VW set to axe two-door Polo in savings drive

12 March 2015 - 09:40 By Sapa
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STYLING: The Polo's 17-inch blue and white mags
STYLING: The Polo's 17-inch blue and white mags
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Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen is set to scrap the two-door version of its popular Polo compact as part of a big savings drive, German news magazine Der Spiegel reports.

VW hopes to save 200 million euros (217 million dollars) by offering the overhauled, third-generation Polo from 2017 as a four-door car only.

The Wolfsburg company has also cast doubts on the future of some other models such as the sports Scirocco said the report. Commenting on the report, VW has said halting production of the two-door Polo was one of the options being considered.

The VW Polo is one of the brand's big-selling models in Germany and it has been in production for four decades.

Volkswagen aims to make savings of 5 billion euros (5.5 billion dollars) in its under-performing car division, said the magazine.

The focus is on reducing the number of components, models and variations. Volkswagen will make more use of modular platforms in order to cut costs.

The report also said the Beetle was also under threat but VW denied the claim. The chubby, two-door Beetle is a strong seller in the United States where overall VW sales have otherwise fallen.

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