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The Polo BlueGT features improved aerodynamics and a 1.4 turbocharged TSI engine from the new EA211 generation. This new engine features ACT (Active Cylinder Technology), a cylinder deactivation management which deactivates two cylinders at torque outputs from 24 to 100 N·m, allowing the Polo BlueGT with a 6-speed manual transmission to emit ...
In 2010, its first full year on sale in the United Kingdom, more than 45,000 units were sold. It was the UK's sixth-best selling new car. [27] 11 years later, in 2021, the Polo has maintained consistent sales figures with it being the fifth best-selling car in the UK in 2021 having had 30,634 new registrations throughout the year. [28]
It is the first Polo generation that is not available with a 3-door body style as well as the first passenger vehicle sold under the Volkswagen brand to be based on a shortened version of the MQB platform. [8] The Mk6 Polo is 81 mm (3.2 in) longer, 63 mm (2.5 in) wider and 7 mm (0.3 in) lower than its predecessor.
The 1903 Gordon Bennett Cup was the first international motorsport event to be held in Ireland. The Irish International Grand Prix was held for only three years from 1929. The Circuit of Ireland Rally is an annual automobile rally, which was first held in 1931 making it the third oldest rally in the world.
The MK3 Polo was unveiled on 31 August 1994, and was immediately available in left-hand drive form for continental markets, [9] and was launched on the right-hand drive UK market in October that year. It was the first completely new Polo to be launched since the MK2 model in 1981; although that model had undergone a major restyle in 1990.
The Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 is a rally car built by Volkswagen Motorsport and based upon the Volkswagen Polo road car. It is built to R5 regulations and is a successor to the Volkswagen Polo R WRC. [1] The Polo GTI R5 made its competitive début at the 2018 Rally Catalunya, where it was driven by 2003 World Drivers' Champion Petter Solberg and ...
Vehicle registration tax (VRT; Irish: Cáin Chláraithe Feithiclí, CCF) is a tax that is chargeable on registration of a motor vehicle in Ireland. [1]Every motor vehicle brought into the country, other than temporarily by a visitor, must be registered with Revenue and must have VRT paid for it by the end of 30 days of arrival in the country.
07.00 – Morning Ireland: simulcast of the RTÉ Radio 1 show; 09.00 – Wake Up Europe: simulcast of euronews; 10.00 – Today with Claire Byrne: simulcast of the RTÉ Radio 1 show; 11.00 – Latest News and Weather: repeated on a loop for the rest of the hour; 12.00 – Latest News and Weather: repeated on a loop for the rest of the hour