{"id":687346,"date":"2026-05-22T13:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/687346\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:01:13","slug":"its-official-vw-polo-gti-hot-hatch-gets-the-axe-drive-com-au","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/687346\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#039;s official: VW Polo GTI hot hatch gets the axe &#8211; drive.com.au"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxQZnUyNG9XOXBpakN6VnNta2pVODlMZjMzeEZGQWI2MEZSSWlMajBEbHp1Z1BScHBmXzJNOGJDWmlOLTBaUW9kZEV5bm9HQUNDUm9TekZ0TTZONzRsd3RUQ3p5T2ZkeDd0M0g3M1VtM2hVeElyUFpVNTVtNENPcVJuOWxXV0Q?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">It&#8217;s official: VW Polo GTI hot hatch gets the axe<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;drive.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxNc2d0TkJrMDlLSV8wX28tWF8zai00aFo4RGhlQ0FVWWhVSWFQSGVlSlJLbG1aMlRCNXlDUGRDU1RMUzNfQ2F1V3lOSEZ6eTVQOHQ1UGY1aWxRcjZJNy1GNS1SaUQ4NGNMN0VMcU9PbGJUal96b2UtbWlDXy1rMFk0cXB0Ry1fU3RaTk9SNnFhV29GbUFOZ1pyVDNBNGgtYnEzMi1iOUpKbjBOVUt6ZUh1aGRGaFdfUEk2RExPV3V2VVp2QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Volkswagen Polo GTI to be axed, no word on its ID. Polo GTI EV replacement for Australia<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CarExpert<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPZUo3YTIwa3c3Vmt5U19WYzJDX3hQaGZoYzh0M1kta1l3TnJBZExIN1V3SE9iMXp3eE9Xa1JSSm1DbEgxNEhHUkZFM0Q4QlkwaVNZSU1LTmZ5d2VpLUVlcG1udDZFUTdLNnRjMzdETjFndExPM21HZ1BYSXNnREZZeXBxWTV0RnZrT19XWjh0cXBWd0RtZ0MzQWczczc3NzVyS2lvRERn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The GTI drive<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Volkswagen Newsroom<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOVHphN2ZoNVp4VXcxVHRNb0JBbHBnWDVIdUZOdWYzQzFvUzY4MzY5bmpoU1FSWFkwOWFnSUZwWjBiRTY4MWpweFZkSkExNlhjeWVIWVZpb2lhYkxoMHR0VWN1NVFXaVU3UDdjNVdwZUNBQngzV19jdG1CZkdwX29zSGx3Z1BRV0IxalhhWWxBNzhnM2NfVW1QOGZlMkZEUzBnalE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Does the new 223bhp ID. Polo GTI deserve VW\u2019s most iconic badge?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Top Gear<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxOdXBtREtrWUZZLUhsMEp6UVdKUVNnNG4zSUM4aUNlR2lJbTU0STRwQzJGOGNMOXV1YWlabmVxMGJSakxJME1oZVRsbnV2SklMSXZOVnU0ME1QSkhsbnFQSWh1cDJ2R1k5SEQ0TDVBaUxNZ0IwSmswSjM4X2dTN0FhcHpGYXpuU1FhYkpyNg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Famous hot hatch in huge switch-up<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newcastle Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s official: VW Polo GTI hot hatch gets the axe&nbsp;&nbsp;drive.com.auVolkswagen Polo GTI to be axed, no word on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99,101874,12635,6342,22532,331065,331066,331067,331068],"class_list":["post-687346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-hot-hatch","tag-industrynews","tag-performance","tag-volkswagen","tag-volkswagen-id-polo","tag-volkswagen-id-polo-gti","tag-volkswagen-polo","tag-volkswagen-polo-gti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}