A CAR FOR MASS MARKET FROM GERMAN COMPANY

 

Exterior Its a car designed brilliantly.. The design is very simple and will appeal for a decade... The design is not as futuristic as i20 or Jazz or as classical as Punto. Its mixed with future and classic.. A simple word to describe about Polo design is "A CUTE AND NEAT CAR" in the segment.... Build Quality is excellent.. Fit and finish impeccable. No other cars in the price range can't match with Polo in   terms of Build Quality, Fit and Finish. Paint quality is top notch, Note the Wheels are fitted with 5 bolts usually 4 in other cars(BUILD QUALITY).... Enough ground clearance... But the Front bumper is too low as compared to other cars, Chance to get damage.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) COME IN YOU WILL GET SURPRISED, IS IT SMALL CAR?  Yes Absolutely this is not a small car when you see the quality of materials used Brilliant!!! S for this price we cannot get this good quality car from any another manufacturers. The front seats are very good and ideal for long drives. The boot is enough to load some 2-3 days 4 persons trips.. All the Power Windows are one touch operation First in the segment

NEGATIVES: The main problem lies inside the car, that is rear seat space.. Simply it is cramped.. But it's slightly better than Swift. As compared to Polo the i20,Vista,Fabia and Jazz is better option, Some necessary features like Climate control,Electric Adjustable Mirrors are absent. Only one Glove box is available.. Its big and more then enough.. But its good if they add a small box for coin holders(The coin holder in glove box is not useful, will create sounds in driving) The Dashboard is bit a high and the Steering reach/rake lever touches the driver's leg. The Front Driver side wiper is placed wrongly.. We cannot release it to clean the windshield. The wiper touches the Bonnet.. If we want to release the wiper we want ti open the bonnet.. Which is an irritating one... For Highline spec the tyre is 185/60 R15 but the spare tyre is 170/65R14(MISMATCH WILL CREATE SOME PROBLEM TO CARS LIFE) We cannot place the 15 inch tyre in the spare tyre place.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox The engines available in the car are not the best in the segment... when i test drive the diesel car the engine has large amount of clatter and its clearly audible inside.. Very bad... Even the petrol has Vibrations and noise but the noise is well insulated.. but the vibration is there in the dash and gear lever.

My car is petrol Only 500 kms driven. The engine noise is there.. But its not to bad. the noise is well insulated. Nowhere near to Jazz or Swift(BEST IN THE SEGMENT IN TERMS OF REFINEMENT) The polo surprises in the way of driving. The car pulls even from 30 in 5 gear. It's very helpful to drive in and around city very little gear changes. 

Now I drives the car without A/C and below 60kmph.. So it returned 20kmpl.. I reached 25.5kmpl as the top Believe me It's true. Gearbox is an absolute gem very light and precise. other cars are away from Polo. The performance is decent.. It cannot compete with the Swift or Jazz in terms of performance.. Polo scores in the Driving Experience  

Ride Quality & Handling

Ride quality is awesome. It has very good handling (not as fun as Swift). The car tackles all the potholes in the road. .What u can feel is that U are sitting in a class above car. As I drove the car in 60kmph I can't say about high speed stability. Its easy to handle the car in the city. The steering is very light and weights when it corners a bit hard. The car is good to handle the Indian roads.

Final Words

The VW has a winner in its hands. VW is in the competitive market..  There are so many rivals for Polo, What I recommend for new buyers is wait for some month and get a brilliant car. This car will create lots of memories. U can own this car for life time without any trouble.

Areas of improvement The Polo lacks in the Engine department and left out some essential features for the price, VW priced the Polo correctly(Diesel Polo is priced high not as good as SWIFT OR FIGO), VW should consider seriously to deliver the car as quick as possible otherwise pupil will go with some other cars as plenty of options are available.

Need to improve the engine (Add a cylinder and add 10 bhp for both the engines), Rear seat space (improve the wheelbase about 30mm), Correct the diesel car price(A bit high), Deliver the Car quickly, Adjust the Wiper, Change the spare tyre to 15inch for High line spec.

UPDATION:

          REALLY Super car...  Now I drives the car at 3 digit speeds also... Braking is excellent. At 100KMPH the stabilty of the car is super...(above 100kmph I didn't drive the car) U can't find that the car is going at 100 kmph without seeing the Speedo...  Now my car gives a good mileage  its 17 in full tank check.. The car drives mostly in 4th gear.. For that 17kmpl is excellent....

Enjoys the driving with Polo

GOOD QUALITY, NORMAL PRICE, AMAZING FUEL ECONOMY,SOLID CARESSENTIAL FEATURES MISSING,REAR SEAT CRAMP,DRIVER SIDE WIPER CANNOT BE ADJUSTED FOR CLEANIN PURPOSE