It looks a little odd, almost a cross between a Morris Minor & a Volkswagen Beetle.
My 2nd car was a Morris Minor, reg no 6667 MM. The first was a "sit up & beg" Ford Popular, VDT 645.
To me it reminds me of the cars the Indian manufacturer Hindustan used to build based on old English cars. The most famous being the Ambassador based on the Morris Oxford.
I didn't realise these were actually made by VW, I've seen a few on the road and just assumed the owners had painted/wrapped it themselves.
Here's an up to date version and the link tells the story of how and why VW chose to produce them in the first place.
The Polo Harlequin: When VW went crazy with colour.
Some of the best inventions were created by mistake. Penicillin, the Slinky, the pacemaker, Post-it notes, the microwave oven and safety glass, to name just a few. Then there’s the Volkswagen Polo Harlequin, or Harlekin, if you’re reading this in Europe.
Okay, the Harlequin wasn’t a mistake in the traditional sense. It wasn’t the result of an illicit affair involving Daddy Passat and Mummy Golf. Workers on the Wolfsburg production line didn’t get the instructions for the third-generation Polo horribly wrong. Instead, the car – the Harlekin name came later – was borne out of the need for a sales tool, designed to showcase the new Polo’s modularity and personalisation options.
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I'm not too sure if this is AI bull or if it is genuinely being produced as I can't find any actual news confirming it.
@lucy4
It looks a little odd, almost a cross between a Morris Minor & a Volkswagen Beetle.
My 2nd car was a Morris Minor, reg no 6667 MM. The first was a "sit up & beg" Ford Popular, VDT 645.
@lucy4
Yes, that's fair comment.
Seems like Jags aren't the only ones.
Though why a Mini would need two tanks I don't know.
Here's an up to date version and the link tells the story of how and why VW chose to produce them in the first place.
The Polo Harlequin: When VW went crazy with colour.
Some of the best inventions were created by mistake. Penicillin, the Slinky, the pacemaker, Post-it notes, the microwave oven and safety glass, to name just a few. Then there’s the Volkswagen Polo Harlequin, or Harlekin, if you’re reading this in Europe.
Okay, the Harlequin wasn’t a mistake in the traditional sense. It wasn’t the result of an illicit affair involving Daddy Passat and Mummy Golf. Workers on the Wolfsburg production line didn’t get the instructions for the third-generation Polo horribly wrong. Instead, the car – the Harlekin name came later – was borne out of the need for a sales tool, designed to showcase the new Polo’s modularity and personalisation options.
https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/automotive-history/vw-polo-harlequin-crazy-colour/