Black Style Package Gives Polo Vivo Some Extra Swagger
For less than Rs 9 lakh, you get stylish wheels, a gloss black roof and a rear spoiler in body colour.
It's easy to see why the Volkswagen Polo Vivo is so popular with the younger generation.
And I believe, in order of importance, unrivaled on-road reliability, good looks and relative affordability, are the main reasons why this hatchback is always at or very close to the top of the South African sales charts.
To answer this claim, my daughter and her boyfriend immediately ordered a Polo Vivo 1.6 Highline with Black Style Pack, which arrived at my home to spend a few days with Citizen Motor for review. because of? Because they like to watch.
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Equipped with a five-speed manual transmission, the Polo Vivo Highline retails at R304,700. As for the black version, you get 16-inch black Portago alloy wheels, gloss black mirror caps for just R8 900. roof, high-gloss black B- and C-pillar trims, black side skirts and trunk spoiler in body color, privacy glass, chrome exhaust tip, and an anthracite-colored roof and bonnet interior.
Inside, the passion for the Polo Vivo continues with ergonomic and visual improvements. These include a three-spoke steering wheel and a new instrument cluster design.
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All controls are easy to reach and easy to use, and the six-speaker color touchscreen audio system offers App-Connect for devices like Apple CarPlay, which is a non-negotiable for the under-30s these days.
Things got a little worse when the kids realized that the back doors had strange "turn knobs" that were used to open and close the windows.
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Easy driving pleasure
This omission is easily forgiven with the driving pleasure provided by the naturally aspirated 1.6-litre engine. A five-speed manual gearbox produces 77kW of power and 153Nm of torque in equal ratios.
Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h is 10.8 seconds and top speed is 188 km/h. And real fuel consumption is 6.5 liters per 100 km. What more could any child of Gen Z want?
Although the Polo Vivo Black Style Pack is not the cheapest compact hatchback on the market, nor does it offer the highest specification, it is what many youngsters are looking for. And it tops the sales charts.