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The Polo Mk5 was relaunched in South Africa in February 2018 as the Polo Vivo. It replaced the Polo Mk4-based Polo Vivo and sold alongside the Polo Mk6 as a budget-friendly option. [31] [32] The Polo Vivo is offered in four trim levels including Trendline, Comfortline, Highline, and GT. Two 4-cylinder petrol engines are offered, a 1.4-litre and ...
It is essentially a three-box Volkswagen Polo with a stretched wheelbase and has been developed especially for some markets. The car is sold under the Vento nameplate in India, Malaysia, Brunei and Mexico. In Thailand, South Africa, Argentina, Russia, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and the Middle East, it is sold as the Volkswagen Polo Sedan ...
The Volkswagen Polo Playa was a model for the South African market, where the SEAT brand was not available. It was sold instead of the European Polo Mark III from 1996 until 2002 and was effectively a rebadged SEAT Ibiza Mark II. In 2002, the Mark IV Polo was adopted in South Africa, and the separate Polo Playa model was dropped.
VW Polo Playa VW Polo Mk4 VW Polo Mk5 5-door/CrossPolo VW Polo Vivo (Mk4 Polo-based) VW Type 2 (T1) VW Type 2 (T2) VW Microbus (T3) Audi Super 90 Audi 80 Audi A4 (B5) Audi 100 (C1) Audi 100 (C2) Audi 500 (C3) Audi 500 (C4) Audi S4 (C4) Audi A6 (C4/C5) Engines, Components: 1951: 3,679: Originally known as South Africa Motor Assemblers and ...
In Russia and the neighbouring CIS countries, a separate Polo model was released in 2020 to replace the Polo Mk5 saloon. Unrelated to the Mk6 Polo, the model heavily based on the global Škoda Rapid liftback to cut costs instead of having to produce the MQB A0-based Volkswagen Virtus.
This restyling gives the Polo Vivo some of the elements of the design language used in other contemporary VW models. It is manufactured at VW's Uitenhage plant in South Africa, which sources 70% [15] of the Vivo parts locally. This model was discontinued in 2018 and this marked the first generation, replaced by a new model based on the Mark 5 Polo.
In 2013, Volkswagen returned to the Philippine market with the partnership of Ayala Corporation. In 2018, Volkswagen PH discontinued their international models such as the Jetta, Passat and the Golf GTS in favor of Chinese-sourced models like the Santana, Lavida, and Lamando as part of the new ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement. [49]
Volkswagen has had a factory in Kariega in the Eastern Cape since the early 1950s, where it produces the Volkswagen Polo and Volkswagen Polo Vivo. [9] As of 2024, the plant is the sole supplier worldwide of the Polo range. [16] In April 2024, Volkswagen announced a R4 billion investment in its Kariega plant.