Audi have revealed their stunning new Audi A1 cabriolet, its going to be in direct competition to the Mini Cabriolet and will debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2009! Picture below courtesy of Auto Express

Chassis
Borrowing heavily from construction techniques mastered on the A2 – the car the A1 hatch replaces – the Cabriolet will be produced using steel and aluminium. This method has already been used in the TT, and helps to keep weight down.

Engines
Much is being made of the new 1.4-litre TSI unit that debuted in the VW Golf. It’s fitted with a supercharger and turbo, and also features in the Scirocco. But the A1 could get a petrol-electric motor, too – making it the world’s first hybrid cabriolet.

Roof
the electrically operated fabric top will be cut from the same cloth as that which features on the A3 and A4 cabriolets. There is no chance the car will be a metal-roofed coupe-cabriolet, because the mechanism would be too bulky and heavy to fit beneath the bodywork.

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