1 The aluminum wheels are sporty, but the 3L version of the car had solid covers to assure clean aerodynamic flow past the wheels.
2 These bulges are unfortunate. Without them, the body could be wider and thus more accommodating for passengers.
3 Rectangular lamps constrain the rear hatch width, further stressing the tall, narrow look of the A2's rear end.
4 This little spoiler across the rear glass serves as a "trip strip" to assure that airflow separation would occur at a fixed point, but it hurt rear vision.
5 Designers cleverly used black paint below this line all around the car to reduce visual height. But it still looked tall and narrow on the road.
6 This little chrome band across the bottom of the hatch is a welcome highlight on a rather austere exterior.
7 There is not much overhang at the rear of the A2, and, as a consequence, there isn't very much luggage space, which further compromised sales.
8 The characteristic Kamm-back shape of the experimental German K-cars of the 1930s is very apparent in this view.
9 Protective bumpers help protect door panels from parking lot dings, which occur more often and are harder to repair in aluminum.
10 Beautifully compound-curved windshield is the biggest single surface element on the car and is quite elegant on the plain body shape.
11 Headlamps are neatly integrated, perhaps a little too plain for best effect.
12 The "grille" is more an escutcheon, as it is completely solid, a place to put the hallowed Auto Union Audi-DKW-Horch-Wanderer linked rings.
13 All cooling air entered the low air intake, which is handled very simply as an all-but-invisible horizontal rectangle flanked by small round lamps.
14 The front seats have a decidedly sporty appearance, but the car itself was oriented not toward speed or handling but toward efficiency.
15 The instrument cluster, too, is very much what one would expect to see on a sports car, not an economical transportation appliance.
16 The precision and rigor of Audi's interior design is apparent even in their smallest offering. The A2 exudes quality both inside and out.