Audi A1 Teases LED Daytime Running Lights [Video]

what a load of balls. so the A1 is a cross between an R8 and an A8? doesn't really look like it is

Looks nice, can't wait for pricing.

So this is the over-payed lunatic responsible for those hideous new A8 lights!? I guess this teaser speaks loads about Audi's main image asset: LED running lights! Seems to be the best thing they could come up with and of course they need to make this look truly special and upscale, the A1 is going against the Mini, which has the name, the technology, and the style. The new A1: "chunky Polo with funky lights!"

LED is garbage and makes cars look cheap in USA now every second civic has it I even saw it on Dodge Truck lol. LED is something cheap that anyone can buy for their cars so why use it on expensive cars

"In one of the least surprising announcements of all time, Audi has confirmed the A1 will feature LED daytime driving lights." - Damn, you stole my comment!

Not even newsworthy. I can put those on just about any car now and its getting annoying.

Nothing new, We already know how it looks......next please

What's new..

They are trying to surprise us who have loads of LED-lamps at homes. Market is filled by them, made in technologically not very developed countries. Audi, and car industry in general, is amazingly isolated form of existence even for that planet. It looks like over-cooked spaghetti is glowing. Try Italian car design instead Italian cuisine .

When mentioning the 'eye' I recoiled in horror thinking they might go thr route of the 1 series BMW's, that's an eye indeed and looks both creepy and very wierd. Don't know why all the bashing, I reckon it's great Audi attach so much value to all the elements that make a car (in this case the A1) something different. The lights will be distinctive. Sure, you could fit some junk off the shelf as an aftermarket add, but doubtful you'll end up with something like these.

In my understanding LED's are the lighting of the future. All of our homes will one day be replaced with them instead of the CFL's. They last longer than anything else, often for the life of the car itself, so no replacement. Use less energy and so more efficient. Instant on vs a slight fade up on halogens. But then all this most probably know anyway.

Just like the eagle eye on the Astra & of course the Insignia, nice

Hmm seems like there is a misunderstanding about LED lights on cars..Yes they are more efficient, but not as efficient as one may think over a halogen or xenon bulb. They are not like your normal LED on a home appliance. These are high power LEDs that are made up of rare materials just like a bulb, take a decent amount of power and create a large amount of heat. At the end of the day, on a non electric car they are relatively pointless, for one they are not brighter than Halogen or Xenon, secondly they will not outlast the car without needing to be changed, and at that time be ready to fork out a substantial sum. On another note back to the article, by the looks of it, its not using individual LEDs to create that line, looks more like a fibre optic wire...Could be wrong though cant really tell in the video.

I noticed that the daytime LED stayed on when the indicator light came on, something the current A3/4/5 and R8 don't do (the LED goes off on the side where the turn signal is on - which looks weird ... maybe they fixed that on the A1). But I agree that there was a lot of baloney in the video, all that talk about the "aircraft winglet" design and "eagles spreading their wings" ... somehow this has to do with its so-called "efficiency factor"??