Polo Glory

[Golf Loon]

The Polo has been around almost as long as the Golf. It came in several incarnations.

It used a 1, 1.1, or 1.3 engine. The high revving 1.3 with a tall cam and a webber carby made the car fly. Remember they weigh less than a golf.
They also had worse brakes!

Mk1s, which were the same shape as a Golf, only smaller.

Mk2s which came in three variants, coupe, sedan, or hatchback. The last was the most common and looks like this

http://www.vwmonline.co.uk/readersdrives/pix/polo2.jpg

Mk3s came out in 1990 and included the G40 version. 1.3 supercharged engine.

Mk4 was the same as seat ibiza

I owned 8 polos at least in the Uk. I had a Mk1 which was so low and loud and heaps of Mk2s. I kept getting them written off in those days, but they were strong cars, I had at least 5 smashes in them, including putting one on its roof and was never injured. I`d then get another shell and build it up again. I finally finished one and old gummer smashed it for me a week later. I gave up and bought a golf.

The Ranger 1.3 version had a nice interior, factory roofbars! and an uprated cam. The G40 was a rocketship, but impossible to insure.

[imported_brackie]

Remind me never to get in a car with you!!!........

[Red Mk1]

ive been in the car with this "loon" and yes...its scary...had to change my underwear and use some tissues to dry my eyes.... :D :wink:

[Golf Loon]

Your car when we`d just put a new motor in it with me driving. That was the quickest. Wait till I finish my 16v!

[Roscoe]

I had a 1977 Polo in UK with an 895 cc engine in it and thrashed it mercilessly until one day it lost oil pressure on the motorway. I drove it flat out for 42 miles with the oil light on and the big ends rattling until it finally threw a rod. It had holes in both sides of the block! It then got a 1300 motor which went really well with the 895 gear ratios! .... until I blew that up too. Also had a 1100 LX (Last of the Mk1s) and an 1100 Mk1 Golf which I still drive when I go over there!

[Golf Loon]

Yeah the 900cc were all right, but got killed on a long trip. I blew a 900cc a 1L a 1.1 and eventually had a 1300cc motor and 5 spped. This last combo was the only one that completed a motorway trip. The four speed boxes and the 900cc just howled themselves to death over 60mph.

[GoLfMan]

ive been in the car with this "loon" and yes...its scary...had to change my underwear and use some tissues to dry my eyes.... :D :wink:
loon you should prob get dark leather passenger seat so the stains come off easier :P cant wait for the 16v that will be nutty 8)

[imported_brackie]

Aren't the 90s Polos very like the Golf mechanically? I'm pretty sure they use the 1.9Tdi in them. Jeez...(for a diesel) they would fly! Just think of the the torque to weight ratio! Anybody got any performance figures for them?

[Golf Loon]

The 90s ones were too heavy. The Mk1s and 2s weighed less than a Mk1 Golf. Like 650kgs or something.

[mikinoz]

My mum just got undertaken last week in her 2001 Polo. Swiped by a P plater - female 10 weeks experience!

For an accident that happened at about 25kmh, she managed $8K damage! Just hope she does not damage my Golf while it is on loan to her!