candyrocco wrote:May highly reduce sales of scirocco :/ What do you guys thinks ? It's powered by a 1.4 TSI 180hp engine, with approx the same 0-62 as a 2.0 tsi 200hp DSG Scirocco
Hmmm, nah I dont think it will. I guess it might be ultimately quicker 0-60mph but as others have said that's not the only way to guage performance. I suspect in handling terms there's no way any polo, no matter how much you tweak it, will be able to match a Scirocco due to the Polo's inherently smaller wheels, higher narrower stance and lack of multi-link suspension.
In fact to be honest I think that rather than seeing the Polo GTi as a "Scirocco Killer" I suspect most people buying it in 3-door form will be asking the question why dont I buy a Scirrocco instead of the Polo when they're more or less the same price and the Scirocco's the better looking, better handling, more spacious car with a nicer interior, better exterior finish and likely better residuals!
There may be a market for the 5-door version but having owned a Polo GTi previously (2001 1.6 125bhp model) I'm not so sure. I was a lovely car but in hindsight if I'd had the extra 3-4k to buy a Golf GTi instead it would have made much more sense to be honest and I suspect that'll be the same situation with this Polo GTi aswell
On the plus side the Polo GTi does look fantastic (especially in white) and the fuel economy from the 1.4 turbo engine in a small light Polo is outstanding given the performance on offer.
I think that only offering it with automatic DSG is a mistake though. Strikes me that VW are making some unusual choices with the standard spec option on cars at the moment such as not offering the Scirocco without ACC. Why make options like these which most people dont want standard spec kit?
That and, without wanting to sound snobby!, there is no way in this world that I would pay £18k for a Polo!
