Audi’s baby jewel in the crown

Facelifted A1 is an unexpected delight, writes Shane O’Donoghue

The new Audi A1 with new bumper, restyled grille and sharply sculpted headlights
The new Audi A1 gets up to motorway speed without making too much of a din

We’ve liked the Audi A1 ever since it arrived in 2010 to take the fight to BMW’s Mini. While it has never offered quite the same high level of road holding and driver interaction, the A1 countered with a fabulous interior ...