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16th September 2014

Kim Henson drives two of the latest VW Polos plus the new Golf SV and the rapid Golf R... As model names, Polo and Golf have in each case been with us for around four decades, but of course these justifiably popular Volkswagen models have evolved as the years have passed, and – as has always been the case – the latest versions represent current ‘state of the art’ design and … [Read more...]

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23rd January 2013

First impressions of the seventh generation of Volkswagen's trusted family favourite. Kim Henson drives three of the new models, and samples an ahead-of-its-time Mark III version from 1994… Please click on the images below to read about each version test-driven: If you were around in 1974, I expect you will have changed a bit – but most likely you’re still much the same at … [Read more...]

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