We can already what the critics are going to say, that the MINI Cooper S isn't a hot hatch and thus doesn't compete with the Polo GTI. That could be true, in the same sense that the Golf GTI isn't the ...

In the 2000s, Volkswagen Group thought variation is the key to success in the hot hatch supermini market. And so, the Skoda Fabia vRS had a 1.9 TDI diesel engine with about 130 hp, while VW's Polo GTI ...

Germans love hot hatches in the same way Aussies love V8 muscle cars. That much became obvious as the new Volkswagen Polo GTI demanded admiring stares the same way a new HSV or FPV would Down Under.

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 ...

His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...

As we get older we tend to get a little bigger around the middle. But we also get wiser and better prepared to deal with the world around us. The same is true for the latest Volkswagen Polo GTI. The ...

A new generation of the Volkswagen Polo, the nameplate’s sixth iteration, was revealed on Friday. The new model features an evolutionary look, though major changes have taken place under the skin.

Volkswagen’s reveal of the facelift Polo GTI this week brought to an end a comparatively short teaser campaign of what is likely to be one of the most eagerly awaited hot hatches of next year.