Volkswagen Polo is a mini car or a city car that has a long history. Nearly 4 decades Volkswagen Polo has produced tens of millions of cars with different variants of the hatchback, saloon, coupé and estate variants around the world. Car production the German automotive companies Volkswagen AG is entering the fifth generation has also been receiving a lot of supreme achievement.

Last year for example, on February 4, 2010 in India, this city car on Volkswagen Polo hatchback variant has reached production to 11,111,111 units since its first production in 1975. Volkswagen’s factory in Pune, India is the most comprehensive and integrated factory owned by Volkswagen. Starting from the press body, paint to the final assembly done in the factory which has a production capacity of 110,000 units. In celebration of the production of the Volkswagen Polo was also attended by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Horst Kohler.

2010 World Car of the Year

In 2010 alone the various achievements and awards have been received by the Volkswagen Polo since its launch in March 2009 at the Geneva Motor Show with a fifth-generation Polo Typ 6R as 2010 World Car of the Year at the New York International Auto Show in April 2010, as the 2010 European Car of the Year for the first time in the history of Polo, as a supermini 2010 Car of the Year at the What Car? And the award as Japan Import Car of the Year for 2010-2011.

In terms of safety, Volkswagen Polo has thorax airbags and has received a five-star Euro NCAP crash impact rating as detailed below:

Details of tested car
Specifications
Tested model : VW Polo 1.2 Trendline, LHD
Body type : 5 door hatchback
Year of publication : 2009
Kerb weight : 1035kg
VIN from which rating applies : Applies to all applies Polos spec
Class : SUPERMINI

Safety equipment
Front seatbelt pretensioners
Front seatbelt load limiters
Driver frontal airbag : single stage
Front passenger frontal airbag : single stage
Side body airbags : combined with side head airbag
Side head airbags

Volkswagen Polo

And the types offered:

- 1.2 L, 3 cylinder petrol, 60 PS (44 kW; 59 hp)
- 1.2 L, 3 cylinder petrol, 70 PS (51 kW; 69 hp
- 1.2 L TSI, turbocharged 4 cylinder petrol, 105 PS (77 kW; 104 hp)
- 1.4 L, 4 cylinder petrol, 85 PS (63 kW; 84 hp)
- 1.6 L, 4 cylinder petrol, 105 PS (77 kW; 104 hp)
- 1.6 L TDI, turbocharged 4 cylinder common rail diesel, 75 PS (55 kW; 74 hp)
- 1.2 L TDI, turbocharged 3 cylinder common rail diesel, 75 PS (55 kW; 74 hp) (BlueMotion)
- 1.6 L TDI, turbocharged 4 cylinder common rail diesel, 90 PS (66 kW; 89 hp)
- 1.6 L TDI, turbocharged 4 cylinder common rail diesel, 105 PS (77 kW; 104 hp)

In the year 2010 is a golden year for the Volkswagen Polo because it managed to sell over 45,000 units in UK and is a record sale of Polo and became the 6th best selling new car in United Kingdom.

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