The Audi A2 -- a Super Mini With History

This vehicle is better-known as a supermini vehicleThe A2 was the first of five door vehicle on sale in
which was ahead of its time, the car wasEurope which had an impressive return on miles per
manufactured by the German automaker Audi and itgallon, the fuel efficiency was of nearly 94 miles per
was mostly made of aluminum, it was first showcasedgallon which is still impressive given today's standards
in 1997 at the Frankfurt motor show however, seeingand gas prices.
that the features and the design were not thatThe fuel efficiency numbers mentioned above refers
favorable to consumers.to the special version "3L" diesel engine which worked
The Audi A2 started production back in 1997 and thebetter in a model which had installed narrow tires.
last vehicle left the fabric in 2005 this is mostly due toBecause of the dynamic chassis and the fact that this
the fact that the consumer acceptance that it hadvehicle only weights 1000 kg or nearly 2000 pounds, it
was not that great and it was also clearly reflecting inwas considered to be one of the prime vehicles when
the sales of this vehicle. Compared to its rival theit came to fuel efficiency.
Mercedes-Benz A-class the sales of the A2 were aSome people may argue that the reason this vehicle
lot lower than expected, the Mercedes-Benz vehicledid not reach the expected sales numbers needed in
sold nearly one million units while the Audi sold nearlyorder to stay competitive with other manufacturers
175,000 units which as you can tell is nearly 1/5 of theand models is that its design was a somewhat odd, it's
numbers achieved by their competitors.like the mixture from a minivan with a mini, its interior
The sales failure was somewhat impressive and to soconstruction is also referred to as the sandwich-type
many people by surprise due to the fact that thiswhich provided good space bug was not very popular
model was elected to do a lot better takingamong consumers.
consideration all of the features that it had at the time.