VOLKSWAGEN’S Polo has long played second fiddle to the Golf. And with good reason too, since previous versions of the German supermini have not come within a cooee of the class leaders, never mind its glamourous big brother. But now the carmaker from Wolfsburg is serious about ruling the automotive world, so the fifth-generation Polo has undergone a Golf-style design, engineering and quality makeover to woo buyers away from the excellent Ford Fiesta and Mazda2. Has Volkswagen succeeded? Mostly, as we found out after a week behind the wheel of the mid-range 77TSI Comfortline.