I am more afraid of pijots than VW. Even the 208 4AT 1.6NA also have issues.

But then so does the Vento. Maybe because I am abit more familiar with VW so I am not so averse to it.

Vento and City weight not much difference. The Vento 1.2 TSI has very noticeable turbo lag, which is why it feels so sluggish off the line. Heck I even felt the lag when downshifting to overtake.


I find the Vento interior fit and finish to be better than Vios and City (especially City). But the design is uncle-ish like most VWs lah.

Hmmmmmmmmm unfortunately my Vento interior fit is not good. Rattling after a few weeks lol. I remember my Persona was rattle free for the first 3 years!

Vento / Polo Sedan 1.6NA if drive gently (linear speed - uncle style driving) still ok. Remember, this model is a city car and not like Golf for spirit driving. Like most of Conti cars, pick up is slow and u will feel 1-2 seconds delay before pick up from 1st gear.
vento kerb weight is 1182kg while VIOS and City is almost like 1100kg only. City and VIOS might have better pick up speed from 1st gear.
Interior wise like most of VW cars with simple and mature finishing. You wont find those fancy shinning blinking gadgets like in City and VIOS.
In terms of interior space, Almera has the biggest interior space. City is at 2nd. Vento is on par with VIOS with bigger seat cushions.

Stay away from VW or any conti brands if you are really concern on RV and spare parts cost & availability. Nowadays, you can find a lot of conti dealers in the market especially Klang Valley with much cheaper maintenance cost (using genuine parts) compare to authorized SC.



This post has been edited by lazbuy85: Jun 14 2018, 12:02 PM

Pugeout service center all hopeless... at least vw, some can pakai....

Hahaha that's what I heard. But then VW SC is already damn lousy!
That's why I said I should have kept my previous car as a backup and get a 208 Puretech. "Adventurous" lol.

Actually it's not the 1st gear which is the issue. If you go manual mode and launch the car, it's actually not bad because the 1st gear ratio is damn short. The issue with this Vento is, it will switch to 2nd gear very quickly in D mode. Can say the 1st gear is only used to get the car moving from stationary. By 60km/h it's already in 6th gear.

some of VW SC in Klang Valley are OK except those well known bad SC that you must be stay away of.

Notice polo sedan / vento audio quality is quite good with deep bass and clear sound.

YES. After start moving from traffic light stop, kejap je look down at the MFD wah already 2nd gear. beh tahan lol.

Stick it into S mode and press the throttle je lah.

Speaking of which, the throttle lag is also quite noticeable....almost Campro level kind of lag if not worse.

Yes. Just a tad better than Campro IAFM only lol.
What kind of FC are you getting with your Vento?

It's my sister-in-law's car, she drives to KL to work everyday....averaging 12km/l I think.

She pump RON97 yo

Fuh...elitist haha.
Mine averaging ~10km/l only.