{"id":436463,"date":"2020-09-28T17:10:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=436463"},"modified":"2020-09-28T17:10:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:10:43","slug":"a-look-at-the-new-special-edition-polo-vivo-mswenko-with-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/436463\/a-look-at-the-new-special-edition-polo-vivo-mswenko-with-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the new special edition Polo Vivo Mswenko &#8211; with pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volkswagen has announced its special edition Polo Vivo Mswenko for South Africa. Mswenko is the isiZulu expression for the slang word \u201cswag\u201d, Volkswagen South Africa said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Swag is an expression of attitude and confidence. A self-confident and stylish person is said to have swag. Mswenko, which is unique to South Africa, refers to a person\u2019s style, attitude and general demeanour,&#8221; the group said.<\/p>\n<p>Volkswagen said that the Mswenko is based on the 1.4 63kW Comfortline manual. &#8220;This is a fashion-inspired derivative which features unique styling details and serves to appeal to customers that are dynamic and young at heart,&#8221; said Mike Glendinning, Sales and Marketing director for Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA).<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the exterior of the vehicle, the\u00a0Mswenko features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Special side-decals;<\/li>\n<li>A chrome tip exhaust;<\/li>\n<li>16-inch Portago alloy wheels in Anthracite;<\/li>\n<li>A black-painted roof;<\/li>\n<li>Privacy glass;<\/li>\n<li>Mirror covers in two colour variants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the interior, the Polo Vivo Mswenko differentiates itself from the rest of the range with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ocean Blue seats;<\/li>\n<li>Anthracite headliner;<\/li>\n<li>Silver dashboard inserts;<\/li>\n<li>App-Connect;<\/li>\n<li>Six speakers;<\/li>\n<li>A leather package &#8211; including leather multi-function steering wheel, gearshift lever and gear knob.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-436471 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-2.png 852w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-2-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-2-768x510.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-436473 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-3.png 848w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-3-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-3-768x514.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-436475 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-4-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-436477 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mswenko-5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Volkswagen Group South Africa said that the Polo Vivo Mswenko will be available at Volkswagen dealers from October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Pricing for the Polo Vivo Mswenko 1.4 63kW Comfortline starts at <strong>R246,900<\/strong> and the special edition model will only be available in the following exterior colours; Pure White, Reflex Silver, Limestone Grey and Reef Blue.<\/p>\n<p>The Polo Vivo Mswenko comes standard with a three year\/120,000km warranty and a six-year anti-corrosion warranty.<\/p>\n<p>A Volkswagen maintenance Ppan as well as a Volkswagen service plan are available as options. The service interval is 15,000km.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/436001\/south-africas-new-alcohol-and-driving-rules-being-considered-by-parliament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0South Africa\u2019s new alcohol and driving rules being considered by parliament<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volkswagen has announced its special edition Polo Vivo Mswenko for South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":436467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26,6636],"class_list":["post-436463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline","tag-volkswagen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436463"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436493,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436463\/revisions\/436493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}