More than 1000 Volkswagen Polo sedans are to be recalled in Russia

On June 25th Volkswagen Group Rus Company announced the recall of 1,079 Volkswagen Polo Sedan cars made in 2020. The reason for the recall: the “B” rack was pasted with plates that indicated the wrong type approval number for the vehicle, Rosstandart press service reported. On vehicles, the plate of B-pillar will be replaced. All work will be free of charge for owners.

Recall that Volkswagen Polo model is produced at the Volkswagen Group Rus plant in Kaluga and it is the brand’s bestseller in the Russian market. As AUTOSTAT previously reported, by the results of five months of 2020, sales of this model in our country reached 16,350 cars, which is lower by 27% than the figure for the same period of the previous year.

At the same time, in the spring of 2020, Volkswagen Group Rus Company began the production and sales in Russia of new Volkswagen Polo, which is now presented in a liftback body. The novelty is offered in four trim levels: Origin (from 792.9 thousand rubles), Respect (from 837.9 thousand rubles), Status (from 971.9 thousand rubles) and Exclusive (from 1 million 111 thousand 900 rubles).