VW Polo GTI: Hitting the UK market

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

VW Polo GTI: Hitting the UK market

Here's some info of the UK's version of the VW Polo GTI.

We’d have bet our little sister that by now VW would have brought the Polo GTI to the US to challenge the Scion’s dominance among young, sport-minded buyers (and by “little sister” we mean half a sawbuck). After all, the top-line Polo’s got a 1.8-liter, 20 valve turbocharged four banger that produces in the neighborhood of 150 hp, leading toward a 0-to-62 mph time of 8.2 seconds and a top speed of 134 mph. (That’s in range of a loaded Scion tC.) in the UK, it’s hitting showrooms at a base price of £14,810, which (notwithstanding an exact exchange in currency value) would suggest a selling price in the US of around $15,000 to $16,000. Maybe next generation the business case will match the head case, or something like that.