The on-again, off-again Audi S1 is currently enjoying a promising run in the on-again hemisphere, a place it is now likely to remain. Indeed, Auto motor und sport reckon the S1 will be launched in 2013.

Other nuggets of information from our German friends include:

• Suggestions the S1 will cost less than €30,000 (for reference a Golf GTI starts from a shade over €27,000).
• The current S1 development mule that’s been thrashed around Canada is said to have 186hp (140kW), but there might be a few more horses yet to be discovered.
• The quattro system will be based on the Haldex unit used in the RS3, with some minor modifications for packaging purposes.

In other A1-realted news, it’s expected a 5-door Sportback version will debut next year, with a convertible version to follow in 2013. A not-quite-an-e-tron hybrid A1 is also being planned.

[Source: Auto motor und sport via The German Car Blog]