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With so much going on the Polo world these days, we thought we’d start to take a monthly look at what have been the most popular posts on PoloDriver. In July 2010, two new models proved popular among visitors to the site; the South African entry-level Volkswagen, the Polo Vivo, as well as the new performance-orientated flagship Polo, the 178bhp GTI.

Polo Vivo: The new ‘budget’ South African Polo Vivo is selling well in its home country and we’re finding it’s generating interest for us, too. The announcement of the car tops our list, with an entry showing more details and wallpaper in fifth place.

CrossPolo and Polo GTI: Another two new models generating a lot of interest from prospective buyers. The post in second place shows Auto Motor und Sport renderings, rather than the real cars, while coverage of the new Polo GTI brochure is in sixth position in July’s top 10, followed by first drive verdict links from Autocar and Auto Express.

Series 2 Polo, 1981-1994: The model history of the second-generation Polo is proving one of the most popular sections on the site, as the oldest cars approach their 29th birthdays. The plentiful list of special editions is what caught most visitors’ eyes this month.

Series 3 Polo, 1994-2001: Likewise, the Series 3 Polo special edition list proved just as popular, one place below the Series 2’s in fourth.

Details of Rieger Tuning’s parts for the current fifth-generation Polo (6R) and a GTI International 2010 event report round out the top 10. Missed a story? The full list of PoloDriver’s most popular posts for July 2010 – with links – is below.

1 Vivo la Vivo! Volkswagen South Africa launches affordable ‘budget’ Polo
2 Auto Motor und Sport offers appetisers of 2010 CrossPolo and Polo GTI flavours
3 Series 2 Polo: 1981-1990 – the specials
4 Series 3 Polo: 1994-2001 – the specials
5 Polo Vivo information, gallery and wallpapers added to vw.co.za
6 2010 Polo GTI brochure
7 2010 Polo GTI: the UK’s Autocar and Auto Express deliver their first verdicts
8 Series 2 Polo: 1981-1994
9 Rieger Tuning 6R Polo
10 GTI International 2010

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Here is our first drive report of two of the new Polo range’s most interesting new models. Both turbocharged, but with very different jobs to do, these two 1.2-litre cars even share similar £14,000-£15,000 price points. But, whereas the SEL provides a suitable stopping point for the mainstream Polo range, the BlueMotion shows that driving economically can be fun. With the new Polo saloon and CrossPolo not currently coming to the UK, and with the exception of the GTI, this pair complete the Polo range for now. See how we got on driving around the leafy lanes of Leicestershire by clicking on the magazine graphic below, or if you can’t see the preview, visit this link. The third of our special digital ‘mini-magazines’, check out the PoloDriver bookshelf for our previous two titles. The first issue features mini-tests of the new Polo range in general, while the second four-pager is an account of our findings after a week spent with the Polo’s baby brother city car, the 1.2 Volkswagen Fox Urban.

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The PoloDriver widget is now available! If you’re a Polo driver and Mac user, you can now get all the latest PoloDriver.com news direct to your desktop. Built to run on OS X 10.4 and sit in Dashboard, the widget displays the latest headlines directly in its built-in viewer when it detects an internet connection.

Using the widget is easy. Click on the headline or read the introductory paragraph and then follow the ‘Read More’ link to go to the website for the full story. The article length can be made shorter or longer by clicking on the ‘i’ at the bottom right of the viewer, and can be set to show the full text of each article if so desired.

If you’d like an easy non-RSS way to catch up with all the latest news on PoloDriver.com, download the widget from here, open the zip file and install. Don’t forget to let us know what you think!

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