Excellent Ride & Build Quality

I am writing review after driving it almost 40k+ KM in 2.7 Years. First Impression. Before decided to buy Polo, I took test drive of Tata Zest Diesel, Hyundai Verna 1.4 ltr Diesel, but the experience I got from Polo I didn’t get from rest of 2. The drivability, control, pick up & built quality everything were just outstanding, So I went with Polo avoiding the constraint of rear seat leg room.

Exterior: It’s just like all time beauty without aging, front steel grill & headlights are very attractive, from outside looking like a small Car, but actually not. Outside view is really good.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort): Driver Seat & Front Seat is comfortable compare to rear, space in rear leg room is less & Rear AC Vent is also missing compare to competitors. I enjoyed essential features like Cruise Control, Rain Sensing Wiper, Auto dimming Rear view mirror, Driver Seat manual height adjustment, All 4 windows one touch up down button, Touch Screen music system missing GPS navigation, but we can connect 2 mobile at a time via Bluetooth 1 for Phone call & another for music, Telescopic Flat bottom Steering Wheel etc. I tried multiple time to connect mirror link enabled phones but didn’t succeed yet, getting error mirror link is not certified. Features like Apple Car play/Android auto is missing. Rear Sensors are working fine & convenient.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox: Engine is pushing a lot after it crossed 1500 RPM. Engine is Little bit louder from outside. I crossed 180 mark easily on YExp. Way, multiple time I crossed 160 mark. Build quality & sound insulation is superb. Corning control is also good but needs to keep right pressure on type i.e. 32psi, otherwise little bit vibration observed on high tyre pressure. I drove for 1800 km in 2 days from Mumbai to Bhadrakh, Odisha after 1 night stay in Nagpur & also return back in 2 days without facing any issue during this period. Build quality is just fantastic, as Road condition is just terrible from Aurangabad to Amaravati with big big ghadhas. Fuel economy in city I measured is near about 15-17 Km & on Highways 18-20 km per liter with AC. If you drive with cruise control mileage getting around 20-21km. The best part of Manual Gearbox is its automatically picking up, means if your speed is 10 & you are in 3rd gear, just leave the paddle, its automatically picked up your speed to 20+, like this all gears are having defined speed if you leave the accelerator, 30km per hour in 4th & 40km per hour in 5th gears as well. Ride Quality & Handling Tilt & Telescopic Steering wheel is very convenient & responsive. Telescopic Steering is not very much essential, as legroom is small.

Conclusion: Excellent Ride & Build Quality, Cornering control everything is just excellent except service quality.

Improvement required: GPS navigating system & Service Quality. Service Quality is just pathetic.