The Volkswagen Polo is a small car made by the German company Volkswagen since 1975. It has five seats and can have two to five doors, and entered its fifth generation in 2009. The first generation was made from 1975 to 1981 with a facelift in 1979. The second generation was made between 1981 and 1994 and was facelifted in 1990. The third generation was made from late 1994 to early 2002 with a facelift in early 2000. The fourth generation launched in early 2002 and featured distinctive twin round headlamps, they were dropped when it was facelifted in mid-2005. The fifth generation arrived in 2009 and was facelifted in mid-2014. The sixth generation has recently been revealed and will go on sale later in 2017.