Car volkswagen vw polo wrc rally cars 2. The polo gti is verboten but the polo wrc is btc. Watch this wrc car take flight at rally finland. Volkswagen polo r wrc wins rally car of the year for 2015. Vw teases 270 hp polo gti r5 rally car.
Its the polo gti r5. Picture by bogdan barabas ewrccz. The driving force behind volkswagens three world titles the polo r took 10 victories in 2013 12 in 2014 and 12 in 2015. Finally the car was homologated in october 1st allowing the team to align two cars in the 2018 rallye catalunya for petter solberg and eric camilli.
But that doesnt mean that theyre not still sending some sweet rally cars out into the world for privateer teams to throw through the forest. Watch these rally cars get crazy air in poland. Now weve seen the real thing. This is the latest.
While its not a glorious comeback for vws hugely successful wrc campaign it. The volkswagen polo r wrc is a world rally car built and operated by volkswagen motorsport and based on the volkswagen polo for use in the world rally championshipthe car which made its debut at the start of the 2013 season is built to the second generation of world rally car regulations that were introduced 2011 which are based upon the existing super 2000 regulations but powered by a. The volkswagen polo has long been a force within the world rally championship wrc. The car is built to the world.
Since 2011 the supermini has recorded more than 40 wins 38 podiums. Volkswagen is no longer putting factory teams in the world rally championship. The result of a 17 month development programme volkswagens polo r world rally car made its competitive debut on the opening round of the 2013 season and claimed its first win on the second. Last month volkswagen showed us its new polo rally car in sketched image form.
The volkswagen polo r wrc is a world rally car built and operated by volkswagen motorsport and based on the volkswagen polo for use in the world rally championship. And boy does it look like a. Ddepping vw polo gti test germany may 2018.