2021 Audi A1 Review | Probably The World’s Best Runabout…Apart From One MASSIVE Problem 😲

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[allan]

I would go with the 35 as no-one seems to have a gearbox issue with anything above the 30.

[michaelporter]

Disappointed to hear about the gearbox. Wife and I both have Audis (A4 and A3) with DSG or s- tronic as they call it in Audi land. I presume we have different gearboxes to the one in the A1 as we find them fantastic and neither have been any trouble in 30, 000 miles each. We went s-tronic because we read that with the wet clutches using mineral oil, the DSG problems had been largely resolved and that has been our experience, touch wood.

[johnkellett]

So is the A1 now bigger than the A2 was, but with a smaller boot?

[predragantic]

You have drive select. Then you choose dynamic on the gearbox, gas and steering. Then everything get much better. But if chose comfort mode then the gearbox response very strange. Efficiency mode is worst. I never choose efficiency mode. You test drive the car but not in different mode why?

[idimidodjimi]

I think all manufacturers missed the point, except Fiat .
500 is the right size for a super mini .
Sure You have derivatives like 500x and 500l /XL but the basic one is still the best one even against its competition .
Reviewers usually put 500 against the Mini as they are both playing on a retro card, but Mini, as-well as the A1 are much larger - and don't get me on the point that Audi fail on one simple front, as did a Opel with its Adam, they really didn't have such heritage in a super-mini sector to evoke any emotions so that a perspective buyer goes in with heart first and maybe brain later.
Vag did try to play on the Beetle card which was nothing underneath except fat Golf - and they failed miserably, brand snobbery played its card on the VAG cause paid journalists were raving about VAG products so people bought in to them. I have yet to meet any of the new Beetle owners that they were not disappointment, and felt oversold on it by reviews - they pretty much got rid of the car as soon as possible.
First Mini it has its charm but its a bigger car - by quite a lot actually
The 500 is and excellent package for a second small car even if You have small children - sure its a pain a bit with 3 doors and getting in and out with child seats, but with a right engine its hell-of-alot-of-fun for such a small package. Twin Air 0.9 is really fit for this car no matter what others say. Its cheap to maintain, it rarely breaks or has any mayor issues. Door handles are known issue so You go trough a pair every 4 years. Fill the petrol and regular service and You are golden especially if You plan to have that car so Your wife can drive it without much hassle.
I know I sound like an advertisement at this point for that car, but having the option to pick and choose, and drive other offerings and especially on second hand market people are unaware how much VAG products deteriorate over time -all those fancy nobs and switches that reviewers talk about, they become gunky, black nobs for lights go white cause paint rubs off, its clattery and noisy and on top of that prices for parts are much more expensive for no obvious reason.
In my eyes A1 was looking descent but it had 0 emotions attached to it.
Maybe it makes sense for a brand-snob, not me sorry.

[saintetienne]

"Coming up in the show - so stick around" - seriously? It's only 14mins long and we clicked on it anyway . . .

[Silver-stzq]

New Clio is far cheaper with a 5 year warranty is great to drive and has good build quality also comes without that Audi image which is a bonus.

[jamesw]

Blame the Rover Streetwise for starting all that "Urban Jungle" claptrap!

[paulsmith]

Been watching you since the early HJ days. But the constant cutting into film clips and other attempts at ‘humour’ have become so distracting the car review is actually smothered by the editing.
You’re a good reviewer, you don’t need the gimmicks.

[matthewsmith]

I have seen one, they are quite nice cars.

[eamonnmcdermott]

RELIABILITY is the biggest issue with all modern day audis not to mention the ridiculous pricing. No thanks!!

[markusdahmann]

Sorry to be late, mate! Saw Your vid's on another device and did not "lock in", so ...

Not only should every customer be warned of dry clutch dsgs but also should be strengthened more than You did: the plastics inside feel exactly like in a Dacia. For 1/3 of the price.

I cannot help but feel ripped off by extensive list of options, poor standard equipment and seeing a Seat Ibiza for nearly half the price as the best good-looking alternative from the same "farm of cars". All VAGs are technically the same, some kind of "incest" that infects my likelihood of parting from large chunks of money!

Though - to bring a point home for vanerama! - leasing makes the differences les important as better resale values allow for relatively "cheap" monthly rates.

[davidlloyd]

Audi A1 facelift looks better inside and out.

[TL-xwfh]

Ah, the famous DSG200 rubbish gearbox. Utterly unreliable too. Avoid at all costs.

[phil]

Never buy VW group cars due to the past and latest shenanigins

[toyotaprius]

A1 looks undeniably fatter than the og A3