Finance and insurance offers announced as Polo remains a UK top-seller
Volkswagen UK has announced new offers on the Polo range to tempt buyers, just as its is revealed that the car is still one of the best-selling cars in the country. The Polo is now available for only £139 per month via Retail Personal Contract Hire over 48 months, while customers who choose a Solutions Personal Contract Plan benefit from a deposit contribution of up to £1400 at 6.7 per cent APR representative. The offers are available for vehicles ordered by 30 September 2016 from participating retailers.
One year’s free insurance
Selected Polo models also receive one year’s free cover from Volkswagen Insurance, if ordered between 1 July 2016 to 30 September 2016 and registered by 10 January 2017. Participating drivers have to be 18 years or over while those choosing the Polo BlueGT and GTI models have a minimum age requirement of 25. Other eligibility criteria applies. The Polo range starts at £11,525: for comprehensive terms and conditions on all the new offers, visit volkswagen.co.uk or your local Volkswagen Retailer.
The Polo is once again one of the best-selling cars in the UK, according to the latest figures announced by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Sitting in seventh place – a rise of one position – 4112 Polos were registered in July 2016, and it appears in the same position for the year-so-far best-sellers chart, too, where a total of 32,112 examples have been recorded. Once again, the Ford Fiesta tops both charts as it celebrates its fortieth anniversary.
The SMMT states that there was a marginal increase of 0.1 per cent for the month, with 1,599,159 new cars registered so far in 2016. Demand in the year-to-date is 2.8 per cent higher than for the same period in 2015. The UK’s top 10 best-selling passenger cars during June 2016 and the year so far (sales figure and position in brackets) are as follows:
1 Ford Fiesta: 7990 (71,823, 1st)
2 Vauxhall Corsa: 5606 (47,962, 2nd)
3 Vauxhall Astra: 4939 (33,345, 6th)
4 Ford Focus: 4911 (43,626, 3rd)
5 Nissan Qashqai: 4527 (38,183, 5th)
6 Volkswagen Golf: 4519 (42,096, 4th)
7 Volkswagen Polo: 4112 (32,112, 7th)
8 Vauxhall Mokka: 3321 (25,783, 9th)
9 Mercedes-Benz A Class: 3040
10 Mercedes-Benz C Class: 3015 (25,084, 10th)
(The 2016 top 10 best-selling car absent from last month’s sales figures is the eighth-placed Mini, with 26,533 cars registered.)
