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VW Polo Fox - An everyday hero

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Created on August 31, 2023

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Wolfram Hamann

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - Matching: Graffito in the Fox colors turquoise blue and saima green

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - Fox hunting: Fox Polos of the first model year are really rare today

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - a call for environmental protection? Small car in youthful, fresh "Saima green"

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - Hunting Fox: Hatchback and long side window make it almost a "Shooting Brake"

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - Annoying: The pictogram of a Polo hatchback is depicted on many German towing warning signs. Except on this one, of course

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - The economy model was not given wheel trims. Color will have to do

Bild von Partner Porsche AMAG Mai Foto-Galerie 2026

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - Fox lettering and decorative stripes on the rear side panel

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - Naturally, the seats are also light green

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - thin steering wheel and economical cockpit

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - Ample cargo space. The straps on the driver's seat are not six-point seat belts, but belong to a seat cover

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - economical instrument cluster, at least with choke warning light

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - The dashboard was always black regardless of the equipment color

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - one-liter four-cylinder engine with 40 hp

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - The trunk is not covered

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - The lid of the glove compartment has also been removed, which is why any junk is always exposed

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - It's been a while since the last service

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - Door panels in body color

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Volkswagen Polo Fox (1984) - canvas instead of pressboard: the "parcel shelf" is of course also green and is attached at four points

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VW Polo (1981) - one of the three new models from Volkswagen, with an unconventional hatchback - IAA 1981

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VW Polo Classic (1982) - at the 1982 Geneva Motor Show - classic notchback saloon based on the Polo, also known as the Derby in some markets

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VW Polo Coupé (1983) - additional body variant as an alternative to the hatchback Polo - at the 1983 Geneva Motor Show

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VW Polo (1986) - The Polo family: hatchback, coupé and notchback "Derby"

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VW Polo Fox (1985) - economy special model with wheels in body color

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VW Polo Fox Coupé - From March 1986, the hatchback was also available as a "Fox", here in the color "Tornado red"

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Summary

It looked as if a normal Polo had fallen into a paint bucket shortly before completion: with reduced equipment, an interior covered in body color and wheels painted in the same color, the VW Polo Fox set out at the end of 1984 to appeal to a more youthful clientele. Today, the former economy model is threatened with extinction. An enthusiast from Germany has rescued a saima green Fox from the first year of production, which illustrates this article about the long-lived special model.

This article contains the following chapters

Children's coffins, baked goods or hunting rifles?
Heart-warmingly shocking
It's so saima green
From special edition to series model

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

He is not fast. It is not big. It is not unique. It was not even produced in a small series. It was not expensive to buy and was not taken to the USA by a GI only to be discovered decades later in a scrapyard in Arizona as an unrecognized rarity. It is truly not an object of speculation and never will be. He is the opposite of all that, an "underdog". Its siblings were passed through and used up, if they survived the German scrappage scheme of 2009 at all. Today, the car has largely disappeared from the streetscape and is on the verge of being forgotten. We are talking about the VW Polo. No, not the fast Polo G 40 with a G-charger and 113 hp. But "just" a normal Polo hatchback, a hero of everyday life.

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