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I'd buy, just the ticket.]]>Jul 18th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/Jul 18th 2008 7:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/
If you compare the Rabbit's standard equipment with other cars you'll realize that it is the best value in it's class. A 2door Rabbit it just as nicely equipped as a Civic EX coupe, but it costs about $3000 less. The only drawback is the fuel economy, but what do you expect for 170hp. Also 16k is cheap nowadays for a new car.]]>Jul 19th 2008 2:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/Jul 18th 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/
If they do bring it over, they'll stick the 8-valve 2-liter in it so that it only gets 25/31 with a whopping 115 HP, they'll add ugly license plate holders and mess up the grille... and send the design to the same manufacture plants that sent up so many initial quality nightmares in the 2000+ run of crap.

Then they'll charge $17,500 while the other models jump in price.

At least VWUSA never charges extra for their state-of-the-art warranty expiration detection system.]]>Jul 18th 2008 5:21PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/
The 2.0l 8v's regularly get better than epa mpg. My 2001 Cabrio gets 32mpg of mixed driving and it's an automatic. Also in spite of VW's reliability problems these motors are very reliable. Just don't put your money on the window regulators or auto transmission surviving for the life of the car.

VW would be stupid for using that motor though. 115hp is not sufficient for a modern 2.0l engine and it is also very rough and noisy. It gives my Cabby character, but would not be acceptable on a new car.]]>Jul 19th 2008 2:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/Jul 18th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/Jul 19th 2008 1:19PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/
Doesn't the GTI get slightly better mileage?
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+1 on bringing the Polo Stateside. The fact that VW NA currently does not have *one single car* that hits 30 MPG highway (on gasoline) speaks volumes about how far gone their brand identity is in this country.]]>Jul 18th 2008 4:03PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/
A Cobalt SS (261HP 2.0T engine) gets better mileage (22/30) with a 5-speed stick than either the 200HP GTI w/6-speed stick (20/29), 200HP GTI with 6-speed DSG (22/29) or regular 170HP Rabbit w/5-speed stick (22/29).]]>Jul 18th 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/
I don't believe that's official yet - accoriding to Chevy's website, those are estimates for now, but they're not from the EPA. Considering that the Solstice GXP gets an official 19/28 with the same engine, I don't know if it will officially hit 22/30.

-SimianSpeedster]]>Jul 18th 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/
... and you have to put up with the lame Cobalt chassis. I drove the SS & the regular LT model... I'll pay more for the GTI (or the regular Rabbit) quality issues & all. VW did a nice job with the GTI... so nice I'll handle the mystery rattles & the blank looks at the VW service dept. if I got a "bad" one.]]>Jul 18th 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/I got the figures from fueleconomy.gov, the EPA site.

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/2008car1tablef.jsp?id=25184

They're listed as EPA figures there.]]>Jul 18th 2008 8:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/Whatever. Go ahead and whine about the Cobalt chassis if you want.

If GM can get 22/30 from the Cobalt with a 5-speed, the VW look like chumps getting far less from all Rabbits (including the GTI) even with 6-speeds. Even with the DSG.

The point was VW isn't doing particularly well on fuel economy and can do better, not for people to whip out their complaints about the Cobalt chassis.]]>Jul 18th 2008 8:22PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/
http://www.chevrolet.com/pop/cobalt/2008/2_0L_engine_en.jsp

-SimianSpeedster
]]>Jul 19th 2008 3:14AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/The new 272hp 2.0T in the Audi TT-S quattro gets the same milage as the 200hp GTI, not to mention the far superior milage from the 211hp unit in the A4/A5. ]]>Jul 19th 2008 3:28AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/Jul 18th 2008 3:56PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/18/volkswagen-considering-offering-polo-in-u-s-market/
Either a small TDI or a TSI engine...]]>Jul 18th 2008 5:12PM