Volkswagen has unveiled the VW Polo Sedan and released a set of official photos with the new model which will be offered with only one engine option and available exclusively for the Russian market.
The VW Polo Sedan will extract power from a 1.6-litre Otto engine that produces 105 PS (77 kW) and which will use a six-speed Tiptronic automatic transmission.
Assembly for the VW Polo Sedan will take place at the Kaluga plant in Russia and as far as active safety systems the car will be offered with 2 airbags, head rests and 3-point seat belts for all its passengers plus ABS on the Comfortline trim level and up and ESP and side air bags on the Highline version.
The VW Polo Sedan price starts at just little over 10,000 Euros.
Volkswagen press release :
While advance sales began for the Polo produced in Kaluga, Russia, the
world premiere took place before 200 high-ranking guests in Moscow
today. For the first time in the history of the brand, a vehicle has
been developed specially for the Russian market, bearing in mind its
specific climate and street conditions.
Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, member of the Board of Management of
Volkswagen Brand with responsibility for Development, says: “The new
Polo Saloon does not only fulfil the highest standards of modern
automotive engineering. The efficient technologies, outstanding active
and passive safety and the traditional high quality of workmanship and
materials are groundbreaking for this class. In conjunction with the
timeless design, a level has been reached that is unprecedented in this
segment and this market.”
Frank Wittemann, Head of the Volkswagen
Brand in Russia: “The new Saloon extends Volkswagen’s range of vehicles
und builds a bridge from our bestsellers in Russia, the Passat and the
Jetta, to the small familiy car segment. With it, an even greater number
of friends of our brand can choose a vehicle according to their taste
and possibilities. The new vehicle complies with the global quality
standards of Volkswagen in every respect, while being very attractive in
terms of price: The Polo Saloon is being offered at a price from just a
bit over 10,000 euros and up.”
The new Saloon is being built on a
completely new assembly line at Volkswagen AG’s plant in Kaluga. The
Volkswagen Polo is equipped with a new 1.6-litre Otto engine (77 kW /
105 PS). It can be combined with a 5-gear manual gearbox or a 6-gear
automatic gearbox with sequential shift function (Tiptronic). Hence
Volkswagen is the first automobile manufacturer offering their Russian
customers such an up-to-date automatic gearbox in this vehicle class.
A
high level of safety is ensured already in the Trendline basic
version—two airbags, head rests and three-point seat belts for all five
passengers. From Comfortline and up, the Polo is equipped with ABS as
standard. In the Highline top version, additional safety systems are
integrated that are normally unavailable in this class—for instance:
side air-bags and ESP.
The specific demands of Russian drivers and
the climate and street conditions in Russia have both been carefully
taken into account during the new Saloon’s development: long-term tests
were conducted in different climate zones, and the street conditions in
the most variegated regions in Russia were examined. The available
petrol qualities were tested repeatedly as well. Thus the vehicle has
been equipped with an up-to-date and reliable engine that is ideally
suited to those operating conditions prevailing in Russia, a galvanised,
non-corrosive body and a wheel suspension geared to bad roads.
Particularly robust paints were used for the car’s paint job, and the
chrome parts are also highly resistant to aggressive agents.
