Living with an... Audi A1 

I don't understand why people endlessly compare new car prices to used car prices. For around £24k you can get faster, more luxurious cars that are not new... everyone knows that, how about a comparison to another new car? That's actually fair.

I think this was your best review to date. Outstanding job. The A1 looks great but needs more standard equipment

Nicely done review, very fair judgements and presented well in an easy to understand way 👍🏼 I have a 2015 Golf, also in manual, and missed out on the rear camera/parking sensors, lane departure, pedestrian braking etc etc but I’m glad it doesn’t try to correct the steering for me, that just sounded freaky on the country road.

Shout out from Malaysia .. the Tioman island behind the Tioman Green color is a very beautiful island here. nice review Rachael

Excellent video Rachael, very detailed

Nothing makes a brand even more premium than raising the prices.....

i got a 30 TFSI A1 for a year now. i mostly agree with this review. But for example the lane departure warning can be easily turned off via a songle press of the outer button on the 2nd stick on the left. sometimes i keep it on when i am driving long distances on the motorway and when i feel that i get tired. It is just good to know that i am not the only one that wants to keep the lane in those situations. And on the motorway it always worked fine to me. never had unexpected steering. tried it on german, dutch, belgian, french and italien roads. there is one exception: road construction sides. those often come with extra yellow lines - while the white lines are still visible. in those situations the car cant allways figure out which lines are the good ones. but as i said: one click on the 2nd stick and the system is turned off. the Adui pre sense also had me a couple of times. for example when someone in fron of me wanted to turn left but its boot is still a bit on my lane. a situation where you just steer around and go. but pre sense can trigger on that. but when you press the gas, it stops breaking and goes quiet again. another time it die ABS breaking because somneone in front of me decided to break very hard for whatever reason. i saw that and was also breaking at the same time. nothing would had happened if there was no Audi Pre Sense. but if i would had looked to the side (e.g. checking cross traffic) just for moment, i would had crashed into that car. also on the motorway it triggered once because the traffic ahead behind a corner was way slower than what you would expect. all in all i dont dislike the Pre Sense. as soon as you understand how it is analysing the traffic, it is a nice addition to your own eyes. there are other systems i dislike more. the high beam assistant is absolut garbage. i love the audi A1. it is perfect if you live in an urban area. it is comfortable even on long distances and has a great fuel economy.

Great review. Loved the background music!

Good informative review

Great review! Regarding the lane departure warning, you get to know the system and you can press a button to disable it instantly, it’s not like you must use it when the road is not up to what it’s expecting 🤷‍♂️

Agree about the colour, its lovely. What will you be running next?

Good detailed review Rachel 👍 Are you able to switch the lane assist off if it's so annoying ?

I currently have a 2016 1.2 Nissan Qashqai and looking to trade the car for a Audi - the A1 looks nice but would have liked if it had the option to have them matrix lights , sunroof , it doesn’t have blind spot detection . The Audi A3 facelift is taking ages to get announced . I would have to wait a few more months before going for the new Audi A3 or look for the A1. I like the way the mmi touchscreen is nicely blended in the dashboard. I prefer that then the stuck on screens or the current Audi A3 screen

Very enjoyable review. I like the color.

Amazing car, I wish we got these smaller manual cars in America, but no I have to look at cvt trans Nissan crossovers...

£24k will also get you a 2015 S4 with 23,000 on the clock with £2000 change to spend on petrol. I know what I'd rather buy.

This video was NOT sponsored by Milky Way.

Great review Rachael

great informative review Rachael you guys should do podcasts too.

It would have been useful to know how it compares to the Ibiza and Polo as it has such a lot in common but is more expensive. Is wind and road noise better insulated for example?

Huawei phones do have Wireless charging (Mainly the new ones though such as the P30 and Mate 20/30)

24 grand for that is mental

Man I was just hoping to see a Milky Way get thrown into that boot.

