Volkswagen Polo Comprehensive 2014 Review | Cleverer, cleaner and classier

Volkswagen Polo Comprehensive 2014 Review | Cleverer, cleaner and classier
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driving experience 02:47
design and build 11:46
market and model range 17:25
practicalities and cost 25:49
summary 31:40
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Cleverer, cleaner and classier, this improved fifth generation Typ 6R' Volkswagen Polo supermini remains a quality used car choice. This revised model introduced in 2014 may look little different from the original MK5 design we first saw in 2009 but it featured important changes beneath the bonnet - and on the equipment list. Some fresh engines and a bit of extra hi-tech in the Golf-style cabin both aimed to please loyal buyers, while keeping this car class-competitive against more recent rivals. As a result, this model remained very viable as a carefully conservative choice in its class and will appeal on the used car market where it's low key, but likeable.
History
Supermini fashions can come and go but one model seems to remain impervious to fickle fancy. A Volkswagen Polo is somehow above all of that. And if you buy one, you'll probably think yourself to be so too.
We're looking here at a significantly revised version of the MK5 model that was first introduced in 2009, then upgraded the Spring of 2014 with the improvements we're going to be discussing. And you might need our help here because you won't appreciate many of the updates from a casual glance. In fact, there's not a single sheet metal difference over the original model, all part of that subtlety we mentioned earlier.
Don't be misled though. Instead of pointlessly wasting money on widespread changes to the front end as most manufacturers would with a mid-term update, Volkswagen instead blew its 2014 model year facelift budget on things of more importance, with a thorough engine update, extra high technology and reassuring safety. Plus buyers got a cabin properly reminiscent of the only slightly larger seventh generation Golf.
Could they have done more? Of course. Any brand capable of democratising new technology as it dd in this era in futuristic models like e-Up!, the hybrid Golf GTE and the extreme XL1 could certainly have brought us a Polo that would have raised a few more eyebrows. But then part of the appeal of this car lies precisely in the fact that it doesn't do that. It doesn't draw attention to itself in any way other than to subtly suggest a conservative cleverness on the part of its owner. This car sold until late 2017 when it was replaced by an all-new sixth generation Polo.
Writer - Jonathan Crouch
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[@williamegler8771]

So nice when they are new but owning one, essentially out of warranty, is an expensive proposition.

[@Parkie355]

Can you give examples of such problems that may occur? I’m torn between purchasing a 2019 Fiesta or a 2016 Polo