Volkswagen Polo Owner Reviews

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2018 Volkswagen Polo GTI review - Long-term owner
By Owner Review · 16 Jun 2025
The tech in the Polo is great. I have the Sound & Vision add-on package, which provides a digital dash as well as Beats audio speakers. The sound and bass is awesome and very customisable. The digital dash is also relatively customisable to look how you want. The interior has everything you need within arms reach, however it coud feel more premium. It has very small cup holders and a small centre console. The backk is well spaced for a small car and with the seats down, the back cargo becomes more spacious than most hatches (can fit as much in this as I can in a i30 with its seats down). For extra context, I can also fit a set of golf clubs in the boot without neding to put the seats down. The drive is very smooth. It has four driving modes and the turbo engine makes it very responsive and enjoyable to drive. Fuel (98) = ~$65-75 a tank (range is between 430-500km per tank). Servicing is on average ~$400. Insurance is going up, recently was $1100 for the year. Very reliable. I have only had one issue where my alternator stopped sending power to the battery and needed to be replaced. Otherwise, i haven't had any reliability issues with my car.
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