Imodeli yokungena ekunikezelweni kwegama leprimiyamu yaseJamani i-Audi, i Audi A1 kwesi sizukulwana sitsha inomzimba oneminyango emihlanu kuphela, izihlalo ezihlanu kunye neenjini zepetroli ezicwengileyo. Kodwa… kuthekani ukuba bekungenjalo?
Ngexesha apho umakhi weendandatho ezine esanda kutyhila esinye isizukulwana, ngokusekelwe kwiqonga elifanayo le-MQB A0 elisetyenziswe yiVolkswagen Polo kunye ne-SEAT Ibiza, kwaye oko kwavumela ukuba imodeli yaseJamani ikhule ngobude, i-X-Tomi eyaziwayo. Uyilo lugqibe ekubeni yenze usapho olunye lwe-A1. Yenziwe ngehatchback (A1 Sedan), iveni (A1 Avant), i-offroad variant (A1 Allroad), kunye neenguqulelo ezimbini zeempawu zesportier: iRS1 kunye neRS1 Clubsport Quattro.
Kwaye ukuba, kwimeko ye-A1 Sedan, i-A1 Avant kunye ne-A1 Allroad, ukutshintshela kwayo kwimveliso kunokufumana inkcazo kungekuphela nje kwingqiqo, kodwa nakwiindleko eziphantsi zokuguqulwa, kuba i-offroad version ingayi kubandakanya ubugcisa obubizayo. Izisombululo, kodwa kuphela ikiti yobuhle, kwezinye, iimfuno ziya kuba, ngokunyanzeliswa, zikhulu.
Ngoko ke, kwaye kwimeko ye-Audi RS1, isisombululo esicetyiswa ngu-X-Tomi sibandakanya ukusetyenziswa kwe-cylinder emine 2.0 TFSI, enegunya elijikeleze i-300 hp, idluliselwe kumavili amane, ubuncinane be-18 intshi. Kwaye oko kunokunceda imodeli ukuba ikhuphisane ne-Audi S3 enkulu.
Ngokuphathelele i-Audi RS1 Clubsport Quattro, iya kuba luhlelo ngokutsha lwesindululo ebesele yinxalenye yonikezelo lwe-brand-ring-ring kwaye apho kuphela iiyunithi ezingama-333 zaveliswa, phakathi kuka-2012 no-2013. Kwaye, ngobuhle obuphefumlelweyo. nge-80s, kunye namavili amhlophe afanayo, i-spoiler yangasemva enesisa, kunye ne-inlays ye-bodywork emnyama nebomvu, iya kuba ne-2.0 TFSI efanayo ne-S1 - okanye i-RS1! - nangona i-debhiting "kuphela" i-256 hp yamandla.
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