Vivo’s undisputed crown jewel

The feel-good in this car enough to block out any shortcomings.

- Jaco van der Merwe

VW HATCH: DECENT POWER, EASY SHIFTING, EXCELLENT HANDLING IS WHAT GT IS ALL ABOUT.

It's very rare that you pay the same price for an improved product. When Volkswagen recently announced no price hikes for the updated Polo Vivo, it was as good as an early Christmas present for potential buyers.

While most of the improvements have been very subtle, the most in-your-face feature of the new version is the inclusion of a nine-inch touchscreen infotainment system. Replacing old 6.5inch black and white radiosaurus, the new Apple CarPlay and Android accessible system keeps the VW hatch on par with the rest of the segment in terms of connectivity technology.

We recently spent a week in the range's flagship Polo Vivo GT.

The range topper now features Vivo lettering underneath the VW bagde on the tailgate and GT lettering on the grille and tailgate in the same typeface as its Golf and Polo GTI siblings, which looks rather cool.