The Audi A2 title is ready to return on the tailgate of a brand new electrical hatchback that may sit beneath the Audi This autumn e-tron when it comes to dimension and worth within the German luxurious marque’s lineup.
Based on Autocar, the brand new electrical hatch will substitute the A1 hatchback and Q2 small SUV – each of that are scheduled to finish manufacturing in 2026 – and be badged because the ‘Audi A2 e-tron’.
The automaker has not formally introduced the brand new electrical automobile (EV), and there’s no affirmation will probably be supplied in Australian showrooms following its anticipated 2027 European launch.
A closely disguised check mule, considered the A2 e-tron, has been spied lapping the well-known Nurburgring circuit in Germany on a number of events.
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Based mostly on the identical underpinnings because the Volkswagen ID.3 electrical hatch – not bought in Australia – the A2 e-tron is not going to be a traditional hatchback, in keeping with Autocar, as an alternative blurring the traces between a hatch and a small SUV.
For the ID.3, the Volkswagen Group MEB platform – additionally utilized by the Cupra Born electrical hatch and the Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.5 mid-size electrical SUVs – has a 400V electrical system and a single electrical motor driving the rear wheels, with outputs starting from 125kW as much as 210kW for the GTX efficiency flagship.
Battery sizes within the ID.3 vary between 58kWh and 79kWh, delivering as much as 595km of WLTP driving vary.
Begin pricing for the born-again Audi A2 is recommended to be round £30,000 ($A58,500), or barely greater than the present Q2, which is priced from round £28,000 ($A54,680) within the UK, however considerably lower than the bigger Audi This autumn e-tron, which has a UK beginning worth of round £47,000 ($A91,784).
In Australia, the Q2 is presently priced from $49,400 earlier than on-road prices, whereas the This autumn e-tron begins at $84,900 earlier than on-roads.
The unique Audi A2 was a cutting-edge, ultra-efficient city hatch bought in Europe, with 176,377 made between 1999 and 2005, nevertheless it was by no means formally bought in Australia.
The diminutive hatch measured 3.83m lengthy, 1.67m and 1.55m tall, and its wind-cheating aerodynamic physique was created from weight-saving aluminium, making it one among a number of fuel-efficient metropolis automobiles developed for the European market in its day.
Its 1.2-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel powered hatch achieved an official mixed determine consumption determine of simply 2.9L/100km, making the unique A2 essentially the most fuel-efficient five-door manufacturing automobile on the time. A 1.4-litre diesel was additionally supplied, in addition to 1.4- and 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol engines.
Different efficiency-focused fashions on the time included the Volkswagen Lupo and, later, the wild-looking Volkswagen XL1 hypermiler – neither of which have been bought in Australia – which was formally classed as a ‘one-litre’ automobile with claimed consumption of simply 0.9L/100km.
A ‘one-litre’ analysis model of the primary A2 was additionally developed, although it by no means entered manufacturing.
