VW Brazil builds little Gol for midgets

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Volkswagen Brazil builds a subcompact car that's smaller than the Golf, smaller even than the Polo. It's called the Gol, and it is the entry-level vehicle for VW's South American offerings. Here is a vehicle that would probably be too small for North American roads, but there exists a buyer for which even the Gol may be too large: little people.

With this in mind, VW Brazil has built the Mini-Gol, a little car for little people. The Mini-Gol has been scaled down by about 30-percent--overall length is down to 7.4 feet from 12.8--to better fit the proportions of a driver who's under 5 feet tall. Inside, the dashboard, instrumentation, and seating all remain intact, albeit with a proportional downsizing to match the scale of the exterior and would-be driver.

At it's best, the standard-sized Gol packs a 1.6-liter Volkswagen High Torque engine that outputs 101 horsepower and 114 pound-feet of torque. However, under the hood of the Mini-Gol lives a 5.5-horsepower engine that motivates the micro-car to a top speed of only about 17mph. Obviously, the Mini-Gol isn't what you'd call highway worthy, then again it's not exactly supposed to be.

VW Brazil has only built two examples of the Mini-Gol. One makes appearances at various car shows, and the other sits on display at Leisure Park Santa Catarina, Brazil.
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Why we don't have the Gol here is beyond me. VWSA loves selling us old cars, like the old Polo.

Checked some new EuroNCAP results this morning, the VW Up! did exceptionally good and its one of the few VWs I like. Pity we don't get them SA.
 
Roux,

On the looks alone, the Gol does not even come close to our Polo/Vivo. The ride quality and comfort also sucks, I've driven one here in Brazil. The other VW budget car available in Brazil is the Saveiro, the ride quality is top notch, the engine is so quite you might think that it has stalled, I always wonder, why doesn't VW introduce it South Africa and give the utility for a run of its money.
 
Wow I didn't know about the Saveiro. It looks great I wonder why VWSA doesn't make them here they would make a killing.
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