My first Volkswagen experiences in life still make me smile, among them, road trips with my grandfather in his white 1975 2.0-litre Type 2 twin carburettor Kombi Campermobile, with my sister Lou and I sharing a front seat.
By Jeff Ware – Central Coast
Together we saw a lot of the East Coast of Australia, the beat of the air-cooled flat four the only music. We had the time of our lives. Around the same time, in the early 1980s, an uncle purchased a VW Golf Mk1 1.9-litre diesel, for reasons only he could know!
It was silver. It looked the goods, but it truly was the slowest car I can remember being in. Years later, my wife and I would do up a 1969 Type 3 Fastback (with the mechanical injection and the round nose boot).
That was a weapon, and we should have kept it. I still smile about that one, too, as we had a lot of fun driving around in it in our early 20s. Thus, when I arrived home in the Reef Blue Polo 85TSI Style, I only just got in the gate when my wife snatched the key fob.
Not only had the boss been hanging to drive the new Polo, but it also happened to be near identical in colour to our old Fastback. Memories! For the rest of the week, the Polo Style created new VW memories, as we hit the road with our kids, for a few new adventures.
It might be a Gen Z car, but that doesn’t mean us Gen X oldies can’t have fun in one! The Polo 85TSI Style is a premium five door hatch, with a fantastic infotainment system, safety pack, neat interior, stylish exterior and a ripper little three-cylinder turbocharged engine.
This is the range topper (aside from the 147kW GTI) and it nabs plenty over the lower variants in the range, including an alarm, red brake calipers, adaptive cruise control, park assist, side assist and travel assist. That’s a lot of assist.
