No Budget Reviews: 2005 Volkswagen Polo 9N 1.4 Twist - Lloyd Vehicle Consulting
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
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-One 2005 Volkswagen Polo 9N 1.4 Twist
-One Mobile Phone
-No Fancy Outfits
-No Obscure In-Jokes
-No DSLRs
-No Shotgun Microphones
-No Fluid Head Tripods
-No Idea about Exposure
-No Budget Whatsoever
It is time for the newest instalment in that beloved cinematic automotive RUclips experience where we film practical cars that can be bought for less than £1,000 in a manner befitting of their inexpensive value! This may go horribly wrong (and frequently does)...
This time, as we test a 2005 Volkswagen Polo 9N 1.4 Twist, we find a slightly strange electric window switch, talk about Amazon deliveries, find quite a satisfying set of heating and ventilation controls, get excited about four cylinders and 75 bhp and drone on about very little of any importance at all. Nothing untoward, then...
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My brother had one of these as his first car a good few years ago, albeit the 1.2 version. He thought it was very good starter car - reliable, cheap to run and easy to drive🙂
Yes, you could much worse than one of these, or indeed a Mark I Fabia or Mark III Ibiza, as a first car. Very good parts availability, decent quality interiors for the time, and low running costs for a lot of the models, do make these a good choice in that respect.
Lovely to see my car reviewed on the channel! Hope you enjoyed driving it as much as I do, I love my three door Twist! I’ve never seen another Twist on the road.
Snoopy likes to sit there and keep me company :)
Thanks :)
No, thank you, Jess! My twin sister (also called Jess, strangely enough) had a 1998 Polo as our first car, so it's a very strong tradition indeed. Your car is in lovely condition, the Twist Special Edition was more common on the Mark II Polo, I think, as my uncle had one in the 1990s. Snoopy did look very comfortable on the dashboard!
My wife has one of these - albeit a 2002 1.2 model. She uses it as a van - we nicknamed it ‘the wheelbarrow’. It’s just clicked over 113k mikes, and it’s still going strong. It’s a good, honest and durable little car. Surprisingly good fun to drive too.
I have driven the 54 bhp and 65 bhp versions of the three cylinder, and the 1.4 is definitely better, but if you don't do lots of out of town driving, the 1.2 is probably OK. 113,000 miles is pretty good!
As always very enjoyable sir. Given many peoples unnecessary desire to impress and readiness to spend hundreds each month it’s very refreshing cars such as this are still loved and appreciated..
Yes, the owner absolutely loves it, and a 9N Polo is absolutely classic No Budget Reviews material. We very much appreciate stuff like this on the channel!
I think polo's are great little cars and been on the road longer than I've been alive
They have been around for a long time, haven't they? Still one of this country's favourites every month at the moment.
Still driving a 9n5 1.2L 64hp 2003 in 2024. Love the car, a bit underpowered, especially with AC on but is quite comfortable. Only have 77k km on the clock and apart from some interior wear and tear (upholstery needs changing and strip of plastic at the front of the dash has cracked due to the hot temperatures in Malta) it's still pretty pristine.
Oh gosh, the 64 bhp models are better than the 54 bhp ones, but they are still very slow. 77,000 km is nothing. Would love to visit Malta one day, thank you very much indeed once again for watching!
Very interesting review sir. Very nice tidy car and very well equipped for 2005 super mini. I have only ever driven a mk1 & mk2 Polo
It is in really good condition, isn't it? I am surprised just how much nostalgia there is for Polos, and these are still one of this country's favourite cars. Your Mark II was immaculate, sir!
Looks immaculate!! These cars bring back lots of memories from mates who had these as their first cars (very similar to my Lupo which had the same 1.4 as this). Also big up to Warton Hall Garage (on the number plates, based about half an hour from Grange) as they've looked after my cars very well for a number of years now.
It is indeed in very nice condition, and I spotted the Warton Hall Garage plates too. The Lupo had the same 1.4, I think, although the chassis was based on the previous Mark III Polo. Thank you again for watching, sir!
