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Even though the 5th-generation VW Polo had not been available in Brazil, it had been sold in some neighboring countries and its sedan version is still sold along the Virtus which is the sedan version of the current 6th generation. OTOH both the predecessor and the replacement of the 5th generation have been made in Brazil. When it comes to engines, due to fiscal benefits for engines up to 1.0L in Brazil both a naturally-aspirated one with port injection bolted to a manual transmission and a TSI with automatic transmission are available along the 1.6L naturally-aspirated which is available with both transmissions, which by the way is the only engine available for regional exports in the Brazilian-made Polo and Virtus. Recently the GTS versions with the 1.4 TSI were released in Brazil, but I doubt they would become exported. Well, maybe since this engine is already available in versions compliant to EPA emission regulations it would probably be the only engine to be featured in some eventual U.S.-spec Polo or Virtus. Meanwhile in Europe the Polo features only the 1.0L gassers and a 1.6 TDI for regular versions with a 2.0 TSI available only in the GTI trim.
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