Audi just put a real price on the A2 e-tron. Orders open September 10 in Germany. That makes this week the right time to put it next to the two cars most shoppers will also open a configurator for: Volkswagen’s ID.3 Neo and BMW’s iX1.
One honesty check up front. The A2 and the ID.3 are compact hatchbacks. The iX1 is a small crossover. Buyers still cross-shop them for the same money and the same daily job — school run, Autobahn, charge stops — so the sticker and the range still belong on one card.
Germany stickers
Audi’s German list starts at €38,200 for the A2 e-tron 125 kW with the 52 kWh battery. The 61 kWh car is €41,900. The 170 kW / 84 kWh version is €48,900. The 240 kW top car is €51,200.
The ID.3 Neo undercuts that ladder hard. Trend with 125 kW and the 50 kWh pack opens at €33,995. Life with 140 kW starts at €39,195. Style with 170 kW and the big 79 kWh battery climbs to €47,595.
BMW’s iX1 sits above both. The 2026 eDrive20 is €49,400. The xDrive30 is €56,600. Same brand prestige as Audi, different body, and a higher door price before options.
If the brief is “smallest check that still says premium,” the A2’s €38,200 base beats the iX1 by more than €11,000. The ID.3 still wins the pure number fight.
Range and charge
Audi’s headline is efficiency, not just a bigger pack. The A2 e-tron 140 kW with the efficiency package is rated at 12.8 kWh/100 km WLTP — Audi’s best series number. Peak claimed range is up to 646 km on the 170 kW / 84 kWh car. The 240 kW shares that pack and is rated up to 630 km. Drag coefficient is 0.24.
DC charge peaks at about 100–105 kW on the smaller LFP packs and up to 183 kW on the 84 kWh NMC battery. Audi’s 10–80% times sit in the mid-20s of minutes on those figures.
The ID.3 Neo’s big 79 kWh versions claim up to about 627–629 km WLTP and the same 183 kW DC ceiling on that pack. Smaller LFP cars top out around 105 kW DC. On paper, long-trip charge behavior is in the same conversation as the A2’s big-battery cars.
The iX1 eDrive20 is rated up to 514 km WLTP on a 65.2 kWh net pack. The xDrive30 is up to 466 km. DC peaks at 130 kW, with a claimed 10–80% around 29 minutes. More crossover mass, less WLTP reach than either hatch’s long-range trims.
Space you can use
Audi quotes 396 liters in the A2’s trunk, expanding to 1,336 with the rear folded. The 170 and 240 kW cars also get a 13-liter frunk. Wheelbase is 2.77 m on a compact footprint.
Volkswagen lists the ID.3 Neo at roughly 383–1,336 liters — basically the same fold-flat story in a slightly shorter shell (about 4.27 m long).
The iX1 is the cargo truck of this trio: 490 liters seats up, up to about 1,495 folded, and a higher ride. It is also about 4.50 m long. If you need the hatch shape but live in crossover height, that is the trade.
How they drive on paper
Every A2 is rear-wheel drive. Power steps are 125 / 140 / 170 / 240 kW. The quick car is 5.7 seconds to 100 km/h with a 200 km/h limiter. Bidirectional charging is optional (V2L everywhere Audi offers it; V2H in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland with the right wallbox).
The ID.3 Neo is also RWD across the listed Neo lineup, with 125 / 140 / 170 kW motors. Top speed is 160 km/h on those cars. Same MEB family DNA as the A2’s platform roots — different badge, different cabin brief.
The iX1 splits the driveway: eDrive20 is front-drive at 150 kW; xDrive30 is all-wheel drive at about 225–230 kW and 5.6 seconds to 100. If winter traction without winter tires is non-negotiable, BMW still owns that checkbox here. Audi has not put a quattro A2 on this sheet.
Who should sign which order form
Take the A2 e-tron if you want the Audi cabin and the efficiency story, German build in Ingolstadt, and a base price that undercuts the iX1 by a wide margin. Orders open September 10; first deliveries are December 2026.
Take the ID.3 Neo if the lowest list price and nearly the same long-range / fast-charge math matter more than the four rings. It is the volume play in this set.
Take the iX1 if you want the higher seating position, more cargo with the seats up, and optional xDrive — and you will pay for that shape.
This is a Germany list comparison. U.S. availability for the A2 is not confirmed. Numbers move with options and incentives; the sources below are the sticker baselines used here.
Sources:
- Audi — A2 e-tron: Rethinking efficiency
- Audi A2 e-tron press kit
- InsideEVs — VW ID.3 Neo prices and data
- Volkswagen — ID.3 Neo
- EV Database — BMW iX1 eDrive20 (MY26)
- InsideEVs — BMW iX1 2026 overview
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