Polo Sedan

Agree on the roofline, quite low for a passenger car.

Just FYI, Jetta is about 150K

I DID NOT LIKE WHAT I SAW BECAUSE IT LOOKED SO PLAIN.
BUT THE TEST DRIVE IMPRESS ME. IS IT BECAUSE IT IS MADE IN INDIA THAT IT IS HARDLY DISTURBED DRIVING ON POTHOLES AND PATCHY ROADS? SPARE PARTS FOR THIS SEDAN VERY COSTLY? SALESMAN SAID SOME MOVING PARTS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY LIKE SHOCK ABSORBERS, BUSHES, MOUNTINGS, ETC

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So far still not see single unit Polo sedan on the road yet........VW keeps provide promotion and with 3 years free maintenance now if not mistaken.....I think everyone knows what happened..

Me too, except a test drive unit.

Think this is 1st time new model also got promotion ...hehe..

fyi, VGM is the principle themselves @ VAG from germany. VGM is not local owned. they only set up the distributor office in KL, the rest (sales & service) they opened up to dealers nationwide.

Vento is actually a Golf with a boot, yours one is the Mk4 Golf model.

Booted version of Golfs are also known as either Jetta and Bora in different markets. This started as far mid as 80s with the Mk2 Golf.

At the time, the european manufacturers were trying out the ideas of sedan for hatch-crazed europeans.
Ford add a boot on the Escort, called them Orion. Vauxhall did the same with Astra, and sell it as Belmont.

so to answer you - no, Polo Sedan does not share parts with you Vento, even though the Polo Sedan is called Vento in India (such a f**ked up confusion) and continental cars of the 90s, only high end models gets 4 valve per cylinder engines. i maybe wrong, but yours would probably be an 8 valve engine, again different from the Polo Sedan.

that is an average of around rm230 for every 5,000km. equally the same but save the time to visit svc centres as well as petrol money and all other hassles.

Guys

Need some opinion regarding my issue. I plan to get a sedan car. Budget around RM100k

Came across this Polo Sedan, 2011 car I can get around RM6k discount, which brings the car to around RM95-96k OTR.

The reason I choose VW :

1. 5 yrs unlimited mileage warranty
2. 15k service interval
3. It's a VW.

But few of my friends advised me to get Korean like Hyundai Elantra (RM97k OTR for 1.6 High Spec) with more features. Personally I don't mind having the Hyundai, but I'm afraid since it's INOKOM, after sales and service would be below average.

What do you guys think?

Hi there,

you will need to ask yourself the following question

a) how long do change you car ? If 3-5 years then VW may not be the answer.
More than 5 years than okay
Spare parts wise for VW you can get anything under the roof is only the waiting time. I have Vento and Ig to friends still driving a MK1 and all parts can be order even a gearbox. It is just waiting time

Do you know Singapore VW/Audi spare warehouse part is the size of 3 football field and has been around for the last 10 years already. That was told me from euromobil collegue

c) Hyundai styling is catching up I would say. No question about that Built Quality still need to work on it. My friend got Kia forte first week already got rattaling sound. Of course, no car is prefect. Still tying to isolate weird sound from my Passat CC

My two cents. I would urge you for Jetta instead of polo. Reason

a) 1.6 is proven engine but been around for long time
Gearbox 6 speed okay since my is only 4 speed (bora) which translate to more fuel economy
c) 1.4TSI is a much fuel efficient engine and the gearbox is good

jktlee