The Volkswagen Polo is a supermini car manufactured by Volkswagen. It is sold in Europe and other markets worldwide in hatchback, saloon, coupé and estate variants. There have been four separate series of the Polo, unofficially designated Mk1 to Mk4 by the popular Press. Each generation was facelifted mid way through its production, with the updated versions known again unofficially by an addition of the letter F to the model number, e.g. Mk2F.

The body style has been varied through the life of the car, most widely as a hatchback. A saloon version was marketed as the Volkswagen Derby, progenitor of the Audi 60. Volkswagen vehicles built off different platforms have carried the Polo name plate. For example the Volkswagen Polo Playa hatchback sold in Southern Africa in the late 1990s was a rebadged SEAT Ibiza which has a different body shell from the Mk3 Polo sold in Europe at the same time. The current saloon is only available in China, Latin America and South Africa and other Southern Africa countries.