Volkswagen Cross Polo Review

Volkswagen Cross Polo Review

Volkswagen India has finally introduced the much awaited car known as Cross Polo in an attractive price tag. The Cross Polo is designed with more style, advanced technology, power and comfort all in one package. The car looks very classy and elegant and it would give a tough competition to other cars such as Maruti Swift, Fiat Punto, Nissan Micra, Hyundai i20 etc. Volkswagen Cross Polo is available in only one diesel model known as Volkswagen Cross Polo 1.2 TDI in a reasonable cost of Rs.7,75,700 respectively.

Volkswagen Cross Polo Color Options

Volkswagen Cross Polo comes in various attractive color options which would definitely impress the youths and makes them to buy the car. The colors are

1) Flash Red
2) Deep Black
3) Reflex Silver

Engine Specification

The Volkswagen Cross Polo is powered by a 1.2 litre TDI diesel power plant which produces the displacement of around 1199 cc. The powerful engine can be able to generate impressive power and torque output. The Common Rail Direct Injection engine generates the maximum power of 73.9 BHP @ 4200 RPM in combination with the maximum torque of 180 NM @ 2000 RPM. The engine is mated with a five speed manual gearbox which is quite good. This diesel engine ensures excellent performance and acceleration.

Acceleration, Mileage and Fuel Economy

Since the Cross Polo comes with an advanced and latest technology ensuring durability and reliable performance. The car can be able to deliver good acceleration and pick up in which it can cross the barrier of 0-100 kmph mark in just about 14.4 seconds and it begins losing confidence while crossing 130 kmph. The maximum speed offered by the car is around 164.1 kmph. The Cross Polo can be able to deliver a healthy mileage of about 22.07 kmpl under standard conditions.

Design and Comfort

Volkswagen Cross Polo Interiors

Volkswagen Cross Polo is blessed with excellent and impressive interior features along with the additional bells and whistles needed generally. The dashboard of VW Cross Polo looks very decent with the dual tone color scheme and an advanced instrument cluster with radiant white back lighting illumination adding more style to the car. It is a spacious car with exciting features ensuring more comfort and convenience while driving. The vehicle can accommodate five members comfortably with well cushioned seats and it is wrapped with high quality Livon Titanium Black upholstery offering a fresh new feel to the customers inside. It consists of foldable rear seats for more boot space and it has enough headroom, leg room and shoulder space which assures more relaxing and memorable driving experience. It provides a lot of storage spaces for placing small and large things such as storage space behind front seat, luggage compartment light, front door side pockets, glove box, storage area with lid and dash centre, front cup holder, sun glass storage inside glove box, single folding rear seat backrest etc. The car is integrated with an advanced audio system CD/MP3 with 4 speakers ensures lot of entertainment. For more convenience, it has an interior rear view mirror-manual day/night, front armrest, front intermittent wipers, tinted glass, rear defogger and rear wiper, front comfort seats, easy entry sliding seats, seat height adjustment for driver’s and front passenger’s, folding rear seat etc. Apart from these, Volkswagen Cross Polo also has a remote central locking, controls for the rear and front windows at the driver’s door, three grab handles above doors-folding with coat hooks, fuel lid with push style opening and multi function display along with open door warning light. Some of the features which adds more elegance to the car includes instrument panel, floor mats, aluminum look pedals, chrome plated instrument surrounds, gear knob, front map lamp, fabric upholstery etc.

Volkswagen Cross Polo Exteriors

The company has performed their best not only in interiors but also for exteriors. The external dimensions of the Volkswagen Cross Polo include length of 3987 mm, width of 1698 mm and height of 1474 mm. It offers the ground clearance of about 168 mm and the car sports an array of thrilling exterior features with the aggressive front grille of chrome treatments and stylish headlamps, body coloured bumpers which gives an awesome front appearance. The car comes with a body colored door handles and body colored rear view mirrors. The front fascia of the car comes with a bright halogen headlamp which is attached to the upper grille integrated with front turn indicators. There is a wide perforated black matte colored air dam placed below the radiator grille. The air dam is covered by a couple of bright round shaped fog lamps for better visibility of the driver while riding at night time. The front windscreen is made up of a laminated glass which is fitted with a pair of wipers for washing function. At the top of the car, the Cross Polo comes with a set of silver anodized roof rails as well as antenna for better reception of FM radio. The car holds a rear defogger, rear wiper, rear tail gate with the company’s logo etc. Some other exterior features includes body colored bumpers, chrome-plated interior trims, body colored door mirrors, chrome strip in front grille etc. The vehicle is fitted with a set of 15 inch light alloy wheels with five spoke design. This alloy rims are wrapped with premium quality tubeless radial tyres for better road grip on any terrain.

Brakes and Suspensions

The braking and handling of the Cross Polo is nothing different and it is easy to handle even at bad road conditions. The front wheel of the car is fitted with a ventilated disc brakes while the rear brakes comes with drum brakes. The car is packed with an advanced braking technology such as Antilock Braking System which improves the handling of the car and it assures that it can never skid out of control even in case of hard braking. It reduces locking of wheels and risks of skidding on slippery roads. On the other hand, the front axle comes with McPherson Strut type where as the rear axle has semi independent trailing arm type of suspension which improves the handling of the car.

VW Cross Polo Safety Features

While talking about the safety, Cross Polo has no negative impact regarding that with the presence of dual airbags and ABS. The car has both active and passive safety features which would definitely ensures more safety to both driver and other passengers. The features includes dual front airbags for driver and front passenger, ventilated front disc brakes, central locking, fog lamps at front and rear, power door locks, warning triangle with holder in trunk cover, first aid box, safety seat belts, electronic anti-theft immobilizer, high mounted third brake light, height adjustable front head restraints etc. These are the features improves more safety and security to the drivers and passengers. Totally, Volkswagen Cross Polo is a great value for money.