I cannot say that I would particularly want to own a vehicle that had an LCD instrument panel. I was recently watching another video of the 1987 Aston Martin Lagonda Series 3, which was an early example of a vehicle with display screens on the instrument panel, and I saw that one of the screens was faulty due to its age. That was filmed somewhere in the US and I don't know what kind of weather that particular unit would have been exposed to in its 30-year history, however I live in Australia and I know for a fact that cars get very, very hot inside during the summer months, even if you leave them out in the sun for a short period of time. I'm not quite sure that LCD display screens are as capable of withstanding those sort of temperatures as normal instrument panels are.

How is price to Vietnam ?

I got this as a rental last month. Underpowered for me and the manual transmission was the most mismatched I've experienced in a long time.

Damn this girl's voice is so soothing 💕

Lots of People are trashing the A1 but when I se the car on the street loos like a MK1 a3, a bigger car than the Polo or Ibiza

Tioman Green.. named after island in Malaysia!

Good review. What's her name btw?

ive heard that the rear windows dont open fully, can anyone confirm this?

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You never actually did the comparison against the rivals :(

2020 24k for half decent spec, turn key ignition..

£24k with a few options!! wtf!

Milky Way product placement haha 😂

Under-styled but maybe there's a justification /niche for it. Audi rarely steps wrong.

U described very well.

This is a cool car

£24k? My Dad got a 2016 520d Touring for half that.

Ex-pen-sive!!

I haven’t seen any of these on the roads

That price is mahhhhhd

I see and i20 and kia RIO styling

Got a 2018 Mercedes a class amg line end of last year for £24,500 sorry but this car is priced way too high 😓

MilkyWay!

£24000 for a car with hard scratchy plastics on the door panels. What a rip off. There are better specification cars out there for that money.

The engine rattles too much and she says it's quiet . No acurrate at all !!

The interior is legit....so plush

There are three things wrong with this car. Price. Only comes in five door. And the Mini JCW

wth an option for a arm rest

the new polo just better tbh

This or the fiesta Rachel?

2.0 ltr please👍

I knew you were special when you said what phone you had.

She must love mikey ways

Much more interesting than how it can go drifting on a circuit thanks

Check your grammar. Living with an Audi not a Audi! Sorry someone had to say it! :)

I really want a Milky Way now

I was looking at the pretty lady all the time instead of the boring cheating Skoda Polo

check engine light on already...such a volkswagen...

About this review is that it is not completely honest

Good looking car...Not and overpriced to boot

One of the least reliable brands nowadays and high pricing with a large number of options which are standard on competitors. Not a car I would ever consider. Nice looking car for the brand snobs and money to burn types though. I know someone who had a Seat Ibiza and had a huge amount of trouble with it and this is basically the same car made at the same Spanish factory. Reliability seems to be dropping too as they try to squeeze more power and economy out of smaller and smaller engines, certainly a car to avoid after the 3 year warranty ends. www.reliabilityindex.com/manufacturer

Never mind the Audi, I want to know what it’s like living with Rachael.

Just a "Premium" Skoda

That's a nice Hyundai!

£24,000 😂🤣

24k, get off, you can get such a better faster nicer more luxurious car for that money

hahahha Audi r laughing all the way to the bank. what a rip off...extra for an armrest - i'd walk out the showroom

Audi have the A1, not to provide value for money or driver enjoyment, but to rinse its customers of all their money buy giving you a shitty engine and metal as standard.

The hood was left open the whole video wtf

Looks like Kia Rio

W

RACHAEL

It's a KIA Rio with bigger screen and Audi badge.

New A1 design is awful. It looks like a Hyundai with an Audi badge slapped on. All the extra plastics around the front grill, and indeed the cheap plastics inside the car too. All the nice curves of the Mk 1 have been replaced with bulkiness and brawn of the Mk 2.

Like sticking a apple logo on a hp

she put weight since ford fiesta video

Audi!!

30 tfsi what a joke

I love you xx

Insane price, poor quality interior, scooter engine. What a disappointment.

Rachel i love you

I still think VW Polo or Seat Ibiza look better

Living with aN

*an* Audi, not *a* Audi.

The color is horrible

It's a funny one as it looks even worse in real life.

👎 for audi

It looks horrible! No class at all. It has no personnality! Just garbage!

This one is literally looking worse than the old one