RE: Driven: Volkswagen Polo Blue GT

[anonymous-user]

It's really only a warm hatch and it may be economic, but when it costs that much what's the point?

[GreatCornholio]

V8 FOU said:

How about weight de-activation?

Could do with some of that myself;-)

[AlpineWhite]

V8 FOU said:

Sorry, but a Polo. Small hatch,yes? 1250kg????? What's it made of, lead? Not so long ago a Polo weighed around 900kg.
Very strange.....

How about weight de-activation?

I think they've been over 1000kg for a good fifteen years....

[KM666]

Bit on the heavy side, does that mean it will be taxed a 0.7l car or treated as such in some way with regards to tax and congestion charges?

I wouldn't fancy working on cyl deactivation mechanisms myself, sounds like there will be a hell of a lot of electronics involved.

[the-photographer]

I think that 1,212KG figure must include the driver, the DSG GTI weighs 1269KG with driver (which means 75kg in VW speak).

[Cassius81]

Like the idea of this. But what happened to it in the last photo?! Looks like a prang to the drivers side front wing/headlight... PH's doing?

Sorry, I'm an idiot - ignore this, as it clearly is just the reflection of another car! Pre-caffeine brain not working.

Edited by Cassius81 on Tuesday 10th July 11:23

[The Danimal]

I like the reference to 'Midget Golf' in the second to last picture. Very clever...

[kambites]

Numbers look like a pretty well judged compromise between performance and economy. I wonder if this engine will make its way into the Up.

[funkyrobot]

V8 FOU said:

Sorry, but a Polo. Small hatch,yes? 1250kg????? What's it made of, lead? Not so long ago a Polo weighed around 900kg.
Very strange.....

How about weight de-activation?

It has an option for that. There is a small button which pops the back seats down. Obviously, you have to make sure nobody is sat in the back before you press it.

[Johnboy Mac]

MSTRBKR said:

It's really only a warm hatch and it may be economic, but when it costs that much what's the point?

I've mixed feeling about the price, not to mention adding in a few options, it would seem on the face of it expensive. But since it's around the size of a MkII Golf, got more power than the 16V GTi and far better on fuel, maybe the price stacks up - small premium priced cars are selling. Still, I'd imagine one wouldn't have to look too hard to find a similar size hatch with similar mpg, with less power but without the engine complexity for a lot less.

[MiseryStreak]

Great. But why does an eco oriented 1.4 engined Polo weigh over 1,200kg?

[kambites]

MiseryStreak said:

Great. But why does an eco oriented 1.4 engined Polo weigh over 1,200kg?

Because VW's customers want half a tone of sound deadening and caressable dashboard plastics; eleventy air-bags; and a nine star N-cap rating.

If you want a light car in this sector, buy a Fiesta.

[Johnboy Mac]

MiseryStreak said:

Great. But why does an eco oriented 1.4 engined Polo weigh over 1,200kg?

It's all the sound deadening so you can't hear it running on two cylinders

[Pixelpeep]

what a great little car

well done VAG

[sagarich]

This is good news, because hopefully the tech will work its way to pokier engines

[Mark Wibble]

Interesting how manufacturers are doing all sorts of clever stuff to get petrol engines up to similar levels of efficiency as diesels. Got to wonder if they're just keeping a good balance between fuels- if the same technology is applied to diesels it'll just take it up a step in the other direction. That said, perhaps cylinder deactivation on a diesle would be too lumpy...

[tomoleeds]

for 20k it needs a nicer interior,at least leather

[frosted]

60mpg, I don't believe it and since when the dsg gives more mpg than a manual ?

[kambites]

frosted said:

60mpg, I don't believe it and since when the dsg gives more mpg than a manual ?

They usually do because the test is skewed in their favour.

I see no reason to believe that this will be any further off its official figure than any other modern, turbocharged, car - should probably be viable to average high 40s in mixed driving and 60 on the motorway.

[cuprabob]

frosted said:

60mpg, I don't believe it and since when the dsg gives more mpg than a manual ?

The quoted figures for my DSG R32 were better than the manual version whereas my current Rocco the manual is slightly better than teh DSG.

I guess it comes down to the gearing