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2011 Audi A1 Online Design Contest Hints At U.S. Sale

 
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Despite recent reports that the 2011 Audi A1 won't be sold in the U.S., a new online configurator/design contest microsite hints that it will come our way. The design contest will award the winner an A1 in the contest-winning style, and the site's built-in location bar includes the U.S. among the options, hinting that U.S. sales are in fact planned.

The contest is pitched as open to visitors that select the U.S. from among the location options, and since the prize is a custom-styled Audi A1, the implication is clear: we're getting the A1. That implication doesn't amount to a guarantee, though there has been previous talk of the A1 coming to America.

It may simply be an oversight in the construction of the page, or merely a regionalized locator for language only, but it seems unlikely that U.S.-market contestants would be allowed to enter if they weren't eligible to receive the prize. Further, there's a list of nations excluded from the competition--and the U.S. isn't on it.

We're still waiting on an official launch announcement--or denial--for the U.S., but in the mean time, you may as well try your hand at designing an A1. If yours is picked as the best, you'll win it--outfitted to look just like your design. Hit the contest at the link below.

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  1. fb_100000275684479 avatar Michael Escobar Posted: 2/13/2010 9:17pm PST

    I'd like to see the A1 come here. I always think competition is good; it draws prices down and challenges companies to one-up each other in quality.
    What I'd really like to see in America is the S1. Mini's Cooper S and JCW are pretty much unchallenged in North America. The closest competitor is the GTI, but it is much larger than the Mini.
    Still, I'd have a 500 EsseEsse over any Mini, A1, or Golf variant (barring the Golf R).
     
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  2. By Scott Posted: 2/15/2010 12:10pm PST

    I think it was a page mistake. I am in the US, and when I tried to enter the contest, I got the following message:
    error loading form data from locale: en_US
    Alas, only the coolest cars are reserved for places outside the US. We're given endless SUV and crossover choices though... :)
     
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  3. By Steven Posted: 3/14/2010 12:32pm PDT

    Yeah, would be very nice if the A1 came to the US. The A1 screams beauty, I would definitely make an attempt at it for my first new car. Unfortunately as posted above, the US is a bit moronic when it comes to automobiles and quite greedy. We can all dream though ;)
     
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