Cars are getting bigger these days, it's an undeniable fact and Audi's are not immune from the trend. Look at the originals of any Audi models of today and you'll find that they've really piled on the pounds.

This is a tad bit of an issue at the moment because as I'm sure you're aware the world is starting to fill up with more and more people which means more and more motorists. And with more motorists comes less space on the roads but more importantly less space at the side of the road to park your car.

It's a worrying problem and more to the point it begs the question, if cars keep getting bigger then aren't we going to run out of parallel parking spaces?

Sadly this seems to be the case and the motoring press has cottoned on to the issue with mags like Autocar touting the brilliance of super-minis like the Citroen DS3 and Fiat 500. These cars have been heralded as the savior of both the environment and space. Their goodness cannot be contained in their little bodies so it oozes out of them in effervescent energy.

Now with this going on Audi had to get in on the effervescence of the situation and they did with the A1. What it is, essentially, is a tumble dried A3. The shape is familiar and so is the interior. It's also pretty nippy in the corners and provides amusing performance in the straights.

The A1 then can almost be described as a super mini future for Audi.

What do you think about this topic?

As an A7 owner and having a car on the larger end of the scale I can confirm that parking in urban environments is getting more tricky as time goes on.

I suppose reading this that I should be thankful the Audi TT is resolutely little.