produced at Volkswagen Sarajevo in Vogošća, a northern suburb of Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina), from 1998 to 2008. On 01 July 1999, production also started in Bratislava. In two generations and additionally manufactured as the CrossPolo model, the Polo became the most produced vehicle in the history of Volkswagen Slovakia by 2007, with a total of 777,000 units. The small compact car was built as a saloon in the former Volkswagen plant in Kaluga, Russia, from 2010 to 2022. In 2001, the Polo went to China. To this day, the product family is still built at the SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Company’s Anting plant. When production started, the Polo was only the fourth product line to be produced by Shanghai Volkswagen since the beginnings in 1983. Since 2002, Volkswagen do Brasil has been producing the small bestseller in two plants: in Anchieta and in Taubaté. Production in Brussels ran from 2006 until the model changeover in mid-2009. The end in Belgium meant a new start in India, where production