Faster Audi A2 upcoming

25 February 2002: Audi is unveiling the latest and most powerful member of the A2 model line at the 2002 Geneva Motor Show: the A2 1.6 FSI.

It is powered by a 1.6-litre petrol engine with FSI petrol direct injection, developing 110 bhp. Thanks to the Audi Space Frame design and aluminium body, the A2 1.6 FSI weighs in at a mere 995 kg. The car is capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 9.8 seconds, and it clocks up a top speed of 202 km/h.

The new version, which will go into volume production in the first half of 2002, broadens Audi's range of A2 models to four. In addition to the two 1.4 versions with TDI and petrol engine, each of which develops 75 bhp, the range includes a 1.2 TDI version, which became the first five-door, '3-litre car' (travelling 100 kilometres on three litres of fuel) when it was launched in 2001.

February 2002