Audi boss Rupert Stadler has firmly ruled out a full-blown cabriolet version of the company’s first-generation A1. An internal business study revealed it would be too expensive to engineer and produce without any open-top sister models from Volkswagen, Seat or Skoda to share its PQ35 platform.
However, supplier sources close to Audi have revealed that plans are being drawn up for the introduction of a semi-open-air version of the compact hatchback, along the lines of the Fiat 500C.
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