Volkswagen Polo Classic Sedan


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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.

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  • xenith (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 1:22 am

    So cute…

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  • hvannees (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 2:39 am

    remind me to the new saga, a little bit..

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  • azrai (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 7:37 am

    Uncle Wong’s car.

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  • abtm (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 7:46 am

    a vios/city rival?

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  • Capt Shopalot (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 7:55 am

    Another classic example of getting weird variant of existing good looking car.

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  • Cire (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 8:35 am

    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.

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  • Alifz (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 9:01 am

    hvannees said,
    June 30, 2008 @ 2:39 am

    remind me to the new saga, a little bit..
    ______________________________________________________________

    No lah…Gen 2

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  • Alifz (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 9:04 am

    hvannees said,
    June 30, 2008 @ 2:39 am

    remind me to the new saga, a little bit..

    – Or Gen2?

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  • BanyakMasukWorkshop (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 10:55 am

    “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.

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  • fighter_B2500 (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 11:12 am

    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?

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  • eezarm (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 11:22 am

    the body/look = new saga
    the head lamp = Gen 2

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  • Alifz (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 11:26 am

    The rear light looks small..ciput…

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  • w_lighter (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    I dont understand the second commercial ………

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  • hvannees (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    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.

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  • BanyakMasukWorkshop (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    “(1.4 with 83hp, 1.6 with 100hp and 2.0 with 114hp) ..”

    probably run their older engine range for those fringe markets.

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  • mystvearn (Member) on Jun 30, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    Creative commercial.

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  • mitlanevo (Member) on Jul 01, 2008 at 12:44 am

    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!

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