Volkswagen announces the arrival of the Polo Track, a car that, despite the fact that its name suggests otherwise, probably has absolutely nothing to do with sporty steering pleasure.
Car manufacturers in South America do not have it easy. For example, Ford will soon close the doors of almost all its factories in Brazil. Volkswagen is investing more than €1 billion in the Latin American market between 2022 and 2026, in its own words to improve its competitive position. The arrival of a new compact model family is part of this. The first new model is the Polo Track, something new in Polo country that still leaves a lot of questions unanswered.
The Volkswagen Polo Track is the first of a completely new model family of compact cars that the brand plans to introduce in South and Central America. The new models are placed one by one on the MQB platform. It’s still a bit of a guess what the Polo Track is, but we have our suspicions.
If we look at Volkswagen’s range of models in Brazil, for example, which is the most important sales market in South America for car manufacturers, we find that at the bottom of the Gol since the disappearance of the smaller Up and Fox. The Gol is a compact hatchback that has a sedan brother in the form of the Voyage. The Gol is a cheaper alternative to the current Polo that Volkswagen also has in its range. Unlike the current Polo, the Gol is still on the PQ24 platform of the previous generation Polo. The Gol has been in its current form since 2012 and was facelifted in 2016. In that regard, the car needs to be replaced.
It seems very likely that Volkswagen will replace the Gol with the announced Polo Track. The nose of the Polo can be seen on the teaser plate that Volkswagen do Brasil sends into the world. The Polo Track will probably be a simpler and therefore cheaper variant of the normal Polo. The addition Track may indicate that the car, like the CrossPolo of the previous generation Polo, has been raised somewhat, although that may not be what fits best with a new entry-level model.
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