Volkswagen Polo Sedan (A05)

The Volkswagen Polo Sedan, sold as the Volkswagen Vento in some markets, is a subcompact car that the Volkswagen India and Volkswagen Russia subsidiaries produced from 2010 to 2022. It is essentially a three-box Polo with a stretched wheelbase, developed especially for certain markets and based on a stretched Polo Mk5 facelift on the A05 (PQ25) platform. The extra 50 mm of wheelbase gives more rear legroom and 500 litres of boot space. It was sold as the Vento in India, Malaysia, Brunei and Mexico, as the Polo Sedan in South Africa, Argentina, Russia and the Middle East, and as the Polo Notch in the Philippines. Indian engines include a 1.6 litre MPI petrol, 1.6 and 1.5 litre TDI diesels and a 1.2 litre TSI. In November 2011 Škoda introduced the Rapid, essentially a rebadged Vento.