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Club G40 => General Car Chat => Topic started by: hayesey on March 03, 2010, 12:24:49 PM

Title: The new Polo GTI
Post by: hayesey on March 03, 2010, 12:24:49 PM
on display at Geneva:

(http://images.pistonheads.com/nimg/21574/tn_351478__DSC1787-t.jpg)

(http://images.pistonheads.com/nimg/21574/tn_351484__DSC1794-t.jpg)

I actually quite like this, not so sure on the wheels but otherwise I quite like the look of these new polos, a definite improvement over the last few shapes I reckon.  Plus using the 1.4 TSI engine seems a good idea, 180bhp standard with surely plenty of tuning potential for well over 200bhp.  It should handle OK too with a fancy diff and stuff. 

More info:

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=21574
Title: Re: The new Polo GTI
Post by: lance on March 03, 2010, 03:26:48 PM
whats the crack with not designing new wheels? they put them on the mk6 golf too. seems lazy to me.
Title: Re: The new Polo GTI
Post by: Varley on March 03, 2010, 04:09:45 PM
Agree. Especially seeing as how imo they look sh*t!
Title: Re: The new Polo GTI
Post by: cheddarcheese on March 03, 2010, 04:21:01 PM
I think vw has lost their imagination!
Title: Re: The new Polo GTI
Post by: Jezza-7 on March 03, 2010, 04:58:52 PM
You can also get the new cupra with same engine for £15k.
Title: Re: The new Polo GTI
Post by: Puncharado on March 03, 2010, 06:20:01 PM
It does look quite good but the Polo is a big car now though, that's gotta be mk3 Golf sized? So much for a pocket rocket...
Title: Re: The new Polo GTI
Post by: superchargedpolo on March 04, 2010, 07:46:33 AM
It does look really good and the engine sounds like a wee stormer.
As for the price, what are VW on at the moment.  The new Golf R is not far off £40k when you add a few extras like leather and DSG etc.

I bought a brand new Golf GTI Edition 30, 2 years ago for £20k.  It will keep up with the Golf R and should be a good bit quicker than the Polo GTi. 

Looks like I got it at the right time.

Cheers
Craig
Title: Re: The new Polo GTI
Post by: 9olo on March 04, 2010, 09:23:51 PM
Quote from: superchargedpolo on March 04, 2010, 07:46:33 AM
It does look really good and the engine sounds like a wee stormer.
As for the price, what are VW on at the moment.  The new Golf R is not far off £40k when you add a few extras like leather and DSG etc.

I bought a brand new Golf GTI Edition 30, 2 years ago for £20k.  It will keep up with the Golf R and should be a good bit quicker than the Polo GTi. 

Looks like I got it at the right time.

Cheers
Craig

£20k for a brand new unregistered? that's very cheap.
Title: Re: The new Polo GTI
Post by: tdh-syorks on March 05, 2010, 07:40:26 PM
i saw this a few months ago but was a different pic, luckily i saved it to my hard drive
Title: Re: The new Polo GTI
Post by: tdh-syorks on March 06, 2010, 11:01:26 AM
whats the differance?