Volkswagen Group is engineering its PQ25 platform for all-wheel drive, Audi sources have revealed.
This will allow Audi to create a proper S1, following the decision not to use the name on the current range-topping A1 launched at the Paris motor show, as it’s front-wheel drive.
The decision to re-engineer the platform should also lead to two other models from VW: a Polo R and a CrossPolo.
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VW is understood to have taken development of the Polo R to an advanced stage, but, like Audi with the S1, made the decision against putting into production due to the issue over all-wheel drive.
Being able to produce a minimum of three models of the all-wheel drive PQ25 platform is believed to have convinced VW Group that the engineering costs would be worthwhile.
Read more on Audi's decision to ditch the S1 name
The decision to ditch the S1 name from the hottest A1 was a last-minute move; it came amid concerns about the new compact hatchback’s lack of four-wheel drive – a feature included on all of Audi’s dedicated S models since the rally-bred Quattro S1.
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