polo 1.9tdi vs polo 1.6

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Any forumites driving the above metioned vehicles?

I'd appreciate your views and opinions (Pros and cons, performance etc)


Ta all
 
I'd take the 1.6. It's a little more environmentally friendly and it won't suffer from the reliability issues that have apparently plagued the 1.9 diesels.
 
I'll take the 1.9 TDI

Turbo failures are due to people that has never driven a Diesel before.
Max power is at 3k revs not 7k. Turbo is to run cold after driving. If you take care of it and drive it correctly, you will have no issues ;)
 
Pitbull said:
I'll take the 1.9 TDI

Turbo failures are due to people that has never driven a Diesel before.
Max power is at 3k revs not 7k. Turbo is to run cold after driving. If you take care of it and drive it correctly, you will have no issues ;)
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Most diesels' rev counters are only marked off to 6,000. :D

Good luck pushing it to 7,000! :eek:
 
The sportline or the highline?
Personally I like a 2.0 after the Gti.
 
I was once interested in buying a polo 1.9 tdi.
So i went into a vw dealership, and they informed me that it was discontinued.
When i asked why, they said because it was extremely popular so they had to discontinue production... :confused::confused:
Sure they knew that the real reason was due to the turbo failures....

Some car sales people lie alot :mad:
 
My wife has a 1.9 Sportline and I've driven the 1.6 as a rental for 3 weeks.

The only differences are the power of the engine, fuel economy, slightly mushier ride in the 1.6 and a really fugly 4-spoke steering wheel.
 
Viper25 said:
I was once interested in buying a polo 1.9 tdi.
So i went into a vw dealership, and they informed me that it was discontinued.
When i asked why, they said because it was extremely popular so they had to discontinue production... :confused::confused:
Sure they knew that the real reason was due to the turbo failures....

Some car sales people lie alot :mad:
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The 96KW TDi was discontinued in the UK first and then 14 months later in SA.

Reason:
Polo GTi was a better seller in the UK than the 96KW TDi. Over here it was the other way around...
 
lcbxx said:
The 96KW TDi was discontinued in the UK first and then 14 months later in SA.

Reason:
Polo GTi was a better seller in the UK than the 96KW TDi. Over here it was the other way around...
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Thats because their Gtis were 2 doors ours is 4, I want a 2 door and so do all the other sportline drivers...

VWSA sucks!!


One thing to note that I saw in the 1.9TDi, it has the same interior as the base model 1.4 trendline which is ugly and standard.... The 1.6 interior is better than the 1.9. I feel interior is slightly more important than the exterior, hence my reason for choosing the Gti.
 
I drive a 1.6, had it since new, best small car IMHO. Servicing sucks though, the 90000km service (cambelt) cost me R7100, which I think is crazy, but the car has never missed a beat, very quiet, feels much bigger than it is, just needs another 10kw to kae it better.
 
Did you test drive one of the 2? Well if you did, you wont be asking here. The Tdi is a lovely car. Just remember to idle the car after highway driving to keep the turbo good. Try www.vwclub.co.za for more info.
 
JK8 said:

Thats because their Gtis were 2 doors ours is 4, I want a 2 door and so do all the other sportline drivers...

VWSA sucks!!


One thing to note that I saw in the 1.9TDi, it has the same interior as the base model 1.4 trendline which is ugly and standard.... The 1.6 interior is better than the 1.9. I feel interior is slightly more important than the exterior, hence my reason for choosing the Gti.
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I have to admit that the 1.9 Sportline's interior seems to come from the CITI parts bin, especially the seats.
The pre-facelift model (round lights) had sport seats. It also states in the broshure that the gearknob is leather - it seems rather plastic/rubbery to me...
 
the sportline is back in production in SA, with a better turbo.

i would take the 1.9 any day
 
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