First delivered to UK customers towards the end of 2009, the Mk5 (Type 6R) Polo did something no previous Polo had done: it won the overall European Car of the Year award for 2010. Admittedly, the ...

ICE-powered hot hatches might be a dying breed these days but that didn’t stop Volkswagen from presenting a new special edition of the Polo GTI just in time for its 25th anniversary. The VW Polo GTI ...

Since about 2014 or so, Volkswagen has gotten the habit of offering a manual Polo GTI again, and people seem to like it. It wasn't available from day 1 with this all-new model, but you can now order a ...

Volkswagen introduced the new Polo GTI at the IAA 2021 in Munich. It instantly caught a lot of attention thanks to some design styling borrowed from the new eighth-gen Golf. The new Polo GTI has a lot ...

There’s no other way around it. The Volkswagen Polo Mk5 is, even eight years after production had started, still relevant in its segment. Not only is it good, but the VW badge also plays a role in its ...

We’ve known for a while that Volkswagen was rethinking its electric vehicle naming strategy, but the finer points were left vague until now. The company has confirmed that the production version of ...

Used prices have dropped below the £2,000 mark, which is good value for a Volkswagen Polo. Excellent build quality should ensure that a 2009 or 2010 Polo has aged better than a Fiesta or Corsa, ...

Will go on sale in Europe later this year. Eight years after the VW Polo Mk5 arrived, Volkswagen introduced the VW Polo Mk6 in Berlin today. Here is the 2017 VW Polo from its world premiere. With a ...

The Mk5 Golf GTI was pivotal for the future of Volkswagen performance cars. Following the blunt, flat-footed Mk4, the GTI badge was in desperate need of a renaissance, and the Mk5 burst through the ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...