This is a new electric hatchback that will sit below the Audi Q4 e-tron in size and price, which has been released on the tailgate of an Italian luxury marque’s lineup with its Audi A2 name.
According to Autocar, the new electric hatch will replace the A1 hatchback and Q2 small SUV – both of which are scheduled to end production in 2026 – and be badged as the ‘Audi A2 e-tron’.
It has not been announced by the automaker that the new electric vehicle (EV) will be available in Australian showrooms after its expected 2027 European launch.
A heavily disguised test mule, thought to be the A2 e-tron, has been spied lapping the famous Nurburgring circuit in Germany on multiple occasions.
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Based on the same underpinnings as the Volkswagen ID.3 electric hatch – not sold in Australia – the A2 e-tron will not be a conventional hatchback, according to Autocar, instead blurring the lines between a hatch and a small SUV.
For the ID.3, the Volkswagen Group MEB platform – also used by the Cupra Born electric hatch and the Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.5 mid-size electric SUVs – has a 400V electrical system and a single electric motor driving the rear wheels, with outputs ranging from 125kW up to 210kW for the GTX performance flagship.
Battery sizes in the ID.3 range between 58kWh and 79kWh, delivering up to 595km of WLTP driving range.
The born-again Audi A2 is suggested to cost around £30,000 ($A58,500) or slightly more than the current Q2, which costs about £28,000 ($I54,680) in the UK but significantly less than its larger Audi Q4 e-tron (£47,000 ($B91,784) starting price.
The Q2 in Australia is currently on the $49,400 price range for its on-road costs while the Q4 e-tron starts at $84,900 before on road prices.
The first Audi A2 was an innovative, ultra-efficient urban hatch in Europe with 176.377 produced from 1999 to 2005 but never officially sold in Australia.
The small hatch was 3. 1 83m,1 cm long paraphrasingr. 67m 1 and 68m . The wind-cheating aerodynamic body was made from weight-saving aluminium, and is one of several fuel-efficient city cars designed for the European market in its day.
its 1 Its. This was an official combined figure consumption figure of just 2 figures, achieved by 2-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel powered hatch. A2 is the most fuel-efficient five-door production car at the time, with 9L/100km being the original A2, which was deemed the least expensive and efficient in terms of fuel consumption. A1 paraphrasing. There was also 4 litre diesel, and 1 liter diesel. 4- and 1 . 4- litre four-cylinder petrol engines, 6-litre .
A few of the more efficient models at the time were the Volkswagen Lupo and, later, the wild-looking ** Volk’swag XL1** hypermiler – neither sold in Australia which was officially classified as a ‘one-litre’ car with claimed consumption of just 0. 9L/100km) .
A ‘one-litre’ research version of the first A2 was also developed, though it never entered production.
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