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Last Auto account – VW's New Polo GTI unleashed – Exclusive We acknowledge the abounding adventure on Golf GTI's babyish brother…
Hot bear admirers rejoice – the Golf GTI is accepting a little brother!
VW has an all-new Polo on the way in 2009, and is basic the wildest, fastest and sportiest adaptation anytime to top the range.

Following in the footsteps of the MkV Golf GTI – which showed VW could still aftermath amazing achievement cars if it launched in 2004 – the Polo GTI looks set to be a sales accident hit.

As you can see, the flagship will not be abbreviate of beheld aggression. All the archetypal GTI architecture cues are there, from the piano atramentous grille accent in red to the GTI badging and abysmal air intakes.

Neat touches cover able-bodied flared arches, abounding by attractive alloys. The attending is accomplished off by a attenuate roof addle-brain and bodykit – and the aftereffect is by far the most
distinctive Polo anytime made.

Inside, the berth will see some affecting leaps in quality, with agnate soft-touch plastics to those in the latest MkVI Golf (tested on Page 40). But what will absolutely accomplish the newcomer angle out will be its account – which includes figure-hugging sports seats, red brim and animated aluminium pedals.

The next Polo will be agnate in admeasurement to the approachable machine. But as it shares the PQ25 baby car belvedere that underpins the latest SEAT Ibiza, added amplitude has been freed up inside. Using this anatomy as a base, aggregation engineers will aswell add stiffer springs and thicker anti-roll bars, additional adult absorption and adherence ascendancy systems.

When it was launched, the MkV Golf GTI set the accepted for avant-garde achievement VWs, and the Polo GTI aims to accept a agnate impact. It will amalgamate authentic council and bound physique cycle with a adjustable ride. Completing the amalgamation is a set of upgraded brakes.

However, the Polo’s hottest asset will be its engine: a 1.4-litre supercharged and
turbocharged four-cylinder TSI, which will adroitness the Ibiza Cupra aboriginal in 2009.
This produces 178bhp and 250Nm of torque in the GTI, and gives a 0-60mph time of about seven abnormal and a 140mph top speed.

What will accomplish the car fun to drive will be the way its ability is delivered. The aggregate of turbo and supercharging agency there will be a ample advance of torque at low revs, with able-bodied appetite continuing all the way to the red line. The engine’s baby accommodation will aswell construe into able abridgement and CO2 emissions. Figures of 40mpg and beneath than 150g/km are expected.
As with the Cupra, the GTI gets a six-speed chiral box as standard, with a fast-shifting seven-ratio DSG box an option.

While the new Polo is set to accomplish its apple admission at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, the GTI will not be apparent until aboriginal 2010. A amount of about £15,500 is likely.