page_title: Volkswagen Derby
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Volkswagen Derby / Overview
caption_attribution_description: Volkswagen Derby outside the International Stores in Cambridge, England
context_page_description: Volkswagen Derby was the name first given by German automaker Volkswagen for the commercialization of the booted saloon version of its Volkswagen Polo Mk1 supermini, between 1977 and 1981 in Europe. Later, the Derby name was given by the Mexican Volkswagen subsidiary for introducing the Polo Classic Mk3 saloon toward its domestic market, in the mid-1990s years.
context_section_description: With 72,412 sold in 1977 alone the car was initially popular, outselling the Polo sister model in that year, but sales quickly tailed off in subsequent years.
  During 1981, Volkswagen introduced the second generation Polo and the second generation Derby; in 1984 the Derby name was dropped and the saloon version of the Polo became the Volkswagen Polo Classic.
  Most parts of the Derby are interchangeable with the Mk1 Polo, and many drivetrain components are compatible with the Mk2 models.  Body parts at the rear and also the rear window are different and are directly attributable to the original design version of this vehicle, which was intended to be marketed as the Audi 60.  Lights of the early version are the same as the Mk1 Polo and the car which began this design: the Audi 50, which dates to just before the full merger of Audi and Volkswagen.
  This was 1979 Semperit Irish Car of the Year in Ireland.
caption: European Volkswagen Derby second generation two-door: introduced 1981 and rebranded as "Polo Classic" in 1984
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