@@crazybudgiehacker4433 the good reason is these companies just don't even 30% manufacture or assemble in india so to control them govt did so..... But still they are not doing so . Yeah i can say roads are not good but its nothing to do with road much
Because Polos were sold in a lot of countries and remained more of less the same (MK5) throughout their markets, one can add a lot of features in Indian Polo by getting parts from a French Polo (obviously both should be MK5). Also, parts are so much standardised in VW that Polo can even accommodate Jetta’s seats (with ventilation & memory function) and no one can say it isn’t a standard Polo fitment. Polo can also use many Golf GTI’s parts. There was a 1.6Ltr NA 4cylinder Polo that was amazing to drive. If I had that much money, I’d still be swapping parts in and out of my Polo.
You've got to be joking? VW went to crap after 2000 and had a decade of absolute reliability flops. It was only in 2010+ they started to gain relevance as their cars once again started getting fairly reliable...
I never realised about the arm rest and the ring in the newer ones. We have the 2011 Vento with the 1.6 TDI and it has both of those. It originally came with fabric but we had it changed to a softer material and also had the centre arm rest also changed to a little softer and more supportive specifically for my dad's driving style.
i also did it with seats from an audi S5 8T, but i went with the manual adjustment cause they are 10kg lighter, but they are still heated, TONS of more adjustments, electric lombar support and the leather+alcantara is much better than fabric
My polo is 2013 highline and yes it has 4kops in the rear boot and when I upgrade the stereo to rcd340 then it shows the ops lines on the stereo otherwise that ops didn’t work and when they started giving touch stereo in 2014 they removed the ops like why the ?
The spare tyre thing you mentioned is not true. I own a 2013 vento and it too has a space saver tyre & also the fabric padded armrest is not present in my 2013 vento. The fabric pads were present only till 10-2012 models ig.
Has anyone else also noticed this My polo gt’s horn(the low tone which I added from company it’s oem)sounds a tad bland when the car has the AC turned on and in traffic (when the car gets heated )
This polo never sold well in the Philippines since it was so archaic compared to the Mazda 2 which was just bigger, more powerful, premium, modern, better transmission, 4 disc brakes. Literally the polo never stood a chance. Even the automatic transmission was slow to respond but to be fair it was an old model and I'm surprised to still see it new in India. Sad that they didn't bring the new euro spec polo here though.
I think the reason is because at some point this generation was still being sold in some countries while the newer model was already out. In South Africa where it's built , we have a "vivo" model which is basically this shape, that gets sold as a cheaper alternative to the new AW generation polo. That's one of the reason if might feel cheaper. Especially with doors being lighter, less insulation etc etc.
Saddening but true, my MK5 JETTA was built better than the last gen in terms of interior quality wise. The interior screamed the simply clever bits such as velvet lining on the door bottle holders, Slow action of the Globebox, Cabin lights turn on and off slowly just like a rolls Royce, and general cabin quality was much better in older models.
Not sure where you are in the world or what market you purchased your car, at a guess Asia, as it’s right hand drive, but that is some serious cost cutting, we have see it too in Volkswagen’s here in the UK and Europe, but not to that extent,
Can we also talk about this polo being the lowest trim ever and all the things he said that he installed are actually manufactured fitted plus if you are asking how I know, I own one in the uk. It is also a 2016 polo not a 2023 model
May be you are right but doing cost cuttings in interior is better than compromising safety ratings and airbags in car means compromising directly with life of driver and passenger.many brands like maruti suzuki/Kia does with Indian consumer
Before 2014 india has lower taxes on cars no sudden unplanned emissions norms but after 2014 we have seen very high taxes and sudden changing emissions norms causing us to pay more for the same car. So that politicians can ride in fortuners bmw mercs and we on other hand can’t even buy alto
Absolutely right. In 2016 I bought second hand Polo 2012 model . I used that car for 4 and half year and later sold it. Having used German car for 4 yrs i didnt find that comfort and safety in any other car so i decided to buy New Polo. When i took test drive in 2021 i was very upset looking at the n numbers of compromise VW has done on Polo. Be it engine size, built quality, car weight, side mirror size and other features. They have done hell lot of compromise and ruined iconic Polo.
