Should I buy the Polo 77tsi?

[themmc]

I have decided to go with the Suzuki Swift Sport for $25,000 drive away

I'm paying $24,990 for the VW Polo Comfortline and the C/S/A packs and tinting.

[Billecartz]

Suzuki give a 8yr warranty and 8yrs of road side assistance have heard good things about the swift.

I am sure that's fine if your expecting trouble with it, I just don't think I could get over the bug eyed look long term. I also did not remember you mentioning Suzuki, is this run out model you bought as I think there is a new model coming out this year!

[FJ Steve]

we considered the 'zooki when assessing the Polo (as well as looking at the Jazz, Yaris, Corolla, i30, Focus, Nissan range etc etc). In regard to the 'zooki, we didn't take it for a test drive, as we found the boot space minimal, space saver tyre, lacked features, and generally presented as a car out of it's depth when compared to the Polo.

I even thought of getting the RE4(?) Sports version....but the price and value for money did not even tempt me to even consider investigating it further.

Sorry...but I hope you don't regret the choice.

[Corey_R]

My mate and I took the Suzuki Swift Sports for a test drive... it was my suggestion after the great reviews that it had on Top Gear and Fifth Gear etc.

It was very underwhelming drive and performance. I'm sure if it were on a track where you can get some decent speed and maintain it through sweeping corners it may be fun, but on the street, it's just not!

Worse though was the interior quality... "hard plastics" everywhere. HOWEVER, those "hard plastics" were so "THIN", that you could literally press the door panels with your thumb and the entire panel would flex in 5cm. I'm sure if you pushed hard enough that you could push the door panels in much more.

A guy from my work, and Suzuki Grand Vitara owner, came to their defense and claimed we were exaggerating. So when we were all at the motorshow recently, we checked it out, and he was shocked to find we were 100% correct. It's kinda scary...

[triode12]

You have to rev the shyte out of Jap engines to get decent performance out of them. While with the VWs, torque comes on tap at around 2000RPM or there abouts which makes driving around at legal speeds a lot more enjoyable. That is why I am not buying another Jap car if I can help it.

[pologti18t]

25K drive away ain't that good on a Swift Sport. Do a search on Carsales.Com.au

Even 24K driveaway is advertised....

My mate and I took the Suzuki Swift Sports for a test drive... it was my suggestion after the great reviews that it had on Top Gear and Fifth Gear etc.

I don't think the car we get is the same spec in suspension or engine tune than the one they get in Europe.

I reckon a Fiesta Zetec at that price is a better overall car.

[deepdude]

You have to rev the shyte out of Jap engines to get decent performance out of them. While with the VWs, torque comes on tap at around 2000RPM or there abouts which makes driving around at legal speeds a lot more enjoyable. That is why I am not buying another Jap car if I can help it.

Totally agree with you. That's why I love driving my new PoG. Lotsa fun, minimal effort.

[GTI mk6]

I'm paying $24,990 for the VW Polo Comfortline and the C/S/A packs and tinting.

Manual or DSG?
Congrats. BTW
Also considering a Polo

[themmc]

Manual or DSG?
Congrats. BTW

Thanks - Manual. I don't drive a long way to/from work (12km round trip) so DSG isn't a major issue for me.

[chief]

Just out of curiosity, did you actually drive the Polo? What were your impressions of it?

No, I was very much looking at getting the polo but what put me off was people complaining about Volkswagen and Volkswagen Australia when it came to issues with their cars and time for warranty work. VW AU = d**ks from what I heard.

My sister's uni friend has a Swift sport and came past the other day and I liked it, though really liked the polo better from what I saw online. The coming week will be going to Suzuki and getting the car.

I will be looking at VW Golf in the future.