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The Curious Case of Polo Sedan

Imagine for me, if you will. The year is 2014, and you're looking to upgrade from your locally-built A-segment city runabout for something larger. You're armed with a budget of roughly RM80,000 and you're looking for a larger saloon. Not too large, but larger than your current runabout which, at best, can either fill your friends or your luggage - not both. Your quest to finding a suitable replacement based on your criteria above lands you in the B-segment range. Here, you find yourself looking at a Toyota Vios, a Honda City and a Nissan Almera. However, none of them seem to strike your fancy, and the larger C-segment Proton Preve and Inspira is too large for you. You then stumble upon the Volkswagen Polo Sedan - a German alternative to the other B-segment cars of the same price range. With a starting price of RM85,000, it proved to be a tempting proposition that is simply too difficult to ignore. You fell in love with its solid build quality that the other B-segment cars l...