New 2021 Volkswagen Polo GTI set for June debut

Volkswagen will follow the recently facelifted Polo supermini with an updated GTI variant, to be unveiled at the stop of June – and this is our very first appear at the updated Hyundai i20 N and Ford Fiesta ST rival. 

This teaser sketch hints at the refreshed styling, which will follow the mould set out by the regular edition of the updated supermini. A new front stop with a comprehensive-width LED light-weight bar will be joined by updated headlights and a new decrease front bumper part, whilst we can also see new five-spoke alloy wheels in the picture. 

Very similar updates will just take location at the rear with new tail-lights inspired by the more substantial Golf Mk8, whilst the interior will see a new GTI-branded athletics steering wheel surface along with updated heating and local weather controls with touch-delicate sliders in location of bodily buttons and knobs. 

The new Polo GTI is all but sure to characteristic the same turbocharged 2.-litre 4-cylinder petrol engine as the aged model, even though Volkswagen is yet to confirm its power output. The former automobile developed 197bhp, but the brand name has had to decrease the output of some of its warm hatchbacks in the earlier to comply with extra stringent CO2 laws.

Push will be sent to the front wheels by means of a seven-pace DSG automatic transmission. Volkswagen only presented this configuration in the Uk with the pre-facelift model, with a six-pace guide transmission only presented in left-hand-travel marketplaces. 

Following month’s reveal would extra than most likely have been timed to coincide with the annual VW pageant at Worthersee in Austria, though like final year, the 2021 occasion has been cancelled thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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