Want more, pay more

 

Exterior The more you look at it, the more you love it. The lights, grill, the sharky skirt at the bottom of the front bumper. Overall the car speaks volumes in terms of class & quality. I've had this car since Oct 10 and still haven't got bored of looking at it. It stands out amongst the other car options available here that look like mutated lumps(swift) or petrified(ritz) or too sleepy to move(uva). The polo has presence!! park it next to any other car in its segment & you will almost see the other car cowering.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) QUALITY!!! downside though is that VW only has a wiring setup for 2 speakers in the front door(they must have thought senior citizens were their only target market) and the dealer will try conning you by saying only kenwood systems work on the polo & if you try adding more speakers warranty will be affected. Thankfully a friend of mine in the car accessories business helped out; I've got a philips head unit(with blue tooth, USB, etc) six speaker setup, kenwood amp & CV 12" sub & it sounds GOOD! The boot was designed produce bass i think :).

*In response to comments seen on this site;The rear seats get cramped only if a giraffe is behind the wheel. when the front seats are in normal driving position there's a lot of room at the back. The position of the rear seat is also offset from the rear wheels(as opposed to most other hatchbacks, where you would be sitting pretty much on top of the rear axle*position) which makes for a really smooth ride even over rough terrain.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Getting power out of the engine takes a little practice-the car flies if you hold it around 3000-5500 rpm. If you try this in first gear you'd end up with whiplash ;) Fuel economy I haven't figured out properly as yet; one time i got about 14 kmpl in town. On the highways I'm having too much of a good time to notice ;P

For the naysayers who say the engine's noisy-SUCK ON IT!!! THIS IS WHAT A REAL CAR SOUNDS LIKE!! rev it & it growls.  Not like the squeaky, whiny little matchboxes you'll want to drive around that sound like cats getting sodomised when u rev.

 

Ride Quality & Handling Tested other cars in this segment- NONE compare(even the fabia that runs of the same chassis, engine, etc etc sucks in comparison).

 

Final Words You do end up paying more(quite a lot more actually)& waiting quite a bit more(managed to get mine after 2 months of harrassing the dealer AND paying in cash) but it's all worht it in the end. I'm in love again :).

 

Areas of improvement The way dealers handle customers. VW sales guys need to be put through IQ tests before they're given their posts. 

Delivery-my car interiors were dirty when they handed it over. I had to complain & wait another hour for them to clean it & the cleaning guy asked me for money thereafter :P

Accessories- other than the mudflaps don't buy anything from the dealer. Range is small, prices are large.

DON'T FALL FOR THE 'ONLY KENWOOD SYSTEMS FIT VW' by inverting 2 points in the housing pin, any system fits directly to the polo's music system jack. You will have to run extra cables for your rear speakers but a good installation chap will do it without touching/ cutting anything else.

My car should have come with ABS & airbags-crummy of VW not to give at least these two safety features on a car this good.

To all you people thinking about buying a polo i say DO IT. You may see other cars with more features & gadgets around you, but take time to look at the drivers in those cars...they'll all be drooling over yours :D

cheers.

 

excellent handling, ride & looksfeatures in highline should have been made available in lower models as options at least