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Volkswagen actually has a sedan variant of the Polo called the Volkswagen Polo Classic, and it has been in existence ever since the first generation Polo which had its sedan counterpart called the Volkswagen Derby.
Production bases of the current Polo Classic are located in Brazil, South Africa and China. Australia receives the Polo Classic from the base in China, and the model is the first right hand drive Chinese-manufactured car to be exported to a “developed country”.
In the South African market, it is available with three petrol engines (1.4 with 83hp, 1.6 with 100hp and 2.0 with 114hp) and one turbodiesel, the 1.9 TDI (100hp, 240Nm). Volkswagen plans to introduce it in the Indian market soon, probably with a 1.4 TDI engine like the Fabia that is offered there.
Cars such as the Polo Classic sedan are important for car manufacturers as with rising global fuel prices, more and more customers are downsizing their vehicle choices in terms of size, and for sedan-centric markets this means sedan vehicles have to be developed for vehicle segments that have been traditionally filled with hatchbacks. When a sedan model is planned as part of the model line-up from the beginning the vehicle can end up looking very good, like the Mazda 2 sedan.
Look after the jump for two TV commercials featuring the Polo Classic.
VIDEO: Volkswagen Polo Classic Sedan – Footsy
VIDEO: Volkswagen Polo Classic Sedan – Pawn Shop
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
So cute…
remind me to the new saga, a little bit..
Uncle Wong’s car.
a vios/city rival?
Another classic example of getting weird variant of existing good looking car.
Could this be the intended “plotong saga” that VW will co-manufacture with plotong once they finally decided to JV?
And perhaps this is where the plotong guys got the inspiration from to develope the BLM aka plotong saga.
hvannees said,
June 30, 2008 @ 2:39 am
remind me to the new saga, a little bit..
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No lah…Gen 2
hvannees said,
June 30, 2008 @ 2:39 am
remind me to the new saga, a little bit..
- Or Gen2?
“And perhaps this is where the plotong guys got the inspiration from to develope the BLM aka plotong saga.”
doesnt look like the saga at all.
in fact, its a pretty generic design, and i’m pretty sure you could argue that there are another half a dozen or so cars that look similar to it.
the power output from this various engine quite low..
..available with three petrol engines (1.4 with 83hp, 1.6 with 100hp and 2.0 with 114hp) ..
anyone can explain?
the body/look = new saga
the head lamp = Gen 2
The rear light looks small..ciput…
I dont understand the second commercial ………
yes head lamp like gen2 but front look especially bumper like saga. btw why the head lamp in the second commercial looks different from picture above? correct me if i am wrong.
“(1.4 with 83hp, 1.6 with 100hp and 2.0 with 114hp) ..”
probably run their older engine range for those fringe markets.
Creative commercial.
ya, thats true, now almost every car manufacturers are coming out with small/compact vehicles….
trust me, mini Posh and mini Lambo are on their way to the showroom, haha
anyway, this car looks great!