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   by pilier on July 19, 2008, 7:47 am

   
   Both the Boxter S and the SLK 350 have 300 hp and the Boxter costs another ,000. You get a 7-speed auto with the SLK, and with the Boxter you get a Tiptronic.. whooptydoo.
   

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   by rafaelc100 on July 19, 2008, 7:55 am

   The reason is that weight by itself changes fuel economy by only 1-2% per 100 lbs. So, the move would only make sense from a purely fuel economy point of view if the Polo was supplied with smaller engines.

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   by reminder87 on July 19, 2008, 7:59 am

   
   That was the 2002 model, it was facelifted since, and it was styled to resemble its smaller brother Lupo, and, to a lesser extent, the New Beetle... fail
   

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   by run87 on July 19, 2008, 8:01 am

   
   Gas is /gallon and they are still "considering" bringing the Polo here. Quite the brain-trust they have running VW :-/

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   by sgtpeppers on July 19, 2008, 8:04 am

   Maybe that's because the 2.0T in the GTI is already a 5 year old engine.

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   by shelly on July 19, 2008, 8:05 am

   The new 272hp 2.0T in the Audi TT-S quattro gets the same milage as the 200hp GTI, not to mention the far superior milage from the 211hp unit in the A4/A5.

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