i got the triptronic 6 speed with sports mode. nice to speed here n there, consumption also rises la.

dun forget that gearbox is made w porshe..

polo's DSG is made for lamboghini..

so u decide...in terms of engine n gearbox, polo wins hands down

and porsche is own by who... VW group haha...
TS, well it depends what you want... the 308 Turbo is CKD but Polo is CBU of course the tax structure made the price different by a lot...
but why don you try out both cars then tell us the pro & cons on the handling, comfort, noise, ergonomics (interior) and also the quality...
frankly speaking i do not see the maintenance is more expensive, but the body parts do cost you some money and also the difficulties to find parts after 10 yrs... for normal service parts and consumable parts i do not see any difficulties to find, it is the matter you go to the right place or not... VW parts you can get from some spare parts shop and there is always some one able to fix the older gens of VW in town... if not why ppl still driving beetle, "shervan", Golf (1,2,3 & 4) around, there is some ppl know how to service and change parts ... 
but the experience of driving a conti is really pleasant... on the FC it does drink more petrol if you are on a conti coz if you really compare the gear ratio the conti's will be better for constant power but japanese car is more tune for comfort and smooth (except Mazda)... if you really drive a lot in the city the FC will be a lil higher than JP cars also... coz the weight of the cars does take more muscle to moves it, imagine small polo is more than 1 tonne which is about City's weight... Golf should be more than 1.3 tonne, is like a altis or civic... 
happy scouting... just test drive 1st then u can make a decision easier, rather than listen to ppl saying...       

wow just the doors are made in malaysia??? funny... y naza can do this but others can't...

Wow guys, thanks so much for the feedbacks!

Okay, I think I'm currently leaning more towards the 308 Turbo, because interior and comfort is very important to me, and the Polo's interior is a little off the mark.

May I ask how much is a pre-owned Volkswagen Golf 1.4 TSI selling for? Or are there even people selling it?

For those who suggested, no I'm not planning to start a family anytime soon. I'm only 25+ years old so yeah, at least 5 more years to go before I move on to my dream car - the Audi

Like I said, my car will be used for normal city driving, I'm a very active person so I'm out on the roads most of the time.

The thing about the 308 Turbo I'm worried about is the reliability and service. I've heard a lot of horror stories about Naza and the general mechanism of Peugeot cars.

308THP has a moonroof!!

and its a bigger car too!

If you love taking fast corner everywhere, then go for Polo.

but then, VW has some serious issue with after sales and their DSG gearbox too. can check in forum, and check the comments on paultan ( test drive golf 1.4 tsi page)

Naza has 1 boss, VW....all dealers are different. Test drive first la.

Both the PUG 308THP and Polo 1.2 are hot hatches

Obviously, go for polo. 308 will be excellent if the usage is for weekend car plus highway cruiser balik kampung car or the like.

Having the similar dilemma too, wife driving 308 VTi & it's super sluggish when goin uphill... That kinda put a doubt in me on the car evnehtough it comes with 6speed if I'm not wrong; polo instant addicted but then again.. The space is a turn off

Few of my friend owned vw having prob with the gearbox, both golf & gti not sure abt polo though. Friends' 308t having probs with gasket & engine oil leak (3of them for the record purpose)

So for TS, I can't help but me myself in the same situation as you 

LOL, so many people here describing the cars either from hearsay or imagination.

I have a 308T and my gf drives the new Polo.

1. FACT : 308T is a C-seg hatchback and has much bigger interior legroom compared to Polo. And yes even when the front seats are all the way back, it hardly touches my 5ft 10 inch frien's knees. Polo is smaller comparatively to the 208 or Fiesta which are all B-seg cars.

2. FACT : 308T has a more powerful engine and better torque compared to Polo and on a straight line the Polo will eat 308T's exhaust.

3. FACT : Polo is more economically efficient. Urban driving FC around 11 - 12 L / 100km whilt 308 T is around 10L/km. However both cars are similar on highway which is around 15-16L / km.

4. OPINION : 308T interior looks much better than Polo which technically is a Myvi car in other countries.

VW probably just souped it up abit here because they dont want to downgrade the specs (come on R17 tires ??? where other countries are only at R15) either because government intervention or they just wanna make more money.

Don't get me wrong, I like VW just that in our automotive tax heavy country, it is not value for money when this same car can be had for only USD 15k (or less), and wants to sell as high as the next segment car or even more.

Value-wise go for Peugeot. If you just branded conscious (everything must be Gucci and such), by all means go for the Polo.

Either way you won't regret it (just need to put up with the naysayers from VW or Peugeot depending on which car u get).

the turbo unit is exactly the same.. but weight-wise, preve had no chance smoking pug308t lah...

To give u a rough idea of how the 308t loses to a polo tsi,watch this video.

Might not be that professional,but at least its something to prove that the 308t indeed is slower than the polo tsi and blow ur stupid 9.1s 9.7s theory out of the window fag.

I bet after u watch this vid,ur still gonna give some lameshit excuses! 

308T vs Polo TSI

Those that drive 308T should know is the car adapt to the driving style...so for those always driving in the town...gonna be hard to get a good 0~100 figures...or even pass 170km/h....unless the sport mode or Tiptronic was used for that sprint purpose

Anyway, I could imagine the polo beat the 308T in the century dash, cause, even up against an ahbeng Vios, the Vios only loses by not much...can read the number plates of the Vios from the side mirrors....but of course, the 308T pulls away by miles after that.

haha both r not!

Too bad the 1.4 TSi does not come with launch control. Not that it would surprise many if a Golf were to outsprint anyone else at the traffic lights .... but to see an old Skoda Octavia II pulling just as fast off the line can be quite fun.