Volkswagen Polo

The Volkswagen Polo is a utility body that can have three five-door. Its length is 3,916 mm.

It is on sale with a range of petrol and diesel engines between 60 and 150 hp power, from 11,690 €. The Pole is the most powerful GTI  and there is a specific body, called CrossPolo .

The Volkswagen Polo stands out for its space, the quality of certain coatings inside and because it is more expensive than the average.

At equal power, the Volkswagen Polo is a little more expensive than a Renault Clio, and more than a Fiat Grande Punto or a Ford Fiesta. A Skoda Fabia is only a little cheaper than the Polo, but may have more equipment from the cheaper versions.

The main changes of the new range with respect to 2005 are presented in gasoline engines.

Volkswagen Polo

In gasoline there is a 1.2 litres (60 and 70 hp; had before least 5 hp), 1.4 (75 and a new variant of 80 hp) and 1.6 l (105 hp). The petrol engine 80 HP has the peculiarity that can be associated with a new automatic gearbox six marches. The 75 hp gasoline is sold only with four-speed automatic change. The rest carry a manual gearbox five speeds (except the most powerful diesel, which has six).

The Diesel is the 1.4 with two power levels (69 and 80 hp) and 1.9 l (101 and 131 hp). The petrol engines of 1.2 litre to 1.4 l Diesels are three cylinders.

The engines of 1.2 l have a low consumption (according to official data spend 5.8 litres/100 km on the trail of approval). The Pole with diesel engines also notable for their low power consumption, but with the disadvantage that they are noisy (especially in urban routes). The Polo Diesel 101 hp is a car with the performance required to travel with agility by any road.

The Polo is a car a car is spacious and well done. The most notable difference with respect to a Renault Clio, with a Peugeot 207 and Citroen C3 is a larger in the rear seats. For interior space in the rear seats, the Polo is comparable to Skoda Fabia and the Fiat Grande Punto.

It gives a positive feeling of finishing, because the position at the wheel is comfortable and because the controls are well accessible to the driver. For versions with three-door body is foreseen a system that favors access to rear seats.

It is gratifying for his road link between convenience and comfort, although not the most agile. With the sport suspension that may have some versions (for the series’ Highline ‘and option for the GT) the car does not lose much comfort and win something in precision

The range consists of three levels of equipment ‘Edition’, ‘GT’ and ‘Highline’.

At least equipped ‘Edition’ lacks some interesting elements of equipment: You can not take either option, climate control, stability control, head airbags or a handsfree phone. The petrol engines of 1.2 l can only be purchased with the equipment ‘Edition “.

None of the versions can lead xenon headlights, but not because a lack of lighting that has the Polo is good. The list of items of optional equipment missing some connection as “Bluetooth” for the phone, which can not take any Pole. The browser is black and white screen.


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