A very tidy example (without sounding like a classified car ad)!
We aim to please, sir!
Good afternoon Mr Lloyd, hope you're having a nice weekend sir.
Indeed, sir, having a break from filming, this was shot two weeks ago.
@@lloydvehicleconsulting glad to here you're having a well deserved break, thank you for all your efforts sir its very much appreciated.
@@focusrssteve , what I have been up to will be revealed in a Very Vague Vlog that I recorded a couple of days ago, but will be made public towards the end of the month...
Had a similar Polo (but a 1.2 on an 02 plate) in the family for many years from new. It still lives locally and remains in fantastic condition (looks like a 2yr old car rather than a 20yr old car). A very basic but very durable little motor.
Yes, you do see plenty of these still around, both pre-facelift and post-facelift. We spotted another 9N on a 2002 plate in Grange-over-Sands in purple, with a beige leather interior, during the time of filming. We suspect that it was an SE model with a huge number of options.
I have the 9n3 with the 1.4tdi engine
An elderly former work colleague of mine had a Polo of this generation in the early 2000's. I liked the round headlamps much better than the facelift as it was distinctive and gave brand identity along with the similar face of the Lupo.
This gem polo looked so grown up and was probably one of the classier options in the segment. A car for people who wanted no nonsense, just motoring done right.
It has been a surprisingly nostalgic car for many people on the channel for some reason. Very much a no nonsense car, very much suitable for a new driver, which is what my sister and I were 21 years ago.
Jessica car is in very could condition ( I do help on that front). I quite like the round front lights, it certainly makes it distinctive. The build quality is very impressive for a small car with heavyweight bodywork ,soft plastics and rubber mats everywhere. Just the 'sticky' rubber coated hard plastic that let's the side down!
Oh sir, not that sticky plastic! As you say, not bad, really, certainly a good option for a first car, and you do seem to have helped keep this in excellent condition.
Volkswagen were trying to emulate the Mercedes-Benz E-Class with the front end styling.
Seen one with a Mercedes-Benz badge on it, looked pretty close
Quite possibly, sir. The Lupo was an influence on it as well, I think.
I had the 6n2 polo, it had a mysteriously flooded panel which I could never find the entrance to, so drilled a hole so it could drain. It also had a phantom multiple cylinder misfire which I could never find the fault of. Sold it a few months ago. It was the 8v 1.4 and I have no idea how they got such little power (60)bhp! From a 1.4 MPI
I've gotta say I really do like the 3 door look (my 6n2 was a 3dr too)
We are hoping to get a Mark III (6N pre-facelift) on the channel soon, as I do know someone with one. It also has that 1.4 with 60 bhp, as did my first car, which was also a pre-facelift Mark III. The three door does indeed suit this shape very well.
The 9n and 9n3 models had 80 and85 hp from the 1.4 but thats 16v
I had the 6n1 polo. Great little car and great fun to drive but sadly the valve stem seals failed and I had no idea how fix it. Sold it for a new beetle.
Well, I am hoping that we will get one of those on the channel, as I know someone who has one, and I had one as a first car. Not sure about those valve stem oil seals, I am afraid...
@@lloydvehicleconsulting they let oil through into the pistons when they fail, and you end up with lots of blue smoke billowing out the back of the car.
@@CortinasAndClassics , yes, my friend once bought a 9N Polo that was doing it, without the dealership telling her. Fortunately, she was able to return it under the Sale of Goods Act.
I drive one of these, and have done for a couple of years now, thankfully it's the facelift model (9N3) and not one with the bug-eyed headlamps. I assume mine is a base model 1.2 as I only have a rear window heater button, not much else. Very easy car to drive, nothing special but it suits me for what I need at the moment. But they must be popular and reliable because I can blend into just about anywhere, they're as common as muck out on the roads wherever I go, even more than the more recent models it seems, although that might just be my biased vision there.
