The practice of giving the same car different names is very common in Australia. Probably to make our small market look a bit bigger :)

e.g. You can buy a Holden Commodore, Berlina or Calais - and you get the same body shape, the names are just for different levels of trim. Same with the Ford Falcon, Futura, and Fairmont.

Other companies have done similar things in the past. Nissan used to sell the Pintara and the Skyline. Same body, just different engines. Toyota are doing it now with the Camry and the Aurion.


As for the GTI - I don't think either the Golf or the Polo GTI's sold here have anything but a 'GTI' badge on them.