What features would you look for in a car?
A friend popped me this question over lunch recently. Didn’t really give this a serious thought in the past but guess I should start thinking as friends around me are having their own dream cars or other forms of transport.
I guess the car should have decent performance, moderate to high reliability, good fuel economy, packed with safety features and definitely good looks! Daniel, no offense, but I do agree with Ricky that Picanto don’t really fair well for the last point.
Volkswagen new Polo
Volkswagen new Polo looks pretty decent – I like its compactness and I find small cars cute! Don’t you think so? So what do I like about the car?
Safety
Volkswagen packed big safety features into a small package. It comes with ABS (Anti-lock Braking System) and ESP (Electronic Stability Program).
ABS would allow the driver to maintain steering control under heavy braking, preventing a skid. Well, it is the monsoon season now and it is raining cats and dogs everyday like nobody’s business. Wet roads are everywhere so ABS is necessary! ESP detects critical situations at an early stage, and takes action to help bring the car safely back under control.
Just in case you don’t know, the Polo snatched a maximum 5-star safety rating in the latest, more stringent Euro NCAP tests. Now, that’s what I call unrivaled safety for compact cars.
Automatic with Manual feel
I am a fan of manual gearbox and this 7-Speed DSG dual-clutch gearbox with tiptronic transmission caught my attention. Putting into simple words, it means that there are two clutches in the gear box – one controlling the odd gears and the other controlling the even ones. So when shifting up or down, the gears changes instantaneously and keeps the power delivery from the engine to the transmission constant! When the tiptronic system is activated, the driver is in control of the gear shifts! This allows the driver to have more control of the car’s performance while keeping the car as easy to drive as an automatic.
State-of-the-art technologies
The 7-speed DSG dual-clutch gearbox with tiptronic transmission shows that Volkswagen makes highly innovative technology available to all drivers.
Interested in the VW Polo after hearing all these? Head down to Volkswagen Centre Singapore and arrange for a test drive. Alternatively, you can book a test drive online here. Price of the VW Polo starts at $63,300.
So would your next car be a VW?