What would your next car be after the Polo GTI?

[readerr0r]

The 208 GTi is a fair bit smaller than the Polo GTi no?

The Fiesta...haha...its a Ford.

Cheers for the advice Lucas

There's Ford and then there's Ford Europe, both STs are built in Germany (Polo can't claim that).

Problem is the facelift of the fiesta was very lazy, and that tiny dash screen and 5 million pointless buttons makes me nauseous.
I hope the polo gets facelifted, just give it the mk7 xenons and it'll help me feel like its an upgrade

[jayc29u]

Fiesta ST. Great car (performance wise)....had a drive of one and its pretty good. My only little quirk is that horrid interior design. Like readerror said, the countless amount of buttons on the dash is just dumb (and distracting) along with the little screen that comes with it.

From what I gathered in my 20-30 minute test drive is the Ford's suspension is stiffer and it goes pretty similarly to the Polo (stock of course). The noise that comes into the cabin is pretty nice though coming from a 4 cylinder. I think its real engine noise as well unlike the artificial stuff that gets pumped through a speaker mounted in the dash . I found the seats are also more supportive than the Polo's. There was nothing special about the interior when compared to a Polo as VW have their stuff sorted out in that area. Of course, it has a manual gearbox which is always welcome.

Price....drive away from my local dealer was $29,xxx. There are also NO options available as everything comes standard...!

[AXL72]

My current car is my Polo GTI 2013, but I've ordered the Polo R WRC. I'll have it delivered in the end of october/beginning of november. It's really good priced here in Sweden, the price is only $165 above the Polo GTI.

[Lucas_R]

^ looks nice. Is that a manual gearbox i see?

EDIT: Wait a second.....is this the 2.0T version as shown here: Volkswagen Polo R WRC road car confirmed for production | CarAdvice

If so, thats awesome. Cant believe its only a few dollars more than the normal GTI.

[readerr0r]

^ looks nice. Is that a manual gearbox i see?

EDIT: Wait a second.....is this the 2.0T version as shown here: Volkswagen Polo R WRC road car confirmed for production |Â*CarAdvice

If so, thats awesome. Cant believe its only a few dollars more than the normal GTI.

Yeah its an amazing car, not available in RHD though

[Lucas_R]

Yeah its an amazing car, not available in RHD though

What a shame about no RHD. Who on earth would buy a normal GTi when you could have a special edition WRC model with manual box and 2.0T engine for only $165 more.

[Lemonskin]

Whatever mine will be (probably Octavia RS) it'll be much bigger than the Polo. Love the Polo but its too small.

[Hail22]

There's Ford and then there's Ford Europe, both STs are built in Germany (Polo can't claim that).

Problem is the facelift of the fiesta was very lazy, and that tiny dash screen and 5 million pointless buttons makes me nauseous.
I hope the polo gets facelifted, just give it the mk7 xenons and it'll help me feel like its an upgrade

I had a look whilst in the office...and I shall deliver:

[readerr0r]

I had a look whilst in the office...and I shall deliver:

Yup, good way to freshen up the Polo, but IAA Frankfurt is on right now and there hasn't been any info so I doubt it will be facelifted before the new Polo.

[Hail22]

Yup, good way to freshen up the Polo, but IAA Frankfurt is on right now and there hasn't been any info so I doubt it will be facelifted before the new Polo.

If that's the case expect the new Polo to be shown at least the same time next year with a Euro sale Feb 2015 / Australia Sept 2015 with a GTi Available Euro September 2015...with an Aus GTi around December 2015 or early Jan 2016...