Volkswagen will follow the recently facelifted Polo supermini with an up-to-date GTI variant, to be unveiled at the close of June – and this is our initial glimpse at the up-to-date Hyundai i20 N and Ford Fiesta ST rival.
This teaser sketch hints at the refreshed styling, which will follow the mould established out by the frequent model of the up-to-date supermini. A new entrance close with a total-width LED gentle bar will be joined by up-to-date headlights and a new lower entrance bumper section, although we can also see new 5-spoke alloy wheels in the picture.
Equivalent updates will take spot at the rear with new tail-lights influenced by the greater Golfing Mk8, although the interior will see a new GTI-branded athletics steering wheel surface alongside up-to-date heating and weather controls with touch-delicate sliders in spot of physical buttons and knobs.
The new Polo GTI is all but certain to element the exact same turbocharged two.-litre four-cylinder petrol engine as the aged model, whilst Volkswagen is nonetheless to validate its ability output. The preceding motor vehicle developed 197bhp, but the manufacturer has experienced to minimize the output of some of its incredibly hot hatchbacks in the previous to comply with a lot more stringent CO2 laws.
Travel will be despatched to the entrance wheels by way of a 7-velocity DSG automatic transmission. Volkswagen only made available this configuration in the United kingdom with the pre-facelift model, with a 6-velocity manual transmission only made available in remaining-hand-generate markets.
Up coming month’s reveal would a lot more than probable have been timed to coincide with the once-a-year VW pageant at Worthersee in Austria, however like previous 12 months, the 2021 function has been cancelled thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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