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The Polo hatchback makes a lot of sense if you are a younger buyer who loves to drive and the Vento makes a lot of sense if you are an older buyer who wants that luxury feel of a premium German sedan. But what if you want a compact sedan and still want something with a premium badge Well, screw barrel of injection moulding machines Manufacturers Volkswagen has finally heard the pleas of the Indian customer and presented us with the brand-new Ameo. Safety has been a big talking point amongst car buyers in India recently.Front seats are the same as the Polo and are height adjustable for the driver. Volkswagen has only launched the 1.2-litre 4-cylinder TSI motor to make it a potent automobile. The edges of the front bumper are also slightly different with a deeper scooped-out mould that makes the car appear slightly wider. The front bumper is tucked in by 35mm which gave Volkswagen a little more space to play around with at the rear. In our opinion, it looks quite nice, has quality on par with much more expensive cars and handles brilliantly.The Volkswagen Beetle is a motoring icon in its own right. You get a very smart looking centre console that is finished in a shade of brushed silver along with a set of rectangular air vents.As we mentioned earlier, every car company needs a car for the people and with the Ameo, Volkswagen has truly made a car that will appeal to the mass markets while offering much more than most other cars in the segment. It sold over 21 million copies and put the German automaker on the global map.Source: CarDekho.The boot is spacious and offers a very large opening to slide luggage and if you want even more space, the seats fold down to offer a larger loading area.

The Ameo brings the best of both into one package and offers it to the Indian family at a great price point while still offering the Volkswagen badge and a sense of luxury. Volkswagen seems to have done just that, by giving us a sub 4-metre compact sedan, that sits squarely in between the hatchback and a full-blown three-box sedan. Clutch action is lighter than some of the older Volkswagen cars but still isn’t as light as what you would get in a Hyundai or Maruti product. Low-end power delivery isn’t as smooth as we expected and the Ameo does tend to need more throttle inputs especially if you are on an incline. That said, even though the roof on the Ameo is 15mm lower at the rear than the Vento or the Polo, there is a lot of headspace even for a six-foot tall passenger. Volkswagen has also stuffed the Ameo with first-in-class features like cruise control, anti-pinch windows for all four glasses and rain-sensing wipers. So what is it all about Well, we drove it to find out. The bootlid itself, though, does look a little bland and flat at first glance but look closely and you will notice some very well placed angular panels and cuts. The Ameo is more spacious than the Polo in terms of rear legroom but not as spacious compared to the Honda Amaze and the Ford Figo Aspire, and is a little short on under-thigh support too. The double DIN infotainment system does support USB and Bluetooth connectivity but does not have Apple CarPlay.

The engine does open up post 3000rpm all the way up to the 6000rpm red line but then the engine gets quite loud and intrusive. The only chink in its armour is the slightly underwhelming petrol engine. Yes, we know most of you will look at it and say this is identical to the Polo from the front, but this is a Volkswagen car and there are bound to be some differences. All said and done, it does share the front fenders, grille and the bonnet with the Polo along with the dual barrel headlamps. What the Ameo really needs is the 1. Other features include climate control, a much needed central arm rest and a sporty flat-bottomed steering wheel.The Ameo shares the dashboard with the Polo but that is not a bad thing. The first thing that strikes you about this engine, though, is the fact that it is unusually loud for a petrol engine even when idling. It managed to do that, purely because it was something that people needed at that time. Steering response is very direct and although we would have loved to see Volkswagen stick to the 16-inch wheels and tyres that the show car had, the production version gets the 15-inch wheels that you get on the Polo. Volkswagen hasn’t just haphazardly pasted a boot on the back of the Polo.As you would expect, the Volkswagen Ameo is a class apart when it comes to overall chassis balance.