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Volkswagen Polo

Volkswagen Polo (Germany, 1981-1994)

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The second generation of the Polo was introduced in August 1981 just before the Frankfurt International Motor Show. A completely new body came with a distinctive steep tail and a resulting more practical boot. When the rear bench was folded down, the Polo offered 1,000 litres of boot volume.

The Formula E model (for Economy) was particularly fuel efficient due to an engine with higher compression and a higher fourth gear. The Polo Coupé with its hatchback followed in 1982. The GT G40 version introduced in 1986 had a spiral-shaped G-charger and delivered 85 kW / 115 hp. Before that in 1983, the Polo celebrated its first million units produced.

The first diesel Polo came in 1986. The first in Volkswagen’s smallest model delivered 33 kW / 45 hp. Back then it consumed 6.0 litres of diesel every 100 kilometres. In the same year, the petrol version of the Polo received the first micro catalytic converter in the exhaust system. At the start of 1990, all petrol engines for the Polo switched to the more modern computer-controlled catalytic converter.

The Polo underwent extensive improvements in autumn 1990 with bigger bumpers and rectangular headlights. The engines also gained a few hp of power.



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