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2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 4:15 pm
by Wolfi
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 5:24 pm
by B1N9S
So it's just a new bumper then !!
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 6:18 pm
by vc-10
Hopefully the 'upgraded entertainment systems' will be getting rid of that hideous Bury Bluetooth thing... any hope for a trapezoidal version of the Composition Media from the Golf 7?
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 6:36 pm
by Wolfi
Yep, just a new bumper and a slightly different interior, but remember the VW saying at Wolfsburg: If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 7:00 pm
by vc-10
Yup- the existing car is the best looking supermini available IMO, and is selling extremely well.
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 9:31 pm
by Wolfi
- And it is in its 5th year of production for this model...
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 12:23 pm
by CANDYMAN
I cannot wait for my 3 years to be up!

Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 5:57 pm
by Wolfi
CANDYMAN - Do you really not like your polo?
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 10:21 am
by ubiquitous-j
Wolfi wrote:- And it is in its 5th year of production for this model...
I think its pretty dated now and past facelift time. I was expecting them just to replace it all-together with a new MQB chassis version using the EA211 engines from the Up and Golf MK7.
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 10:28 am
by ubiquitous-j
Also if you look closely at the pictures the numberplates are from Czech Republic and labelled Skoda. My money is this a mule with next-gen Polo and Fabia underpinnings.
Remember the early Golf MK7 spy shots just looked like a MK6 except it had the new components under the skin

Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 7:34 pm
by vc-10
True, but the Golf 7 was an all new car, whereas I doubt we'll get a brand-new Polo until about 2016 at the earliest. That doesn't mean that there won't be more than the bumper changed, but the basic bodyshell won't change much (things like the basic structure and the window glass are expensive to change). About the biggest facelift is between the Golf 5 and 6- same basic shape but quite different looks.
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 11:24 pm
by Mart!n-GTI-DK
The title for the pics is: "virtually undisguised"
So it might not evene look remotely like that...
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 10:16 am
by CANDYMAN
Wolfi wrote:CANDYMAN - Do you really not like your polo?
Not that i don't like it! Im just board with it. And there are things about it i dont like.
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:16 pm
by NG6R14SEL
Auto Express has used the same pics
Saying that it is a Skoda test mock up using a Polo, as the next Fabia moves onto the PQ25 platform
Re: 2014 Polo Facelift?
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 5:44 pm
by ubiquitous-j
NG6R14SEL wrote:Auto Express has used the same pics
Saying that it is a Skoda test mock up using a Polo, as the next Fabia moves onto the PQ25 platform
I'd have thought the Fabia will skip PQ25 and go straight to MQB
It is sitting considerably lower than a normal Polo and the track seems a bit wider. Also the 'Bremsprobe' sign on the back means brake testing, which in theory wouldn't be necessary if it was still PQ25 with the same engines.