Polo Vivo is South African August 2011 top-seller says NAAMSA
It’s good news once again for Volkswagen South Africa. The biggest-selling car for August 2011 was once again the Polo Vivo, closely followed by the Polo 6R. The entry-level Polo Vivo/Polo Vivo Sedan range sold 3322 units last month, while 2343 fifth-generation Polo hatchbacks and recently-launched Polo Sedans found South African homes. Both sets of sales figures are a rise on those released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) for July 2011. Additionally, a total of 8920 fifth-generation Polos were exported to markets around the world, again up on last month’s tallies.
The Polo Vivo was launched in March 2010 as an entry-level model for the South African market, replacing the Series 1 Golf-based CitiGolf, and is available as a three or five-door hatchback and four-door booted saloon with 74bhp/84bhp 1.4-litre and 103bhp 1.6-litre petrol engines. Costing from R104,065 for the base-model 1.4 hatchback to R156,220 for the top 1.6 Trendline Sedan, the 2011 Polo Vivo is based on the revised version of the Series 4 Polo (9N3), built from 2005 to 2009. The fifth-generation Polo is also available as both a three and five-door hatchback as well as a four-door saloon (Polo Sedan) and was voted European and World Car of the Year in 2010.
