The 2022 face-lifted VW Polo packs big style into a compact, fuel-efficient city runabout. While larger vehicles such as the VW Amarok, Ford Ranger, and Volvo XC-90 cast their enormous shadows over the tiny Polo, the era of ever-inflating fuel prices made the little German city car an extremely appealing offer. With an exceptionally frugal fuel consumption rating of 5.6L/100km from its 45 litre tank, the new Polo can take one from Gaborone to Gantsi with plenty to spare, and when they do need to top up you can expect to pay a hair over P600 for a full tank.
With an upgrade of 5kW over the previous generation Polo, 152 kW 2-litre engine on the top of the line face-lifted Polo should whisk one away from 0-100km/h in roughly 6.5 seconds; a 0.2 second improvement over the last model. However, power and performance are not the Polo’s forte despite its sprightly off the line pick up, according to VW AutoHouse sales executive, Brown Mogapi. Rather, the Polo is focused on being everything a Golf driver would need in a compact and affordable package. “Beyond price, these cars (Polo and Golf) are running on essentially the same engine. The main difference is that the Polo is compact.
