Audi is about to revive the A2 title for its new distinctively styled entry-level mannequin, senior sources on the firm have revealed.
Attributable to be unveiled earlier than the tip of the 12 months, the brand new mannequin is seen as an oblique modern-day successor to the early-noughties authentic.
It is going to function – as check mules have proven – a one-box exterior design with a brief bonnet and split-window tailgate extremely harking back to that automobile, albeit in a package deal that’s extra overtly a crossover.
The brand new electrical mannequin, which is more likely to take the identical E-tron suffix as Audi’s different EVs, is already within the ultimate levels of growth forward of a deliberate begin to gross sales early subsequent 12 months. It is going to not directly substitute the A1 and Q2 in Audi’s line-up. Manufacturing of these two fashions is because of finish in late 2026.
With costs set to start out at round £30k, it would additionally develop into the corporate’s most reasonably priced electrical providing but, slotting into the line-up under the This autumn E-tron, which is priced from £47k. By comparability, the A1 begins at £24k and the Q2 at £28k.
The incoming A2 was initially deliberate to take a seat on the Volkswagen Group’s 800V SSP platform, however because of long-running delays with that structure it would as a substitute be based mostly on the identical variant of the group’s ubiquitous MEB platform because the Volkswagen ID 3.
This makes use of a 400V system and rear-wheel drive. Within the ID 3, it’s supplied with battery sizes starting from 58kWh to 79kWh and energy spanning 168bhp to 282bhp.
Given the extra slippery-looking form of the A2 – as seen on check mules – the top-end vary might surpass the ID 3 hatch’s 370 miles.
Inside Audi, the brand new A2 will not be merely considered a premium mini-MPV to rival the likes of the BMW 2 Collection Energetic Tourer. As a substitute, engineers discuss it filling a void out there left by the BMW i3, which was produced between 2013 and 2022.
Additionally they level to the first- and second-generation Mercedes-Benz A-Class, with their space-efficient flat ground ‘sandwich’ platform, for instance of the place and the way the brand new A2 will probably be positioned.
