Volkswagen Polo 1.4 Twist 5Dr

Despite coming to me for recommendations as to what sort of car to buy and, predictably, ignoring them, three of my good female friends have recently bought brand new Polos. It's not that it's a bad car - quite the opposite is true - but it's one that has never really suited me. Every time I'd driven a Polo in the past, it had never really felt like a car with its own persona, instead coming across as a shortchanged Golf. As my friends seemed to have confirmed, it was a safe fallback option; socially acceptable but terminally unadventurous. Since then, Volkswagen has let me play with one for a week and although my views haven't radically altered, I will admit that this latest car is a far more fully-formed vehicle than its predecessors.