Volkswagen Polo U.K. Pricing Announced

U.K. Prices for the new VW Polo have been release and the car is now available for order with deliveries to customers beginning as of October 16.

The latest Polo is the fifth generation of the model first introduced by Volkswagen back in the days of wide lapels and floating bell-bottoms. Yes, it's been 34 years since it's introduction and the Polo has gotten a little fatter with the years, now even bigger than the original VW Golf that preceded it back in 1974.

Given that fact, it's a little remarkable to see this current Polo introduced with no powerplant that exceeds 100 horsepower (power outputs range from 60 to 90 hp).

Pricing begins at £10,035 (11,800 euros) for the S 1.2 liter five-door model with 60 hp. A 3-door variant becomes available as of December. The current range tops out with the SEL TDI, which comes with a 1.6 liter diesel engine with 90 hp and with the top-level SEL trim. It sells for £14,910 (17,530 euros).

The new Polo comes in four levels of trim, starting with the S and graduating through the Moda (aimed at younger drivers), then the SE and SEL. A Polo GTI is in the cards for next year, likely to come with a turbocharged 1.4 liter engine with a power rating somewhere past the 150 hp mark.

A BlueMotion model will also make its way to VW dealerships sometime next year.

Press Release

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• New Polo available to order now; first customer deliveries on 16 October

• Stronger, safer, more efficient, more refined and more comfortable

• Polo features new Volkswagen family face and bears resemblance to the Golf

• Electronic Stabilisation Programme standard on all models

Volkswagen has announced prices for its new Polo model which is available to order today in UK Retailers.  The first deliveries will take place on the car’s official ‘on sale’ date of 16 October.  Prices start at £10,035 for the S 1.2-litre 60 PS five-door; the three-door model will be available in December.

The new Polo, the fifth generation launched in the supermini’s 34 year history, is the largest and most technically advanced, but it remains true to the brand’s core values of safety, reliability, quality and value for money.  Despite the increase in size, the Polo is lighter than the model it replaces leading to improved fuel economy and emissions.

At launch the new Polo is available with a choice of five engines, three petrol and two diesel.  These are a pair of naturally-aspirated 1.2-litre engines with 60 or 70 PS and a 1.4-litre 85 PS; plus two 1.6-litre common rail TDI units producing 75 or 90 PS.  All engines comply with Euro V emissions legislation.  A new 1.2-litre 105 PS turbocharged TSI unit will be offered from early in 2010.

In a break from the previous Polo line-up, the new generation is offered in four different trim levels and an ‘A/C’ model is offered for those requiring climate control.  The new range consists of S, Moda (which is designed to appeal to a younger audience) and SE, and SEL at the top of the range.  GTI and BlueMotion models will follow later in 2010.  All models offer a high level of standard specification including four airbags, ABS and, for the first time, ESP (Electronic Stabilisation Programme) on every Polo. 

Optional equipment traditionally associated with cars in higher classes is also offered on the Polo.  Touchscreen satellite navigation, a DAB digital radio and electronic climate control are all available.

Penned under the control of the Volkswagen Group’s Head of Design, Walter de Silva, it’s little surprise and certainly no accident that the new Polo bears strong resemblance to the sixth generation Golf.  Its ‘face’ is now in line with other products such as the Scirocco and as such the Polo now appears to be very much one of the new Volkswagen family. 

Volkswagen anticipates UK Polo sales of around 7,000 units in 2009, increasing to around 37,000 in 2010.  

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