VW Polo GTI: First drive from South Africa

The VW Polo GTI has arrived in South Africa and here is the first driving report.

The Polo GTI, which is made in the VWSA plant in Uitenhage, is close to the size of the original Golf GTI - the car that started the "hot hatchback" craze, and which itself created a huge cult following - and it is expected the Polo GTI will generate the same sort of interest.

And this is one reason why its designers have gone "back to the past" in terms of interior trim, offering the same plaid "Interlagos" design cloth inserts found on the original GTI.

And it's a little gem on the road. Ride quality is surprisingly good, and the chassis is very agile - as we found out pretty quickly when we came across an unexpected, and very large, pothole washed out by the recent heavy rains in the Eastern Cape.

A quick left, right, left flick and we were past without any danger, though anything less predictable than the Polo would have thumped into the hole and flattened at least the tyre, if not the wheel!

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Source: Wheeels24

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