VOLKSWAGEN POLO, FOX

VOLKSWAGEN POLO, FOX sits in the small-car world where compact size matters more than drama. By our assessment, its strength is the plain one that makes people choose these cars in the first place: easy city use, modest running costs, and a familiar kind of hatchback practicality. The compromise is equally familiar, because small Volkswagens give up space and easy motorway softness compared with larger family cars. In practice you get a car that is simple to park, simple to place in traffic, and not trying to be flashy. It stands near other superminis rather than premium compacts, and the Polo especially has long been the cleaner, more mature-feeling choice in that class. VOLKSWAGEN POLO, FOX is for everyday transport first, and it stays honest about that.