最近谍照记者拍到了两辆2018款大众Polo，虽然看起来该车更像是改款车，但实际上是新一代车型。这两辆黑红色原型车在街道行驶，车身只进行了轻度伪装，这表明新车将很快发布。大众已经证实，新一代车型将于下月投产，这意味着第六代Polo将在几周内发布。新车比老款车更大，其伪装掩盖了前大灯和尾灯组以及雾灯。可以看到Z形LED日间行驶灯绕过转向灯，在它的上面是选装的LED前大灯。车身面板仍有一些伪装，但仍能看出新车的造型风格。整体来看，该车采用渐进式改款。更多的变化预计是在车厢内，由于车身尺寸增加，车内空间将有很大提升。新车采用了大众的MQB A0平台，将搭载一系列三缸和四缸引擎，包括高尔夫已经搭载的1.5升TSI Evo引擎，功率150马力以及低油耗的130马力BlueMotion引擎。而高性能GTI版本将搭载2.0升TSI引擎，功率200马力。新款Polo将首次推出跨界车版本，该车将于今年底或明年初上市。
2018 VW Polo Spied With Very Little Camouflage
For good reason, at first you would be tempted to say this is merely facelift for the current Polo, but in fact these two prototypes belong to the new generation. The red and black duo was spotted roaming the streets with barely any camouflage, thus suggesting an official reveal is right around the corner. With Volkswagen confirming production of the all-new supermini will start next month, it means the sixth-gen model will likely receive its premiere in the weeks to come.
Visibly bigger than the outgoing car, the new Polo is trying to hide its headlights and taillights behind some semi-transparent stickers also slapped onto the fog lights. We can already observe the “zigzag” LED daytime running lights doubling as turn signals while above them are likely the optional full-LED headlights as it’s the case with sister model 2017 SEAT Ibiza.
There are still a few very thin layers of body-colored camouflage on some of the panels, but even so we can get a pretty accurate idea of the Polo’s exterior styling. To characterize it using just one word — evolutionary. More significant changes are expected to occur inside the cabin, which is set to offer considerably more room as a result of the increased footprint.
The two models are sharing the VW Group’s MQB A0 platform and that means the Polo will get virtually the same oily bits as its Spanish counterpart. An array of three- and four-cylinder engines will be offered, including the newly developed 1.5-liter TSI Evo already available in the Golf facelift with 150 hp and very soon in a thrifty 130-hp BlueMotion flavor. The crown jewel of the range will once again be the GTI hot hatch already confirmed to get somewhere in the region of 200 horsepower by making use of the same 2.0-liter TSI engine as the sixth-gen Golf GTI.
For the first time ever, the Polo will serve as foundation for a subcompact crossover likely destined to arrive towards the end of the year or early 2018 following the launch of the very similar SEAT Arona.