PoloDriver
@polodrivercom.bsky.social
Website for everything and anything Volkswagen Polo. Posts by motoring writer and car enthusiast Rich Gooding.
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A few quick and dirty pictures of German machinery from this morning’s @takona.co.uk Coffees & #Cars meet in Sawbridgeworth. #classiccars #Audi #BMW #Porsche #Volkswagen
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A few quick and dirty pictures of German machinery from this morning’s @takona.co.uk Coffees & #Cars meet in Sawbridgeworth. #classiccars #Audi #BMW #Porsche #Volkswagen
The trip to the garden centre was worth it not only for the cheese scone and coffee, but also for the tasty side dish of rare and old hot #Fiat!
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The trip to the garden centre was worth it not only for the cheese scone and coffee, but also for the tasty side dish of rare and old hot #Fiat!
Interestingly (to me anyway!), is that Japan didn't get the Polo Original until 2017, two years later than Germany, and the car didn't come to the UK at all… Japan did get its own Polo '40th Edition' in 2015, though, but that car was nowhere as unique as the Original. #Volkswagen #VW #Polo #Polo50
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Interestingly (to me anyway!), is that Japan didn't get the Polo Original until 2017, two years later than Germany, and the car didn't come to the UK at all… Japan did get its own Polo '40th Edition' in 2015, though, but that car was nowhere as unique as the Original. #Volkswagen #VW #Polo #Polo50
Other differentiating elements of the #Polo Original included 'Splender'-patterned sports seats (essentially orange and grey-black houndstooth, referencing the original Polo N), 'Moon Stone'-painted centre console trim, 'Original' door sill trims, and a 'Rear View' parking system. #VW #Polo50
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So, 2025 marks the Polo's 50th birthday and #VW has created the 'Edition 50' to mark it. Ten years ago, the #Polo 'Original' celebrated the model's 40th birthday. Special features included Honey Orange Metallic paint (a CrossPolo shade), 'Original' badges, LED lights and 'Portago' alloys.
#Polo50
#Polo50
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
That one was a nice find. I saw it at the Simply VW at Beaulieu show back in May, and thought it would be a good fit. Lovely car, 59,000 miles, one owner from new!
I had one for almost 10 years. Loved it. Clean lines, fun interior, good build, and quick-ish. Written off in 2021. #VWPolo #Polo50
I had one for almost 10 years. Loved it. Clean lines, fun interior, good build, and quick-ish. Written off in 2021. #VWPolo #Polo50
November 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It’s not every day you get to display your car at the prestigious Pall Mall in London, but yesterday my Polo took its place alongside VW UK heritage press fleet and other owner cars as part of the St James’s Motoring Spectacle 50th anniversary #VWPolo display. We even enjoyed some sun! #Polo50
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Well, that was a nice surprise. The Polo and I are 'Letter of the Week' in this week's issue of @autocarofficial.bsky.social. (Volkswagen UK's in-period press car pictured here, though.) #Polo #VWPolo #Polo #Volkswagen
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Well, that was a nice surprise. The Polo and I are 'Letter of the Week' in this week's issue of @autocarofficial.bsky.social. (Volkswagen UK's in-period press car pictured here, though.) #Polo #VWPolo #Polo #Volkswagen
*URGENTLY WANTED* I'm still after a #Volkswagen #Polo, possibly, two, for the St James Motoring Spectacle which takes place on *this Saturday* at Pall Mall in London. I need a Mk4 9N (2001-2009), and would love to find this car I saw at the Simply #VW event in May… #Polo50
October 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
*URGENTLY WANTED* I'm still after a #Volkswagen #Polo, possibly, two, for the St James Motoring Spectacle which takes place on *this Saturday* at Pall Mall in London. I need a Mk4 9N (2001-2009), and would love to find this car I saw at the Simply #VW event in May… #Polo50
Used to really want one, #Beetle that is, but never have owned one. Lived vicariously through the build of @t2stu.bsky.social’s wonderfully accurate Herbie replica. Always quite fancied a late car, like a GT Beetle in Apple Green. #Volkswagen #VW
October 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Used to really want one, #Beetle that is, but never have owned one. Lived vicariously through the build of @t2stu.bsky.social’s wonderfully accurate Herbie replica. Always quite fancied a late car, like a GT Beetle in Apple Green. #Volkswagen #VW
There was also this #Polo 1.6 GLX in Pistachio at #FOTU… Once again, if the owner of this car would like to help celebrate 50 years of the #VWPolo in Pall Mall, then do get in contact. #Volkswagen #Polo50
October 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
There was also this #Polo 1.6 GLX in Pistachio at #FOTU… Once again, if the owner of this car would like to help celebrate 50 years of the #VWPolo in Pall Mall, then do get in contact. #Volkswagen #Polo50
This may be a bit of a long shot, but I spotted a Polo Harlequin at #FOTU in the summer, and I’m now after a standard 1994-2001 Polo (6N/6N2) for the St James Motoring Spectacle event in London on 1 Nov. If anyone of #weirdcarbs knows whose it is, ask them to get in touch!
