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Volkswagen developed the sixth-generation Polo in a saloon body style badged as the Volkswagen Virtus, which is produced in Brazil and exported to most Latin American countries. It is also produced in India since 2022. [29] [30] It is marketed as the Polo Sedan in South Africa since September 2022. [31]
The Volkswagen Polo Playa was a model for the South African market, where the SEAT brand was not available. It was sold instead of the European Polo Mark III from 1996 until 2002 and was effectively a rebadged SEAT Ibiza Mark II. In 2002, the Mark IV Polo was adopted in South Africa, and the separate Polo Playa model was dropped.
In South Africa, the Polo Mk5 continued to be produced and marketed in South Africa alongside the newer Polo Mk6 since 2018 as the Polo Vivo, replacing the Polo Mk4-based Polo Vivo. In Russia and other CIS markets, the Polo Mk5 sedan was replaced by the Škoda Rapid -based Polo CK liftback in 2020.
The Virtus is also marketed as the Volkswagen Polo Sedan in South Africa since September 2022, and as the Volkswagen Lavida XR in China since June 2023. A redesigned version has been sold as the Škoda Slavia in India, which was introduced in November 2021 and went on sale in February 2022.
The T-Cross was launched in South Africa on 30 August 2024, in three trim levels: Life, Style and R-Line, it is powered by a 1.0 TSI turbocharged petrol engine paired a 7-speed DSG. [33] In February 2025, two new entry-level variants were added with the option of the 1.0 TSI engine with 95 PS (70 kW; 94 hp).
On 11 March 2010, Volkswagen South Africa announced that the Volkswagen Citi Golf is being replaced by a version of the Mk 4 Polo, the Polo Vivo. It is available with a choice of two 1.4-litre engines (55 kW & 63 kW) [13] and a 1.6-litre engine (77 kW). [14] The Polo Vivo is sold in both 3-door and 5-door versions and as a saloon.
The main purpose of this page is to list the current standard time offsets of different countries, territories and regions. Information on daylight saving time or historical changes in offsets can be found in the individual offset articles (e.g. UTC+01:00) or the country-specific time articles (e.g. Time in Russia).
General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces. [1] [2] This was the 7th general election held under the conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994.