Volkswagen will unveil its fifth-generation Polo next year. Its design will be inspired by the newly launched Scirocco. The car’s nose reflects the styling of VW’s sleek coupé – and inside, there is a classier cabin.
Future Polo will drop the large chrome grille seen on recent VWs for a simpler design with twin horizontal air intakes and angled headlights.
It will be built on the new PQ25 small car platform – first used by the latest SEAT Ibiza. Engine line-up will include 1.4 and 1.6-litre FSI direct-injection petrol units, plus new TDI turbodiesels. The 1.4-litre supercharged and turbocharged TSI motor, available in a 138bhp ‘warm hatch’ and a 168bhp GTI variant will also be used.
Volkswagen will unveil a SUV version of its compact Polo in 2010. It will replace the current Polo Dune and will compete with models like the forthcoming supermini 4x4 class rivals such as the Vauxhall Corsa SUV and its planned Chevrolet-badged sister model.
Its design will be inspired by the its bigger brother Tiguan. It will feature bold chrome grille and Eos-style headlights, plus protective cladding for the bumpers, wheelarches and side skirts. Roof rails and sporty alloy wheels also feature.
The SUV will be built on the current Polo’s chassis, same that will be used for the standard next-generation supermini, which is due on sale here in 2009.
The SUV will be 20mm higher than the regular Polo and will be fitted with VW’s 4MOTION four-wheel-drive system.
Under the hood there will be the same range of engines as the standard car: a 1.2-litre three-cylinder petrol engine with either 60bhp or 70bhp, a 85bhp 1.4-litre, a 105 hp 1.2-litre TSI turbocharged. Diesel options will include a 1.6-litre TDI in 75bhp, 90bhp and 105bhp forms.
After the launch of the Golf VI, Volkswagen will also unveil a redesigned version of the compact car Polo, based on the platform of the current Seat Ibiza and Skoda Fabia.
The 2008-2009 years have been very important for the evolution of Volkswagen group: first was the Passat CC, then Scirocco and finally in autumn we will see the next generation Golf. 2009 will be the year for a new Polo: based on the compact platform of the Volkswagen group, same as for the Skoda Fabia and Seat Ibiza, the future Polo will be more aggressive and sportier.
Under the hood there will be the same engines as in the rest of Volkswagen’s range, such as the 1,4-litre TFSI, including for the GTI version. Diesel versions will include the new 1.6-litre TDI.
Volkswagen announced today the begining of a new partnership with FC Schalke 04 football club. In order to celebrate this partnership , the German manufacturer unveiled a new edition of the Polo called S04 Edition which will be built in just 100 units.
vw polo s04 edition
The new edition will feature special blue pain with grey and white elements, FC Schalke 04 logo on the sill plates, head rests and boot lid. The vehicle also comes equipped with 16” alloy wheels, darkened windows and ESP as standard.
Volkswagen’s small car architecture, which today underpins the VW Polo, Seat Ibiza and Skoda Fabia, will offer the possibility of all-wheel drive for the next generation of VW group small cars.
"The new small-car platform architecture includes an all-wheel drive option," Erich Schmitt, president of Seat said. "Seat won’t offer awd for its new Ibiza, but other group models could use it."
The first use of the latest development of this platform, called PQ25, is for the new Seat Ibiza. The new-generation VW Polo will be the next model later this year, followed by the all-new Audi A1 in late 2009.
The current version of VW’s Cross Polo has the looks of an awd crossover model, but comes with front-wheel drive only. "Think of an awd option for the next generation Cross Polo, or next Audi A1," an VW group source said. "And Audi already has an awd tradition anyway with its Quattro models."
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