[thirtysixspokes]

Pretty awesome looking IMO.

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/vortex_news/article_2583.shtml

 

[Tom Parish]

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[Tom Parish]

One can only hope that it really makes it to the US. SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GC Lionel Mandrake]

One can only hope that it really makes it to the US. SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!

With a TDI option, please.

 

[jikozi]

from those pics, there is not an angle i dont like about it. awesome looking car...what the MKVI golf should have been like. :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[iheartmyVDUB]

This is nice... but I don't like the tail light. It doesn't flowww.

 

[thirtysixspokes]

The tails were made to look like the previous Polo, I think it works.

 

[iheartmyVDUB]

The tails were made to look like the previous Polo, I think it works.

I guess that makes sense. How come these cute cars never come here?

 

[thirtysixspokes]

Fat Americans don't fit in them.

 

[Nesho]

Fat Americans don't fit in them.

LMFAO! :thumbup:

 

[iheartmyVDUB]

that sucks that our American society of today prevents such cars from being available to people who aren't ignorant, fat, and narrow minded.politically you get the idea. I'd love the polo over all these ugly cars we have now from honda toyota etc.

 

[mycarsavw]

Fat Americans don't fit in them.

That ^ plus the cup holders only hold what you guys call "thimble-sized" cups.

We call them "large"

 

[R36Dreams]

So much nicer to look at than the BlueMotion I saw on Top Gear last night.

 

[l5gcw0b]

meh, nothing special imo.
my backside is too wide anyway

 

[GC Lionel Mandrake]

I guess that makes sense. How come these cute cars never come here?

Would this have anything to do with crash standards, in particular side impact? In Europe they don't have the prevalence of huge SUVs and pick-ups that could render one of those totalled in short order.

 

[iheartmyVDUB]

Would this have anything to do with crash standards, in particular side impact? In Europe they don't have the prevalence of huge SUVs and pick-ups that could render one of those totalled in short order.

No Johnny, it doesn't. Now that you've mentioned that... It would be small, but it isn't any smaller than a honda fit that could be totalled by an SUV/TRUCK same thing. Back to my statement, USA needs to be more conscientious of those aspects and above all improve environmental standards like Europe has done so.

 

[Desert Sailor]

Fat Americans don't fit in them.

Hey, now... Easy on the FAT jokes...

 

[GC Lionel Mandrake]

No Johnny, it doesn't. Now that you've mentioned that... It would be small, but it isn't any smaller than a honda fit that could be totalled by an SUV/TRUCK same thing. Back to my statement, USA needs to be more conscientious of those aspects and above all improve environmental standards like Europe has done so.

In that case, it must be down to VWofA deciding that a Polo wouldn't sell here, which IMO is a wrong assumption. If they think they can rebadge a Chrysler mini-van and charge a premium for it under a VW badge, surely there are people who want a small, economical and fun to drive car like the Polo.

VW's business rationale as to what comes to NA and what doesn't has me scratching my head constantly.

 

[3B-1.8T]

i agree i feel like VWoA is getting slightly out of touch with the market and losing the vision

 

[Altair 4]

Wati a sec...where is the Polo built? What's the exchange rate? How much would they have to cahrge to sell it here? I'd think this is probably more of an obstacle than anything else, although crash-worthiness may be presenting issues, as well.