03 March 2009 - 11:00
Geneva show: VW Polo BlueMotion
Pride of place on Volkswagen's somewhat sparsely populated Geneva stand is this, the Polo BlueMotion concept.
That's 'concept' in the sense of ‘not really a concept at all - just give us a few more months to finish building it'. Up close, the Polo looks completely production ready, and a fair bit sharper than the current model, thanks to a faintly Scirocco-aping front end.
So what is it? Well, VW is calling the Polo BlueMotion concept ‘the most efficient five-seater in the world', and the figures are indeed impressive: 86.1mpg and just 87g/km of CO2. The new Prius manages a piffling 72.4mpg and 89g/km of CO2.
The impressive stats are down to a new 1.2-litre common-rail turbodiesel, along with an automatic stop-start system - similar to that seen on the Mini D - and KERS-style regenerative braking technology.
All of which could easily make production, but VW says it needs just a little more time to tweak the technology. "I anticipate that we will be able to go into production in February 2010," says VW's development chief Dr Ulrich Hackenberg.
OK, it's not the most visually inspiring thing we've ever seen, but you can't knock the Polo's eco-credentials. Reckon it'll usurp the Prius as the green car of choice next year? Fat chance, eh?
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RE:Obelix. Yes, the new Polo should be around in a few months. I'd take it with petrol 1.2 TSI tho, if available but the current 1.2 HTP is rubbish, not very economical and lazy too.
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A shrunken Golf indeed...
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I think it's cute and I bet it will be fun to drive around.
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Ha! Eat that Toyota! Nice look, kinda new Golf meets current Polo, but 86.1mpg, wow!
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It looks like a lego brick
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Don't care about the eco stuff, it just looks great.
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Im with alex with this one I do not care if it good for the environment if you want to be good to the environment walk. I care about the other models like when or if the GTI version will come out that will be good to see i can imagine it will look like the new GOLF GTI. i think it is a good looker and oddly the volkswagen polos are not very common on the roads even though it is a volkswagen for a small amount of money considering how much most of there cars are
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This is a good looking VW.
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It looks cooler than the golf. I like it :)
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I see VW has gone Ford. They had one good-looking car and now they're making all their models look similar to the original one. Not necessarily a bad thing, if Ford and Volkswagen are anything to go by.
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That's NOT a Scirocco face - that front is CLEARLY inspired by the well-recieved BlueSport Roadster Concept that everyone wants them to build and thus fill the Toyota-MR2-shaped hole in our lives. As for the Prius, I hope it dies in a fire.
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absolutely beautiful...VW should have this on the production lines ASAP
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Thats a very cool car. I like because it looks like a Golf GTI but you know its a Polo, so you can be cool, and do your bit for the envioroment, and all that other green stuff. I like it.
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Isn't it like a new Fiat Stilo? Like a VW son of the Schumacher version... It looks a bit like an old idea, good, but not really new.
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Obelix commented on this article
03 March 2009
So, do we need to wait 2010. to drive a Polo? I like this one. I don't care that much about BlueMotion. So, is there any normal, non B.M. Polo, which would see production in next few months?
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