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Polo facelift was caught by our photographers,
no camouflage .... |
In the sales charts, the Polo is securely mounted behind the trio Clio-208-C3. Starting next year, a makeover could allow him to win the bronze medal. While the aesthetic changes are discrete, as evidenced by our spy shots.
In the ultra-competitive supermini segment, the roles seem clearly distributed:
in France, Renault Clio and Peugeot 208 are fighting for top billing, followed by a Citroen C3 aging, despite a recent cooling. As for the Polo, it fails the podium. A cast that displeases makers VW, who would like it in rank. For this, the German city will be entitled to a redesign, next spring, which will be formalized at the Geneva show in 2014. Aesthetics, there will be nothing to report. And for good reason: the Polo unglazed parts remain unchanged, just to limit the cost of the operation. The groom will just beyond the prototype caught by our spies. It will therefore confine itself to optical and timidly restyled taillights, as well as shields and air intakes a little changed from the current Polo.
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The stern of the model series evolve a little,
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Under the hood, however, the small Volkswagen will seriously page. All the engines will comply with Euro 6 emissions standard. Better, the winded air 85 hp 1.4 will give way to an unprecedented three-cylinder 1.0 turbo 90 bhp, which promises more torque and more sober. The catalog also enrich a version 1.4 TSI 122 hp, bridging the gap between the 105 hp 1.2 and the Polo BlueGT, including 1.4 now delivers 140 hp. At the same time, the latter will win 10 hp, approaching some of the GTI and its 180 hp. More good news: as mechanical display a slight decrease in consumption, the next hardening of bonus / malus tax (probably occurring in early 2014) should not penalize buyers of petrol versions. Apart from the GTI, which currently gets a penalty of � 100, all Polo should remain in the neutral zone or be gratified a bonus.
