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Volkswagen Group South Africa maintained its lead in the passenger car market during February 2013, with the Polo Vivo still the best-selling car in the country. Selling 2742 units, the entry-level model in Volkswagen South Africa’s range was recently boosted with the arrival of the CrossPolo-influenced Polo Maxx last week. The recently-launched Mk 7 Golf did well, too, with 767 deliveries in its first month of reporting. During February, Volkswagen Group South Africa enjoyed total sales of 8516 units and a market share of 23.2 per cent.

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 R110,500 for the base-model 1.4 hatchback to R160,300 for the top 1.6 Polo Maxx, the 2013 Polo Vivo is based on the revised version of the Series 4 Polo (9N3), built from 2005 to 2009. The fifth-generation Polo (6R) is available as both a three and five-door hatchback, in addition to the more traditionally-styled four-door Polo Sedan.