Polo GTI - 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013?

[sschen]

I went to test drive a 2011 Polo GTi last night and it doesn't feel as responsive as my 2007/8 Polo GTi (with APR Stage 1). I guess it is because it isn't a fair comparison seeing my older GTi has APR Stage 1? But I do like the firmer steering feel of the 2011 Polo GTi.

[sschen]

Either I got super lucky buying mine (brand new) back in 2013, or as mentioned previously, the Forums tend to create a false sense of concern by showing a very filtered view (by its very nature) of only bad or negative experiences with these vehicles.

Keep you car regularly serviced with an experienced VW mechanic, stay on top of the Oil side of things by topping up regularly as needed with the oil VW recommends etc. and you'll be fine.

The big one is the CTHE engines (2013 onwards I believe?) fixed a lot of the inherent issues of the original CAVE engines, so try to get 2013 onwards.

Mine's running full APR Stage 2, it's my daily, I drive it hard, go to cruise days, drag days etc and it's been great!

Interesting... So not all the 6R Polo GTi (2010 to 2015) share the same engine???

[alexaescht]

Interesting... So not all the 6R Polo GTi (2010 to 2015) share the same engine???

Nope.

-CAVE 1.4 twin charger 2010-2013 (132kW/250Nm)
-CTHE 1.4 twin charger 2013-2015 (132kW/250Nm)
-EA888 1.8 turbo 2015+ (DSG: 141kW/250Nm; Manual: 141kW/320Nm)

2010-2015 are auto only (DQ200 DSG) while 2015+ is the same DSG with a 6sp manual optional. Note that DSG versions of the 2015+ GTI are torque-limited so as to not overload the DSG.