#Polo #Polo50 #VWPolo
#Polo #Polo50 #VWPolo
October 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This may be a bit of a long shot, but I spotted a Polo Harlequin at #FOTU in the summer, and I’m now after a standard 1994-2001 Polo (6N/6N2) for the St James Motoring Spectacle event in London on 1 Nov. If anyone of #weirdcarbs knows whose it is, ask them to get in touch!
#Polo #Polo50 #VWPolo
#Polo #Polo50 #VWPolo
A quick push…
URGENTLY WANTED: Volkswagen Polos needed for St James Motoring Spectacle on 1 November.
Mk4 (2001-2009), Mk6 (2017-present), and a MkI Derby (1977-1981). Cars in as near-standard condition as possible. Please share!
Email rich@polodriver.com for more details. #VWPolo #Polo #Polo50
URGENTLY WANTED: Volkswagen Polos needed for St James Motoring Spectacle on 1 November.
Mk4 (2001-2009), Mk6 (2017-present), and a MkI Derby (1977-1981). Cars in as near-standard condition as possible. Please share!
Email rich@polodriver.com for more details. #VWPolo #Polo #Polo50
October 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
October 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Nice. Very happy memories of Norwich. Where I went to art college! Around this time… 👇🏻 😱
October 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Nice. Very happy memories of Norwich. Where I went to art college! Around this time… 👇🏻 😱
October 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Also recently found that there are *two* versions of the #Renault Espace F1… One in standard livery, one in ‘reverse’. #HotWheels
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Also recently found that there are *two* versions of the #Renault Espace F1… One in standard livery, one in ‘reverse’. #HotWheels
Ooh, the BMWs are lovely. Listening to @motoringpodcast.com this afternoon, I realised that a couple of times I have bought one Hot Wheels to open and one to keep ‘contained’, for now. (I still don’t know why.)
But the most recent was a particularly nice one… #Porsche
But the most recent was a particularly nice one… #Porsche
October 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ooh, the BMWs are lovely. Listening to @motoringpodcast.com this afternoon, I realised that a couple of times I have bought one Hot Wheels to open and one to keep ‘contained’, for now. (I still don’t know why.)
But the most recent was a particularly nice one… #Porsche
But the most recent was a particularly nice one… #Porsche
MoT and service for the #Polo today. Always nice when the garage calls and said it ‘flew’ through the former. I had my curiosity satisfied and even got a chance to look underneath. Pre-winter cavity wax treatment probably next… #VWPolo #Polo50 #Volkswagen
October 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
MoT and service for the #Polo today. Always nice when the garage calls and said it ‘flew’ through the former. I had my curiosity satisfied and even got a chance to look underneath. Pre-winter cavity wax treatment probably next… #VWPolo #Polo50 #Volkswagen
In May 2009, Sardinia played host to the presentation of the fifth-generation #Polo to the international motoring media. The bright colour palette of the '6R' Polo really popped against the rocky, watery and scenic backdrops. #Polo50 #VWPolo #Volkswagen
September 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In May 2009, Sardinia played host to the presentation of the fifth-generation #Polo to the international motoring media. The bright colour palette of the '6R' Polo really popped against the rocky, watery and scenic backdrops. #Polo50 #VWPolo #Volkswagen
With the all recent activity around the forthcoming all-electric #IDPolo and #IDPoloGTI, 44 years ago the MkII Polo enjoyed its debut in September 1981. It was presented to the international press the month before in Sardinia. #Polo (Photos: eBay – www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27732038...)
September 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
With the all recent activity around the forthcoming all-electric #IDPolo and #IDPoloGTI, 44 years ago the MkII Polo enjoyed its debut in September 1981. It was presented to the international press the month before in Sardinia. #Polo (Photos: eBay – www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27732038...)