softer ride,
the 17s on the S-Line are going to provide that, and the 16s furthermore on the Sport model.
Probably 17s are the sweet spot for this car, but if you get a Black Edition, you have to have 18s.
Honestly though, I think you'll be pretty happy with these 18s on this car,
because it's not as firm as what I would have thought. It feels very similar to the 17s on
my Golf actually, and for 18s I would have expected a firmer ride, but it's really not bad.
Visibility is great out of this car, thanks to the boxier shape. You've got really nice big windows,
it's not restricted at all. There's actually a better view out the back than some small SUVs,
like the Nissan Juke for example. I'm going to show you the performance of this car now, because
it's pretty impressive with the 1.5. It feels even nippier with the DSG I find, even though
technically this would be more nippy with the manual. You've got the paddles to change the
gears manually should you wish, which is pretty good, and you can have a bit of fun, and it gives
you greater control as well, so it's really nice to see that. Or you can of course knock the shifter
to the side and shift through the gears like so, where essentially it's a semi-automatic.
It's kind of like you're changing gear without having a clutch basically. So that is good,
but it's not the same as a proper manual. Most people now prefer the convenience that an auto
provides. You might see the display flashing on the camera, but it's not in real life,
it's just how the camera picks it up. Now we're cruising nearly 70, how is it? Well you get more
tyre noise than you'd get with a smaller wheel, but this has got the technology pack, so that
includes the Sonos sound system, which is really decent. So when I had my tunes on, that did not
bother me at all, it was just really nice. So yeah, it could do a good motorway cruiser. The
A3 is going to feel a little bit more refined than this, so that's something worth considering.
It has more premium materials as well, so it soaks up the sound a bit better. But then this is smaller
and more affordable than the A3, and by no means is it unrefined on the move, it's just not quite
as quiet as the larger Volkswagen Group models. It's very planted, so that is good. Unfortunately
you don't get adaptive cruise control, the A3 gets a standard. I like that you see the indicators
in the little, like they have a little cutout where you can see the indicator in the mirror,
that's a really handy feature. Blind spot monitoring though isn't standard on any trim,
you do have to pay over £300 for it. It's a good feature to have definitely, but it would have been
nice to see it included on S line for example and above, that would have been great. This car's
really nimble and easy to manoeuvre around town, which is good. Like I say, it's a lot shorter
than an A3. In terms of width, including the mirrors, it's about 5cm narrower than an A3 or
equivalent Volkswagen Golf that's next segment up. So that actually does help, it might not sound
like a lot, but obviously like 2cm each side does help for really tight spaces or country roads.
Gives you a little bit more confidence, especially when lots of cars are growing bigger and bigger.
I love the steering wheel, it's really easy to hold, it's got the perforated leather on S line
so the power on this thing is pretty good. You're able to do things like that pretty fast,
which is good. It gives you a lot of confidence, it works well in this car. I'm going to go on a
twisty road as well and see how it is. Motorway speeds, it deals with things fine. It's not quite
as refined as the A3 and these A-teens make the ride a bit firmer, but it's not uncomfortable by
any means. These seats are quite supportive. Again, the A3 is a little bit more comfortable.
Some things that the A3 gets a standard that the A1 doesn't is an armrest, adaptive cruise control
and the navigation built-in loaded. You have to pay extra for the navigation license on this,
which feels a little bit cheeky from Audi. Luckily the brand is moving away more so from
being a bit stingier with options, so that is nice to see. So there's not many options that you can
tick from anymore, which is good. It makes the buying process much easier and it makes it easier
to buy a used model. I would be happy doing a long journey in the A1, definitely. It's a nice
little car. It's not miles away from an A3 or a Golf, to be honest. And the higher the spec,
the nicer it is. Audi's premium appeal and styling means the A1 is highly sought after
and that is great news if you're holding on to one of these or selling it, in fact,
because they keep their value so well. So yeah, you can get a much more practical larger car for
the same money, but that's not really what the A1 is aiming to do. It's aiming to be a smaller,
more niche car. Many super minis are getting harder to get hold of. For example, the Fiesta
went a couple of years ago now, so there's not as many options out there to choose from. You've of
course got the Vauxhall Corsa, which continues to be a very popular choice, but to me it's not that
attractive or appealing and it doesn't offer the street cred of this Audi A1. You've also got hybrid
models, which are well worth considering if you are doing a lot of town and city driving, like the
Honda Jazz or Toyota Yaris. Actually, a car that I tested recently, which is not actually too far off
the price of this car, was the Toyota Aygo Cross. That was also very fun to drive, but doesn't feel
anywhere near as premium. If you want to check out my video on that, you can click up there.
