Spot-on piece in CAR Magazine today:
“Not all modern classic cars are over-endowed with power, or capable of ripping around the Nordschleife in less than eight minutes. Sometimes they are clever, visionary or just plain nice to own. The featherweight aluminium spaceframe Audi A2 falls into this group, with a trio of versions that range from unerringly economical (the diesel) to near hot-hatch quick (the 110bhp 1.6 FSI). Yes, it looks a little odd, but it oozes build quality, has great interior room for its size and you’ll find a good one for less than £2000.
This is a car with a lot of urban myths attached to it. So let’s put these straight right now. You can open the bonnet, they’re not particularly difficult to work on, and putting the wipers on won’t make the car wobble. Being a product of the Ferdinand Piëch era of the Volkswagen Group, it’s pleasantly over-engineered, so the A2 is packed with bespoke parts, which makes keeping one in fine fettle expensive at times. Otherwise, enjoy this clever, economcal and ruthlessly efficient small car that looks like it was launched in 2019, not 1999.”
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“Not all modern classic cars are over-endowed with power, or capable of ripping around the Nordschleife in less than eight minutes. Sometimes they are clever, visionary or just plain nice to own. The featherweight aluminium spaceframe Audi A2 falls into this group, with a trio of versions that range from unerringly economical (the diesel) to near hot-hatch quick (the 110bhp 1.6 FSI). Yes, it looks a little odd, but it oozes build quality, has great interior room for its size and you’ll find a good one for less than £2000.
This is a car with a lot of urban myths attached to it. So let’s put these straight right now. You can open the bonnet, they’re not particularly difficult to work on, and putting the wipers on won’t make the car wobble. Being a product of the Ferdinand Piëch era of the Volkswagen Group, it’s pleasantly over-engineered, so the A2 is packed with bespoke parts, which makes keeping one in fine fettle expensive at times. Otherwise, enjoy this clever, economcal and ruthlessly efficient small car that looks like it was launched in 2019, not 1999.”
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