Click above for a high-res gallery of the Audi metroproject quattro Concept.
Buyers of the next generation of Volkswagen-developed small cars will have one more option box to tick when placing their order: all-wheel-drive. The new platform, dubbed PQ25, will find its way underneath a handful of new models, spanning the range from the low-end (SEAT), mid-grade (VW) and luxury (Audi). All-wheel-drive won't be an option for the new SEAT Ibiza, but consumers of the next VW Polo (specifically the CrossPolo) might be able to outfit their tiny runabout with AWD, while the Audi A1, due out in late 2009, will continue the automaker's love affair with quattro.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
yacoub @ May 6th 2008 3:04PM
cool!
I'm already stoked for the MY09 A3 mild refresh that's harbingering this trend: The 2.0 TFSI DSG is now available w/ Quattro ftw, instead of only the 3.2 offering Quattro.
montoym @ May 6th 2008 6:30PM
Count me as excited as well. That was the best news I had heard about it.
pacman @ May 6th 2008 3:07PM
That is one ugly little car.
Ligor @ May 6th 2008 3:15PM
+1 it's ugly already
Frank @ May 6th 2008 6:47PM
Is it me or does this car look really, really angry?
Brandon @ May 6th 2008 3:11PM
who ever disigened this !BEEP! must have been drunk vary drunk uglyest thing i have ever seen....
Rocketboy @ May 6th 2008 3:41PM
MINI better step up their AWD research/testing...
tanooki2003 @ May 6th 2008 3:49PM
Hmmm.... trying to take a page from the Mitsubishi Evo styling book I see.
This is what I call a very bad rendering. How about try not making it look like others and going back to the Audi styling 101 book. The other cars styled by Audi are more unified.
MARTINIDUCK @ May 6th 2008 3:55PM
Looks like the love child of a Audi TT & a Chrysler 300.
Chris @ May 6th 2008 3:57PM
"When I grow up, I wanna be an A6."
"Sorry kid, you're too ugly for that."
dlroto @ May 6th 2008 4:03PM
I think it's BAD A$$ .We will never see it in America and that is a shame :(
PauloBecker @ May 6th 2008 4:03PM
I actually like it.
Does that make me a bad person?
Quattrofan @ May 6th 2008 4:42PM
That thing looks awesome and I wouldn't worry listening to these imbeciles here.
Judy Zik @ May 6th 2008 5:01PM
Looks like a mad Snoopy.
steve @ May 6th 2008 6:31PM
look what it's up against--yaris, fiat 500 types-with that in mind it looks fine cuz the whole class looks like snoopy
Filip @ May 7th 2008 1:05AM
So, I guess Subaru was on to ze Germans with their Impreza 2008 marketing slogan "The Japanese car the Germans wish they'd made." :D
Ralph @ May 7th 2008 1:26AM
From what I've read recently the A1 should look different to this concept car. While I generally like Audi design, this car looked a bit awkward to me.
What's most interesting is the fuel efficient layout with an electric motor driving the rear and a smallish, efficient 4 banger up front (around 60 miles of travel on electric juice only is nice). A setup like this in the US would be most welcome about now if the price could be kept in check, but it looks like it won't happen since Audi/VW is sending diesels over since it is a cheaper alternative to a hybrid setup.
Brian St. John @ May 7th 2008 3:28AM
Let's revisit the definition of "across the board" . . .
bilbo baggins @ May 7th 2008 10:45AM
PLEASEEEE THANK YOU ...WASNT IT TIME ALREADY?! All that power and FWD is such a bad feeling! AWD or RWD :)
ZOG @ May 7th 2008 11:17AM
Oh, this thing is ugly. Just a little worried about Audi's design direction. The new TT and R8 look great, but some of these other designs . . . hmmm. Where is Peter Schreyer when you need him? (Oh wait that's right, he's over at Kia.)