Volkswagen Polo GT versions and upcoming GTD
The latest Volkswagen Polo is far from finished with innovations. The city of the German manufacturer will soon be entitled to a nasty version of ” R “as his big sister Golf and it’s not all versions of GT and GTD are also scheduled.
The Polo will soon receive two new names already known on the Golf, the GT and GTD. The first GT, will be placed below the GTI with a four-cylinder 1.4-liter TSI engine capacity pushed to 140 horsepower, mated to a choice of manual transmission or DSG transmission.
The second – GTD – will take the 1.6-liter TDI unit in an alternative to 130 horsepower, with no doubt about the possibility to choose the DSG box. These two new versions should be released at the end of the year for a planned marketing in early 2012.
OMPARATIVE Clio 1.6 16V / Saxo VTS 1.6 16V / 16V Polo GT / 106 S16
NOT SO SIMPLE
The youngest, Clio 1600 16 valves, is the cheapest and by far the best equipped. Suffice to say she was leaving the favorite against its rival, the oldest, but it was not that simple.
There is almost a year that we could take control of the Clio 1600 16 valves whose definition was not fixed in suspension. It appeared that the agreement between front and rear was not perfect so that the motor-box was given to him. Since then, many Renault and output channels if we had to wait as long this version, the output of 110 hp was scheduled for September 98, because of (official version) precisely the engine that team a priority and the Laguna Now the Scenic.
Anyway, we loaded for bear, and on paper it shows clearly its ambitions by winning as the least expensive deal with its French rival boiling (Saxo and 106) or the Volkswagen Polo GT. For the latter, we have inherited from the limited edition Tag Heuer, which has a stock of equipment and optional 15-inch wheels. We have nevertheless been included features and price of the basic version to make it more attractive to compete, the limited edition Tag Heuer being given to 107,900 francs and therefore disqualified.
Clio 2 is well born, or at least presumably, since it has enjoyed great success both in France, where it holds first place in Europe where she was quick to intervene in tiercé head when it is sold for less than a year. With 1600 of 110 hp common to the new range Lantra (sorry Megane), it does not claim to be the most successful of the lot but instead a list of standard equipment can leave opponents gasping. No extra charge, you are entitled to the passenger airbag, ABS + EBV, alloy wheels, air conditioning, power mirrors and even a boom box. Among others, allow an additional check was around 15,000 francs for the same accessories. If for you, there is the money that counts, you can stop reading at this stage before you even know that the Clio is plucking efficiency and driving pleasure by his colleagues.
To explain all this, nothing beats a swig of numbers. The effectiveness is primarily a good power to weight ratio. The last generation Clio has been particularly studied in passive safety and according to Mr. Renault it would be among those of his size, the most reassuring of all. Moreover, it offers optional side airbags, which is not very common in this segment.This display of security is paid in terms of weight (despite the front fenders and a hood-synthetic aluminum engine) and if the Polo weighs 40 pounds less, the gap with the French (of a previous generation) is located sixty pounds which is a lot. Moreover, the 1600 the 106 and Saxo, if it offers less torque, is also more potent with 120 hp. The disadvantage of this engine is that it could hardly fit a sedan heavier because it would be severely disabled at times. Also, the power to weight ratio of the Peugeot-Citroen is much more favorable position than the Renault as the Polo, hampered by its displacement of less than (1400 cm ‘), offers only 100 hp, which obviously does not place among the favorites in performance. Moreover, having started with the usual session of measurements, what is supposed turned out, that is to say that the Clio is far from being the most virulent.
Characters
The 106 and Saxo are sporting ‘the older generation, but we must admit that they have the temperament and the 120 hp are there, besides maybe a little too much, the respective news services who still worked! The 4-cylinder Peugeot-Citroen was not the couple’s 1600 Renault, but with their final drive is shorter, the two cousins are better than defense.Except in acceleration where they are surprisingly powerful, their times are not ridiculous as they frame the Clio. Remains whether a 106 or Saxo outgoing chain will be as effective! Anyway, cars group Peugeot and are performing live with a machine that accepts cheerfully to get high revs. They exude happiness, we are also aware inside! Surprisingly, the Polo not yet benefited by its small engine is as nervous as the Clio and it marks not just the (logically) on occasions since her marriage is much less favorable. In the latter, it is also widely aware of every move of mechanics. Admittedly, it sounds nice and the gear box particularly well together to make all nice but better to have large ears of ideas (or rather insensitive) to consider the long term in his company.
The performance is not everything and sometimes it moves other than hunting down the last tenth. On the long journey, it will be understood that the Polo and Peugeot cars require a minimum group of self-denial. The more drunk is undoubtedly the Volkswagen virtually impossible to listen to the radio beyond 150 km / h meter. The 106 and Saxo spare just over your ears, but a little less spine than the German. In this context, the Clio is the least worst. Not that it is a Pullman (far from it), but it is acceptable conduct for miles on board without being deaf and broke in two after the trip.What is certain is that the suspension is much less bouncy than it was at the presentation last year. And so now we want to have fun once you leave the highway, what will it really?
