This May marks exactly 50 years since the Volkswagen Polo was first launched. One of the early ‘premium’ superminis, the Polo was also the final member of VW’s new, water-cooled family of cars.

Tired of the complexity and nannying of modern cars but don’t want to go back to carburettors, condensers and chrome? The Volkswagen Polo Mk2 could be just the ticket The Mk2 Polo was launched in late ...