New Polo From Volkswagen

Volkswagen has unveiled a facelifted Polo ahead of the car’s public debut at the Geneva motor show. The facelifted Polo will go on sale in the UK from May in three-door and five-door guises. Revisions  include new or updated engines, exterior styling tweaks, an upgraded interior and new driver assistance  systems. 

VW has also worked on the Polo’s ride and handling by giving ....
it an optional Sport Select suspension with  two levels of damping stiffness, along with a new electromechanical steering system.

The facelifted Polo features a new front bumper and a reworked grille. The headlamps are now available with an LED main beam function on upper end models. At the rear is a  subtly restyled bumper and revised tail-lamps.

VW has attempted to lift the perceived quality of the interior with a new three spoke steering wheel, altered instrument graphics and a revised centre console. There are new controls for the air conditioning system, the choice of either a five-inch or 6.5-inch touch screen, a range of optional infotainment features and new rear camera to ease parking.

The Polo also gains a range of new driver assistance and safety systems. These include a multi-collision brake feature that automatically stops the car after a heavy impact, a fatigue warning function, a radar-controlled distance control system that operates between 18mph and 100mph, and a collision  prevention system with emergency braking at below 18mph.

New to the petrol line-up is an 89bhp 1.0-litre three cylinder engine in the Polo BlueMotion. It is claimed to return 68.9mpg and 94g/km.

Reworked petrol engines include the 59bhp 1.2-litre triple, which achieves 61.4mpg and 106g/km, aided  by stop-start and brake energy recuperation. The same engine is now also offered in 74bhp guise, 5bhp  more than before.

Positioned above them are two updated turbocharged three-pot 1.2 TSI units with 89bhp and 108bhp.

The 1.4-litre four-cylinder engine with cylinder-on demand technology in the Polo Blue GT gains 10bhp, taking it to 148bhp.

At the top of the new lineup is the Polo GTI, with a more powerful version of the standard 1.4-litre four that develops 189bhp.

It is all change on the diesel side, with a trio of 1.4-litre three-cylinder units that have 74bhp, 89bhp and 104bhp. They replace today’s 90bhp 1.2-litre triple and the 89bhp and 104bhp 1.6-litre four cylinder engines.

The 74bhp version returns a combined 88.3mpg and 82g/km, and the 89bhp unit is rated at 83.1mpg  and 89g/km.

Depending on the engine, buyers will be able to choose between a standard five or six speed manual or  seven speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox.