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Blue-Blooded Volkswagen Polo STO Thinks It's a Super Hatch With Lambo Huracan DNA
Blue-Blooded Volkswagen Polo STO Thinks It's a Super Hatch With Lambo Huracan DNA

1 Sep 2022, 09:44 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Based on the previous-generation VW Polo GTI, this digital take imagines it with design traits inspired by the Lamborghini Huracan STO

 
Watch Someone Have Fun in a 0–124 Mph Test With the VW Polo GTI
Watch Someone Have Fun in a 0–124 Mph Test With the VW Polo GTI

11 May 2022, 08:46 UTC · By: Marius Visan / Someone took to the racetrack the new VW Polo GTi with a supercharged 2.0-liter engine and a DSG automatic transmission, and here's how it went

 
2022 Volkswagen Polo GTI Gets Rendered With Very Real Dual Exhaust, Golf Vibes
2022 Volkswagen Polo GTI Gets Rendered With Very Real Dual Exhaust, Golf Vibes

27 Apr 2021, 08:39 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / We are ready to tolerate the fake exhaust thing on regular models, but the second they show on performance-driven cars, we riot

 
2019 Audi A1 40 TFSI Is a Polo GTI in Disguise, Hits 100 KM/H in 6.5 Seconds
2019 Audi A1 40 TFSI Is a Polo GTI in Disguise, Hits 100 KM/H in 6.5 Seconds

8 Dec 2018, 23:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 40 TFSI is the only A1 with bigger brakes, double exhaust pipes and the 6-speed twin-clutch auto. Basically, it's a more expensive, less practical GTI

 
2019 VW Polo GTI Gets 6-Speed Manual from €23,350
2019 VW Polo GTI Gets 6-Speed Manual from €23,350

22 Nov 2018, 18:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We've known all along that the Polo GTI was getting a manual. Sadly, tweaks made to the engine due to WLTP mean some of those euros have been added back

 
2019 VW Polo GTI vs. 2019 MINI Cooper S: Sound and Acceleration Check
2019 VW Polo GTI vs. 2019 MINI Cooper S: Sound and Acceleration Check

28 Sep 2018, 19:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Why compare a MINI Cooper S and a Polo GTI when the JCW is the real hot hatch? Because the two cost about the same and have similar power

 
2018 VW Polo GTI Is Less Fun Than Fiesta ST Yet Somehow Better
2018 VW Polo GTI Is Less Fun Than Fiesta ST Yet Somehow Better

25 Aug 2018, 21:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In fact, both cars are way better than their predecessors, so if you're a fan of either one, now is the perfect time to buy

 
Cupra Arona Coming in 2020 With 200 HP 2-Liter Turbo
Cupra Arona Coming in 2020 With 200 HP 2-Liter Turbo

10 Aug 2018, 20:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We can't say that the Arona has a very sporty look, but the world does need more 200 horsepower crossovers of this size

 
New Polo GTI Sounds Better Than Golf GTI?
New Polo GTI Sounds Better Than Golf GTI?

29 Jul 2018, 20:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen played it very safe with the 230 HP version of the Golf GTI and the 220 model that came before just so it could sell the Performance Pack

 
245 HP Golf GTI PP Is Faster than the 310 HP Golf GTI Clubsport S?
245 HP Golf GTI PP Is Faster than the 310 HP Golf GTI Clubsport S?

21 Jul 2018, 11:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / That's 65 more horsepower in the Clubsport S compared to the Performance Pack, but the manual can't launch and power drops after 10 seconds

 
Golf GTI, Polo GTI and Up! GTI Compared on Col de Turini
Golf GTI, Polo GTI and Up! GTI Compared on Col de Turini

22 Jun 2018, 19:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / From a 1-liter with 115 horsepower to a 2-liter with 245, every VW GTI model is compared purely on fun. The Golf R also makes a cameo

 
Night Drive in 2018 Polo GTI Is a Pleasant High-Speed Experience
Night Drive in 2018 Polo GTI Is a Pleasant High-Speed Experience

23 May 2018, 19:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What are you missing compared to a Golf GTI? The independent rear suspension and a tiny bit of space, but it's not essential stuff

 
New Polo GTI Drag Races Golf GTI With Shocking Results
New Polo GTI Drag Races Golf GTI With Shocking Results

26 Apr 2018, 18:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If the Polo GTI is faster than the Golf, it's probably going to walk all over the Fiesta ST and Clio RS. But we'll watch those races too... when they arrive

 
2018 VW Polo GTI Is Competent But Not Fun, Says Review
2018 VW Polo GTI Is Competent But Not Fun, Says Review

28 Dec 2017, 21:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With 200 horsepower and the same size of engine as its bigger brother, the Polo GTI should be more fun. But it's been designed for comfort and predictability

 
2018 Polo GTI Review Cleverly Disguises Criticism
2018 Polo GTI Review Cleverly Disguises Criticism

18 Dec 2017, 21:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A small hot hatch is what you grab by the scruff of the neck and fling around a twisty track, not something you drive because it's sophisticated

 
2018 VW Polo GTI Launch Control and Exhaust Sound Put to the Test
2018 VW Polo GTI Launch Control and Exhaust Sound Put to the Test

7 Dec 2017, 21:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagens are usually faster than officially claimed, but this one is a little slower. Did it not have the right kind of rubber?

 
2018 Volkswagen Polo GTI Sporty Looks in New Photo Gallery
2018 Volkswagen Polo GTI Sporty Looks in New Photo Gallery

5 Dec 2017, 18:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Volkswagen brand would be incomplete without a small, powerful Polo GTI with tartan seats and the famous DSG gearbox

 
2018 Volkswagen Polo GTI Gets Detailed Walkaround Ahead of Launch
2018 Volkswagen Polo GTI Gets Detailed Walkaround Ahead of Launch

25 Oct 2017, 20:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Polo GTI now has the same power and 40 Nm more torque than the Mk5 Golf GTI. It's going to offer a great balance of speed and everyday use

 
Volkswagen Says "No" to GTI Crossover, Only Up!, Polo and Golf
Volkswagen Says "No" to GTI Crossover, Only Up!, Polo and Golf

15 Jun 2017, 16:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You can have any type of GTI model you want as long as its one of three hatchbacks Volkswagens picked. Meanwhile, how many AMG models are there?

 
Polo GTI Drag Racer Is as Fast as Hypercars, Has Parachute
Polo GTI Drag Racer Is as Fast as Hypercars, Has Parachute

24 Apr 2017, 17:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The quarter-mile time of this Polo GTI with AWD is similar to the SRT Demon or the trio of hybrid hypercars from McLaren, Porsche and Ferrari