It makes a lot less fuss picking up speed than a hybrid model, which will make a bit of a grunt,
the Aygo Cross was a bit like that recently as well, so this is nice. It's definitely the high
end of a small car. The one litres, of course, you have to push a little bit harder,
but they're still quite nippy, especially the higher output. As you can see, I've averaged 45.7
miles per gallon. That's pretty good actually, and I've not been driving it really delicately.
When I drive it carefully, I can get over 50 miles per gallon. Got a few drive modes. You've
got efficiency, auto, dynamic, and individual. In individual, you can change how you want the
steering and the drive system to be. If you put dynamic steering on, it becomes a little bit
weightier actually. That's quite nice. It's not artificially super heavy, but it just is a little
bit more stable, so that's quite good. Then you can put the drive system on efficient if you want.
Balanced is the normal drive mode though. If I pop it on dynamic though, that's our sport mode,
and we can have a bit of fun. Let's do that. Feels even more torquey in dynamic mode as well,
and your gears change to S for sport rather than D for drive. It feels very rapid actually.
If you do have a little bit of that need for speed, I think you will really like the 1.5.
It's definitely worth going for. This is good fun. It handles so well, doesn't roll much in the corners,
and you can have quite a blast in this car actually. I do like the steering in dynamic
because it weightens up a little bit just to make it a bit more direct and sportier again.
We're back in town now. I can put it in efficiency mode. It's more chill. So yeah, it can be efficient
and definitely can be fun, the A1. It's quite interesting having an old-school handbrake.
I feel like it could have done with electric handbrake. That would have been nice.
That is standard on an A3. What's it like inside the A1? Well, actually, surprisingly,
they're very similar regardless of the specs you go for. As standard, you get this 10.1-inch central
touchscreen and the 10.25-inch digital dials now, which look really good. They're very crisp and
make the car feel nice and modern. I really like where the screen is placed as well. It's not
sticking out the top of the dash like we see from so many cars now, and it is facing clearly towards
the driver, which is nice, and it's very easy to control. As you can see here, these are the 10.25-inch
digital dials, which you get as standard, and the 10.1-inch central touchscreen. You do have Apple
CarPlay and Android Auto as standard, which is great. However, if you do want the Audi built-in
navigation, you can pay extra to unlock it, or it is standard in the Technology Pack Pro. Front and
rear sensors include in the Tech Pack. All A1s come with rear sensors as standard, but not the
front sensors. You've got to go for the Tech Pack for that. You do have the rear camera. Really nice.
It's such a good quality camera, and these guidelines actually work very well on this one,
so you can see exactly where the lines are and get into the space very easily. The front and
rear sensors do the job, though, on this Tech Pack. Perfect. It's really great. As you can see, climate
controls are old-school Audi, but in the best way. So easy. That's your fan speed. This is your
temperature, and then this is where you want the air to be. The Tech Pack Pro does add dual-zone
climate control as well, whereas this has just got the single zone. But you do have the heated front
seats in the normal Tech Pack, which is really nice. Really nice to have heated front seats on the car.
Adds extra level of luxury for sure. You've got your parking sensors here to turn on and off, and
your drive select mode is just here. Auto, Efficient, Dynamic, Individual, and Efficiency. Generally, I
leave it in Efficiency to get the best miles per gallon. You can get closer to 50 in Efficiency,
and then you're more in the mid-40s when you're driving in Dynamic. Just depends how you drive it,
but it is nice that this car offers the power to do that and have a bit of fun with it,
as well as being relatively efficient. You do have a proper handbrake, which is nice and
leather-wrapped, but it would be nice to have an electronic handbrake like we do see on the A3.
I like this silver section on the dash. It makes it a bit brighter, more interesting for sure.
So that's nice. It's not so dull in here. It's not the most exciting. Could be more interesting,
but it's not too bad. And they've not gone crazy with gloss black. On lots of the more recent Audi
models, they've put gloss black all down the centre console, but this one is just in this matte grey,
which looks a lot better. As I say, I really like this leather-wrapped steering wheel,
the flat bottom. It looks great. Dash is nice quality. There is cheaper plastics on the doors,
very similar to the SEAT Ibiza, which is built on the same production line as. But then you've
got the Audi badge, and you've got more premium feel. This is your gear selector for the automatic
S tronic. I think it looks a little bit bulky than it needs to. For an auto transmission,
it doesn't need to be that big. It doesn't feel too dated in here though at all. It's pretty nice.