Yes, still tonnes of these around, and the Polo these days is, if anything, even more popular as it is the best-selling car of last month. I have driven a base model facelifted Polo 1.2 of this generation, and as long as you avoid the motorways, it is OK. Thank you ever so much indeed for watching and commenting!
Quite right, never owned a diesel and no intention of ever…” dirty diesel” 😁
It's been the way since the very first video on the channel almost six years ago and 1,700 videos ago.
The 9N Polo was a little more distinctive than its predecessor with its cute little face and the taillights that mirror those on its bigger sibling the Passat, which is no bad thing as the contemporary Passat was a top quality product stealing sales from more premium German Makes.
The mid 2000s was a very high point in Supermini circles with this Polo, the Mk6 Fiesta, Corsa, Clio, Yaris, Fabia, Swift, Getz. All of them excellent all rounders.
Oh dear, I almost forgot the Rover 25. More a Megamini than a Supermini but another excellent all rounder.
Don't forget that Rover 25, sir! I may have one coming up on the channel soon... The 9N seems like a pretty good car with low running costs, although not all examples are as good as this one. I have tested a lot of the cars on your list from the mid 2000s, actually!
My first car was a 63 Beetle ..somehow you never forget the austerity in every
successive generation VW ,.Perhaps if they went through a fins and chrome period
things may have been different ...or is it just that it was German?
Oh yes, I am sure they would have sold millions if they had produced a version of the 9N Polo with fins and chrome, sir! Mind you, they did already have a retro car at the time with the Beetle, so perhaps they didn't need two in the same range?
@@lloydvehicleconsulting Things always read different in text!
I meant if VW had been influenced by the Americans in the 50/60's
like OPEL of course were , successive generations of VW may not have appeared so austere ..but then again maybe it was just a German
design trait.
@@planestrainsdogsncars4336 , oh right, yes, I understand what exactly what you mean! Those 1950s and 1960s Opels were absolutely influenced by their American counterparts, the Volkswagens didn't seem to be at all.
Muito bom conteúdo. Parabéns!
Tenho um vw polo sedan 1.6 ano 2006 acho um ótimo carro.
Saudações aqui do Brasil.
Thank you very much indeed for watching all the way from Brazil!
Badges tailgate slightly high. Twist had a tickle of paint. The 1.4 wheezy 3 cyl fuel type cannot discuss lurches when driven. Totally horrid drive. . May I make a comment. The 1.9 of which fuel type omitted in GT spec 130 horse PS was basically a 1.9 VRS Fabia. That was a Bobby dazzler or a car. Rare and a sweet heart to drive. For once when a certain fuel type made the car drive ace. MK4 Golf same as Red i. 150 and 130. Good as an oil burner. Of the 1.8 GTi was better. And the 225 Cupra Leon same engine was quality. The Polo was good with the 1.9 and so few sold
That's absolutely right, sir. The badges are slightly wrong, as they have been reapplied, but most people wouldn't notice, I don't think. I am afraid, sir, that you do seem to have comprehensively ignored one of the channel's most fundamental rules, but we will overlook such an indiscretion on this occasion...
Do u recomend this as a first car
It depends, really. I think that this was the first car of its current owner.
I own a 2006 1.2 facelift polo. Full poverty spec !!!!
I have driven one with the least powerful 1.2 engine. It wasn't very fast.
I felt volkswagen was starting to feel cheap at this point, especially the MK5 Golf. The Polo before this shape felt, a bit more up market and better built, just my opinion.
I am trying to get a pre-facelift Mark III Polo for review at the moment. I do know of one, and so I am going to ask if we can do it. Those do have significant evidence of cost-cutting, so it's nothing new, really. The facelifted ones are better quality, I think.
Dad thing my will those this car❤ polo
Thank you very much indeed for watching and commenting!
2nd
An improvement again, sir?
had a 2001 polo. transmission died after 60k miles, useless
Was that the manual or the automatic?