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VW Polo Cup

All the right ingredients are there but it won't be imported to the UK. Boo!

Its modifications aren’t as far-reaching as those of the Renaultsport Clio Cup, but the VW Polo GTI Cup Edition does at least boast a power increase – up to 178bhp from 148bhp – and uprated brakes. It also features special alloys and a body kit akin to that of the ADAC Polo Cup racing car that it has been built to celebrate.

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Sadly, Volkswagen UK has decided that the Cup Edition doesn’t have sufficient sales potential to be worth importing.

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