Unlike most modern VW products, the Polo still has a manual hand brake, meaning we could rip off some hilarious front-wheel-drive slides on the ice. The interior boasts the classic GTI plaid seats ...

2all (4,050 mm), and Polo (4,074 mm). VW Brand CEO Thomas Shafer and VW Group CEO Oliver Blume next to the ID GTI Concept (Source: Volkswagen) Volkswagen brand CEO Thomas Shafer called the ID ...

Volkswagen’s new Polo GTI is a big step up from the car it replaces, and not just because it is no longer hampered by the supercharged and turbocharged 1.4-litre engine and DSG-only gearbox.

It’s the same as with an Up and a Polo. So we will see.” VW is set to deliver a Golf GTI EV in 2026, so the U.S. will soon have an electrified VW rocket. The EV Golf GTI is more aligned with ...

Producing 204bhp, the Polo GTI’s 2.0-litre turbocharged engine will take you from 0-62mph in 6.5sec. It has more than enough oomph to get you up to speed very easily and puts out its power in a ...

Other changes include the adoption of heavily modified versions of the Polo’s ... of the MKI Golf GTI? Well yes and no. It’s quick, agile and fun to drive, but like all modern VW GTIs there ...

Fast forward to 1995 and application of the GTI tag spread to the compact VW Polo, which close to three decades later brings us to the current, sixth-generation version. It arrived in Australia in ...

Fast forward to 1995 and application of the GTI tag spread to the compact VW Polo, which close to three decades later ... it’s just nowhere near ideal as a modern urban conveyance. Sure, it’s ...