Polo Tail Light Design: how would you have designed it

[GT3]

ok the original pic I attached has been modified, no rear wiper, even disposed of rego plate ..so the whole rear hatch is one section that opens with the remote release. just needs some Lambo doors up front and job complete

[Y2008]

i think VW tried to cut their costs when they did the facelift from 9n to 9n3. I see the main problem is the lights are too vertical. They tried to maintain the same spirit as the golf by having that circle in the centre. It makes the back look too long (vertically). Does anyone know anything about regulations for tail lights and their size or something. I think it might look good to have some treatement similar to like the HSVs where there isnt any alteration to the panel work but just streamlined the tail light unit a bit.

[DaveMack]

ok the original pic I attached has been modified, no rear wiper, even disposed of rego plate ..so the whole rear hatch is one section that opens with the remote release. just needs some Lambo doors up front and job complete

Yeah ... that looks better, Neil ... very clean-shaven.

Dave

[bahjah]

that photochop reminds me of the new Alfa Romeo MiTo, which is a good thing.

[PogoAmy]

FWIW I'm also for a 'mini-Golf' Mk5 look. The taillights are the only thing (other then the rattles) I don't like about Pogo.

Cheers!
PogoAmy.

[RhysQ]

that photochop reminds me of the new Alfa Romeo MiTo, which is a good thing.

my initial thoughts were this......i wish!!

[Treza360]

my initial thoughts were this......i wish!!
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...b_04_03_06.jpg

Yeah see I don't like the backend of the 599 or the above photoshop. A single circle just doesn't look right, especially on the Fezza.
Also that photoshop makes the polo look kind of like the Alpha Romeo MiTo.
Personally I don't think there's anything wrong with the back end of the polo, it's not offensive, it's not blandest thing in the world and it does have a little bit of style to it.

[DaveMack]

Personally I don't think there's anything wrong with the back end of the polo, it's not offensive, it's not blandest thing in the world and it does have a little bit of style to it.

Quite agree, Trent. It seems to me that, regardless what vehicle we end up with ... we'll eventually pick holes in it's appearance and wish it had different features.

My particular gripe with the Pogo is that it appears to sit too high & slightly too narrow. But then ... if you extrapolate that feeling ... I can't really afford the Lambo that I think has the perfect stance.

Dave

[GT3]

..and a slight variation on the theme