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• Paris Leakage: Audi A1 Sportback Concept

  Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Paris Motor Show , Hatchbacks , Audi Click above for gallery of the Audi A1 Sportback Concept We'll start our live coverage of the Paris Motor Show in the wee hours of tomorrow morning, but in the meantime the embargo dam at Audi has broken a bit early and released some interesting details along with a few images of the new A1 Sportback Concept. Hinted at by the Metroproject concept from Tokyo, the new A1 is a bit shorter than the A3, which is currently the smallest member of the Ingolstadt family tree, and aims to fill the premium small car niche that is currently dominated by the MINI Cooper. The Sportback's ace-in-the-hole may be its five door body-style, offering up a dose of practicality not found in the standard BMW-based MINI. Don't expect too many styling changes to be made before the new A1 is released in Europe as an '09 model. The concept sports what appears to be a new mild hybrid powertrain with a 150-horsepower 1.4L TSI engine... Posted Oct 01 2008, 04:28 AM by Autoblog Filed under: Audi, Hatchbacks, Hybrids/Alternative, breaking, audi a1, AudiA1, Paris Motor Show, paris, ParisMotorShow, paris 2008, Paris2008, paris motor show 2008, ParisMotorShow2008, AudiA1Sportback, audi a1 sportback, AudiA1SportbackConcept, audi a1 sportback concept