I'm not saying a 172 would beat it in any scenario, more that despite a decade of evolution, one of the key measures of performance has not moved forwards at all from a rattly old French hatchback.
I'm sure it'll drive really well (inevitable understeer excepted), but unless Audi have come up with some way of re-defining the laws of physics it's going to feel like a 1,430 kg car when its body size would suggest it should be, and all similar rivals are, 200kgs less. Hence its modest power output not really being enough.
Different car? Not relevant?
I used the kerb weight of an A1 Quattro, the same basic power unit, same bodyshell, same basic 4WD system. Unless this new one is covered in carbon fibre, the weight's going to be all but identical. Isn't it?