A2 [Rumors] New Audi A2

[dalab]

Autobild say is for the Shangai auto show

 

[Centurion]

What’s the point in resurrecting the A2 if they plan for it to be an EV?

 

[KiwiRob]

It's become a bit of a cult car, good examples are rare and getting quite expensive.

 

[dalab]

It seems that the alliance between Mercedes and BMW to realize the joint platform and take out the i2 and the EQC counterpart is because of this new A2,.
This time unlike with the first A2 it seems the market is welcoming this "new" premium segment, and only if it is pure EV, that's why the 3 manufacturers are getting into it at the same time, the last time something like this happened was with the Z3, SLK, TT, they know some things that we do not know

 

[SCOTT27]

It's a nineties revival. The Original A-Klasse and A2 were too far ahead for their time.
Their time is now but as EVs.

 

[dalab]

The nineties, the golden decade, abundance, excesses, and good cars.

 

[TheNewBATMAN]

The nineties, the golden decade, abundance, excesses, and good cars.

And don't forget me with nipples and codpiece.

 

[klier]

It's become a bit of a cult car, good examples are rare and getting quite expensive.

Expensive because of the retarted expensive way they were made, and even more expensive when you crash that alu structure.

Cult car? Don't make me laugh VAG fanboy.

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

Cult car? Don't make me laugh VAG fanboy.

Why not? Trabant is also cult.

 

[tristatez28lt1]

The A2 came was ahead of its time. It was a car that was simply too much for the regular, mainstream consumer. Too technical, too engineered, too expensive. I've driven a couple of them out of curiosity after reading the book from its product manager.

If Audi had kept on pushing the A2 as did MB with the A class (after its extremely difficult start phase), we might today have a successful A2. But Audi decided not to do that.

 

[dalab]

And don't forget me with nipples and codpiece.

unforgettable

 

[klier]

Why not? Trabant is also cult.

Sure. This day and age nothing means anything anymore to begin with. Lets call it cult

 

[dalab]

Maybe cult cars it is not the indicated description, but they stand out in certain technical aspects of construction that make them a little "special" and grounbraking in their determined time, things like that the Trabant is made of pressed cardboard, due to the conditions of the economy behind the wall, when dying crushed was not a concern because it did not give more than 30 km / h.

Or the space frame of the A2 seeking to alter the established offering and investigating other ways of doing the things, without going any further the i3 and its construction in CFRP has this aura, although he will not be considered a cult car either

 

[SCOTT27]

And don't forget me with nipples and codpiece.

And witty one liners and neon-day glow cities.

 

[SCOTT27]

Maybe cult cars it is not the indicated description, but they stand out in certain technical aspects of construction that make them a little "special" and grounbraking in their determined time, things like that the Trabant is made of pressed cardboard, due to the conditions of the economy behind the wall, when dying crushed was not a concern because it did...

One of the genius things about the i3 is that the body itself won't rust.

 

[dalab]

One of the genius things about the i3 is that the body itself won't rust.

Neither the Trabant (only disintegrates when it rains), nothing better than being the only mandatory car available in a country to have a sales success, in the '80s it was imported to Paraguay when I lived there (yes, they came to export that) and I drive it, it was weird, funny and it cost only $ 2,300

 

[SCOTT27]

Neither the Trabant (only disintegrates when it rains), nothing better than being the only mandatory car available in a country to have a sales success, in the '80s it was imported to Paraguay when I lived there (yes, they came to export that) and I drive it, it was weird, funny and it cost only $ 2,300

I remember a few weeks after the wall came down you could not move around Berlin for Trabants.

 

[TheNewBATMAN]

I remember a few weeks after the wall came down you could not move around Berlin for Trabants.

Nor with exposed nipples

 

[Rolf]

The first A2 was a real technological masterpiece when it appeared in 1999/2000, the aluminium body shell was complex and expensive to produce but it was super light with a mass of less than 900kg in some models, about 150kg lighter than the equivalent A class and Golf 4 at the time and also in diesel form set new records for fuel efficiency been the first car to achieve 3 ltr/100km combined and had a CD factor of only 0.25 which was the lowest of any car at that time.

If Audi can bring out a new A2 in spirit of the original model with light weight body and sandwich panels to accommodate the batteries it will be a perfect car for the masses.

 

[klier]

The first A2 was a real technological masterpiece when it appeared in 1999/2000, the aluminium body shell was complex and expensive to produce but it was super light with a mass of less than 900kg in some models, about 150kg lighter than the equivalent A class and Golf 4 at the time and also in diesel form set new records for fuel efficiency been the firs...

In the end it will be just another version of the Polo.