31 January 2021
Image: Waldo Swiegers
The last Volkswagen we had in our long-term test programme was a 2019 Golf 7.5 1.4 TSI Comfortline. By the time it left our possession after a 12-month stint, its odometer was sitting on 30,000km! A substantial tally, owed to various cross-country jaunts in the hands of colleagues involved with the motoring machine at this fine company.
By comparison, the Polo GTI in our custodianship has seen less than half of that mileage since it joined the fleet in April this year. The reasons are obvious: lockdown measures meant free movement was limited. But windows of opportunities were seized — it made a trek to Port Elizabeth on two occasions. And Cape Town too.