MSN Cars test drive of the Volkswagen Polo Blue Motion

[chubbybrown4real]

Just bought a 3 year old one of these.

50ish on a motorway 96 mpg,A9 thrash 86 mpg

Round town its 55, a wee bit of urban and its 66mpg

I'm amazed how it does it as it can be still be proper quick ( for what it is)

[SeraphimValkyrin]

With the the way the new VW's look I would by one but they don't sell them up here

[MeganoOdles]

eco cars are suppose to save you money!

the prius is £18k

the bluemotion is £12k

and the base model 1.2 litre polo is £8k

if they can make the bluemotion cheap to buy I reckon this car is a real winner!

[tranquilisolati]

Every man's dream? I saw a similar vehicle mentioned online at fasteconomicalcars (.) com

[marcm11389]

so its cheaper, drives better, looks better, and does better mpg than that god awful toyota.........why would you ever buy a prius?

[OneOfaKind949]

Now if VW just made a Diesel Hybrid, we could get over 100mpgs. Why no one has made a Diesel Hybrid yet, is the question of the century.

[adamslurch71]

@OneOfaKind949 their working on it, sometime around 2012 or so you will see a TDI Hybrid Jetta. I will bet my life on it.

[redlineroberts]

@OneOfaKind949 . . . VW have made a hybrid not yet in production check out the VW-L1

[DJTEVAdotCOM]

VW always get a balance of everything right than the Japanese. I rather drive this sleek looking car than than those damn UFO/egg shaped imports.

[xandebc]

ugly version

[robboultimate]

buy it second hand and get it half the price

[GrahamCrackers94]

polo is coming to the US sometime in 2012. but not this model.

[Gnometower]

I rather wait for the new 2010 polo with 100,7 mpg highway

[razers1]

What exactly does 'low speed refinment' actually mean? I assume it means it's a little sluggish at low revs? I've got a focus 1.8 tdci, but i really love the sound of this polo bluemotion.

[JUKIO01]

u wont be able to buy this in the US, only priuses

[WalkTheBike]

bye bye prius

[blademanx]

exempt from road tax?

[sc0tt10]

with this Polo, what the hell is the point of getting a Prius? this thing proves that a car can be economical without being a crummy Hybrid

[Gnometower]

imo there was never a real reason to buy a prius unless you spend like 5 hours a day trapped in inner city traffic. there were always cars around who'd get a better mileage than the prius

[veedubbb]

its all about how you drive it. if you push high rpms then ofcourse you will waste gas. top gear put an m5 and a prius on the track at the same speed and the m5 wasted less gas

[GrahamCrackers94]

sc0tt10,

your right. and furthermore, the energy and pollution it takes to make the prius batteries is insane. ive heard you would have to do 400,000 miles of driving in a prius to equal those emissions of making the batteries

[johnyfishable]

sc0tt10:

> with this Polo, what the hell is the point

> of getting a Prius?

Toyota Prius is a spacious, almost midsize car. Same interior space as in a VW Passat. It also has a large boot

Polo? Polo is a car for midgets, basically a two seater for city only

New 136HP 2010 Prius does 0-60 in 10 seconds. And this Polo with tall gears? 13 seconds? Try overtaking a lorry in it and you will kill yourself

[klramon]

The prius is one of the worst cars ever made! It is not enviroment friendly, it looks awful, the ride is to soft... But the worst thing is that the production of this piece of junk damages the enviroment more than any other vehicle do and the batteries in it aren´t recyclable. By the way the batteries also contain chemicals which are extremely dangerous for everyone and everything! And you have to change them after several years!

[Demetrios74]

It is so funny! johnyfishable speaks the truth. Prius is in the same class with Avensis, Insighnia, Passat.

Comparing a prius to polo is like comparing polo to passat! Totally bogus comparisons .

[adriannippy]

@sc0tt10 Oh no, the reviews and comparos are out. And this car is a lousy car to drive in real life. Very sleepy performance, mediocre dynamics and bare as bones. It's purely a show of achieving the best fuel economy in the world f or a non-hybrid car. The Prius on the other hand , is a technological marvel

[venomx2]

@adriannippy A prius gets worse mpg, in other words the only reason you'd buy either of these the BM wins over the prius by double.

[Olengher]

@adriannippy The japanese lost with the hybrid bid as economy.VW got a large share of market with diesels.China ,Europe and US are main car markets.China and Europe are already taken, Toyota now protects the US market.Prius is a crap, germans did electric hybrid trains when japanese didn't have railways.They know what to bid on, turbodiesel is cheapest economy upgrade of a car.Cut the crap, you will never have a hybrid, but you might get a diesel, sales worldwide reflect that.

[Olengher]

@adriannippy all asians are kissin japanese in the ass but forget there are other players that have other solutions and might be good.Japanese themself know that.Inside the Toyota, the PS3 and ASIMO is an IBM CPU cos it's the best tehnology.Inside the Prius is not a turbodiesel, it's a shit gas engine with 30% thermal efficiency but made in Japan.Result is any turbodiesel beats it on the highway and most are very close in city, so close you cant make up the price difference in vehicle lifetime

[ThinkPureTruth]

@sc0tt10 That's funny! We are on our 2nd Prius and this is a 2007. We have the $35,000 package. We consistently average 48-50mpg in the states. My Sprinter diesel gets 20mpg with the v6. Toyota is bringing us another 13 mile range on electric of which I am not too impressed. But it is the long trips that are a kick for us. The comfort of the Prius seats is not something I brag about either. They are trying the best they can. Thanks.

[wokeupthismorning100]

@sc0tt10 ONLY IF THEY BRING IT TO THE USA

[rowsdower12]

THey need to bring over the Polo TDI. The Golf I mean Rabbit has gotten to "big."

[yougear]

I think the guy mixed up the numbers. Was it 99 or 104 grams of emitions? Not that it matters. Great car! We need it here in the US!!!

[dl658]

99 g/km was without the options and 104 g/km with options

[mentalfighter]

* buy

[mentalfighter]

just by the car :p