AUDI A1 FROM $27,300

Is the Audi A1 worth around $10,000 more than its Volkswagen Polo twin?

The four-ringed marque’s smallest four-door is never going to win any value for money awards — not when the People’s Car version provides essentially the same experience. Yet there are a number of reasons why the A1 shouldn’t be so easily dismissed.

For starters, it shares absolutely nothing that you can actually see