It's kind of similar to an Audi e-tron GT in here, which is kind of crazy because that car's like
four times more expensive than this. So that's quite cool. Now seats on the A1 are really good
quality and very comfortable because they're the sport seats as standard. On sport, you get the
full cloth. Going up to S line and black edition, these are the standard seats with the cloth in the
middle and the leatherette. They're really comfortable and they look great. They're very
classic Audi. They can upgrade them for £600 S line and black edition for the Dominica insert,
which is that suede Alcantara fabric, which I really like as well. That adds an extra touch
of class to the car, definitely. But these are great, really nice and comfortable. They're much
more comfortable than the standard seats that you find on the Polo, especially the Polo Life,
which are flat. So these are much better. You have to go to a higher spec Polo R line to get
the same sort of seats. A1 is Audi's smallest car. But how is the practicality? Well, you have a
surprisingly quite a good size boot. So the boot is 335 litres. So while that's not as big as the
351 on the Polo or as a 380 on the related Fabia, it's still a pretty decent size. It's much bigger
than the 278 litre boot you get on a five door Mini Cooper, for example. And you can see it's
As standard as well, you do get this false floor and you can see under there plenty more space.
With the Sonos sound system, you do have the subwoofer down here in the boot,
but there's still plenty of space down there, which is really nice to see.
That is quite practical. Enough space down there for floor mats. So that's great. In my Golf,
I've got enough space for everything down there as well, which is good and you can keep it out
the way. So that's great. Yeah, honestly, not too bad. You do have to remember as well, like I say,
it's a few centimetres shorter than a Polo, so you're bound to lose a tiny bit of space,
but this is still fairly practical. The seats fold down 60-40 split, which is good. And they've got
very good quality seat backs as well. It's not completely flat, the load floor, but it's pretty
good. And that boxy shape does help. So you could put bigger items back here. Not quite as flexible
with the magic seats that you get on the Honda Jazz hybrids. So if you're looking for pure
practicality, that could definitely be a competitor worth checking out. All A1s are five doors and
doors open nice and wide, so easy to get in, easy to get car seats in as well. I'm about five foot
eight and this is my driving position. I've got loads of knee room and headroom is really quite
decent too. Not much smaller in the back then than what you get in an A3, so that's pretty good.
No central armrest though, unfortunately, which is something you do get in an A3. So
that's a little bit annoying, but should mean that the middle seat is more comfortable.
You do have your tunnel here in the middle. Let's sit in the middle seat, see how it is.
That's really good. Super squishy backrest as well and base, so that's great. It's actually
more comfortable, the middle seat of the A1 than the Golf and the A3. So actually,
although it's smaller, it is more comfortable if you regularly have three rear passengers. Of course,
it is a bit narrower, so you might be a bit tighter, but there's actually plenty of foot
room. So that's actually not bad at all. You do have ISOFIX points as well. However, they are
those ones that you might lose because the caps are just detachable, which isn't the best. And
also, disappointingly, no climate control or charging back here, which feels a little bit
lacklustre. You've also got no pockets on the backs of the seats. You do have a door pocket
though. Materials back here on the doors, again, are quite cheap. You don't have nice kind of
fabric like you do at the front. So yeah, it feels a bit like we're in the cheap seats back here,
but honestly, space is better than what I expected. So yeah, for families, I think the A1
could be relatively practical. Of course, at this price point, there is a larger, more practical
vehicles. But if you are just looking for that premium small car, you could still use the A1
as a family vehicle. What's also great to see is you do get ISOFIX points on the front passenger
seat as well. So that adds to practicality. Really nice to see this in the Volkswagen Group cars,
actually. So that is farewell to the Audi A1. It's definitely a shame that their entry-level
model is leaving the range, but I'm excited to see what Audi brings next, including the A2 e-tron,
which is going to be one of their smallest models. Of course, there's always the A3 in
the range as well. And like I say, plenty of A1s in stock. They're not just all going to disappear.
We've been very fond of this car in the UK, so there's going to be plenty of used examples out
there. Talking about that, these keep their value so well. So for PCP buyers, the monthly payments
may actually be more attractive than you'd expect due to the excellent residual values.
What's not so good about it? Well, there is some cheaper plastics here and there. Things like an
armrest isn't standard or adaptive cruise control. So all those little things can be a
little bit annoying. However, if you want something stylish, generally pretty quality
and pretty engaging to drive, especially if you go for this 1.5 TFSI engine, the A1 is still worth
considering and still a very attractive small car in 2026. I hope you enjoyed this video. Thanks
again to Lake District Audi for making this video possible. If you want to check out an A1 at Lake
District Audi, click the links in the description down below. Thank you for watching and I'll see
you in the next one.
