Volkswagen seriously considering Polo for the U.S.

Posted: Jul 18, 2008
Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Volkswagen

We’ve been asking Volkswagen to give the U.S. a Polo for over a year now. V-dub has even considered it – twice . And now once again, Volkswagen’s CEO Stefan Jacoby is hinting at a subcompact car, similar to the Polo, for the U.S. Just stop teasing us and do it already.

According to Bloomberg , Jacoby said the Volkswagen is seriously considering bringing the car to the U.S. but its way too early to give an official timeline. Jacoby said that the Polo, similar to the Toyota Yaris and Honda Fit in size, will come after a future redesign of the model – which is expected to take major design cues from the Scirocco .

The Toyota Yaris returns a combined fuel-economy of 32mpg while the Honda Fit delivers 31mpg. Jacoby didn’t provide an official fuel-economy figures for the Polo, but the current European BlueMoition model averages a fuel-economy of 62mpg

Announced earlier this week, Volkswagen has chosen Chattanooga, Tennessee for its U.S. plant . The plant will see production of a new mid-sized sedan.

Source: Bloomberg

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  • lonesome_coder
    Dear VW,

    TDI.

    Sincerely,
    A partially interested customer
  • Neil
    YES YES YES send the Polo to the US now!!!!!

    Send us a 1.4litre Polo and easily get 35mpg or even the really Cool Polo Dune (not quite a real crossover!!!) and then I won't have to keep my fingers crossed about the MiTo coming to the US ......or not as much
  • Kiel
    I hope management at VW has taken care of the quality control issues that have plagued their products for years. My 1994 Jetta sat in the driveway for a year because no one could repair the transmission and the electrical system problems. Eventually, I sold it to a junkyard for pennies on the dollar.Most Americans are turned off by transmissions that don't shift, power windows that don't work, and sunroofs that don't close. Oh, I should also mention the VW dealer that installed my brake pads backwards.If VW cannot match the quality of Honda, the new factory in Tennessee will go the way of the previous VW factory in Pennsylvania. Good luck. I personally would walk before I purchased another VW.
  • lonesome_coder
    Mexican manufactured VWs have had crazy amount of electrical issues. I am with you on this one...my wife's '03 turbo beetle is driving me insane.

    Currently the brake light switch is acting funky, which in turn makes the turn signal go nuts when you hit it.


    Oh yeah, it also doesn't let you shift out of park sometimes, either.
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