Life begins at 40, or so they say. As the first small car from VW’s modern era, the Polo has a lot of experience built in, but today its now pushing up a sector in terms of size. A sort of middle-age spread. The five-door SEL we tested shows how the market and technology has changed since the first Polo went on sale in 1975. That’s 40 years ago. And a lot has happened in that … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest : Polo is worth a mint to VW
Just as Germany has bailed out flakey foreign economies, so the Volkswagen Polo might just do the same for the struggling city car sector. The VW Polo has always been thought of as expensive when compared to other small cars, but as the rivals have steadily been fighting on price, the Polo has seemingly become more attractive. It is becoming a sounder investment, particularly when you look … [Read more...]
