Just as "K-car" is a Japanese term, "high-quality small car" was once a European term, and the Polo, which was born in 1975, is an outstanding representative of European cars. The cumulative global sales of the Polo have exceeded 11 million units, and although there is still a gap compared to the carnival, it has long been the top seller of small cars in China since the fourth-generation Polo landed in China in 2002.

 

In China, the "four-eyed Polo" was once synonymous with the quality of a small car, but this was mainly compared to its contemporaries, which were compared to the fiat Palio, Chery QQ and the aging Volkswagen Jetta with dismal reliability. In fact, the car will expose reliability problems over the course of more than five years of long-term use, and the problems are mainly focused on the fuel system.

 

The Polo currently on sale is the fifth-generation product launched in 2009, while the sixth-generation model is already on sale in other countries and regions. In the Chinese market, although the Polo has not been replaced, it has been replaced with a new 1.5L EA211 engine, with Aisin 6AT, this powertrain is still biased towards fuel economy, compared with competitors in the same price range, there are obvious shortcomings in drivability, which is manifested in slow power response and not fast acceleration. The shortcomings in space and practicality have not been improved.

 

If you don't buy the GTI version, the Polo is indeed a slow car compared to other models in its class. The advantage of the POLO is that it has a relatively excellent driving quietness, and the chassis is also very comfortable, neither as hard as the MINI and Fit, nor as soft as some pure grocery carts.

 

In terms of safety, POLO has received a five-star safety evaluation in Europe, and the domestic POLO has obtained a five-star level in the third batch of C-NCAP tests in 2011.