VW Polo GTI Edition 25 celebrates a quarter-century of hot hatch fun

The Volkswagen Polo GTI has been terrorising the world's streets for 25 years. First launched in 1998, the Golf GTI's younger brother quickly built a reputation for affordable thrills and has been much-loved here in South Africa ever since its introduction in 2006. 

To mark a quarter-century of burnouts and robot-to-robot drag races, Volkswagen has unveiled the new Polo GTI Edition 25. Limited to just 2,500 units and built right here at the firm's world-class Kariega plant in the Eastern Cape, this fiery little hot hatch comes locked and loaded with a raft of standout exterior features including a set of gorgeous gloss black 18-inch Adelaide alloy wheels, red brake calipers and chrome-licked exhaust tailpipes. Six paint colours are on offer (Pure White, Kings Red Metallic, Reef Blue Metallic, Smoke Grey Metallic, Deep Black Pearl Effect and Ascot Grey) and all are offset by a roof skin and side mirrors finished in a contrasting shade of gloss black.