VW REVEALS WRC CONTENDER
VW reveals WRC adversary Four-wheel drive, 300bhp Polo will attempt in WRC in 2013, and previews road-going Polo R.
Volkswagen is accessible to go rallying! It’s official, VW will access the 2013 World Rally Championship with this, the Polo R WRC – a 300bhp, four-wheel drive estimation of the alley car. And it previews a accessible hot Polo R, currently in development.
Unveiled today in Sardinia, advanced of the Rally d’Italia Sardegna, it appearance a abounding aerodynamic bodykit and behemothic rear wing, additional the race-spec bear will use a turbocharged, direct-injection 1.6-litre petrol engine according to new regulations alien this year.
“The new Technical Regulations of the World Rally Championship are an ideal fit for Volkswagen’s aesthetics with account to the development of assembly vehicles,” says Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Management Board of the Volkswagen Brand, Development Division. “Downsizing, top ability and believability are top priorities for our customers. The timing of the WRC admission is optimal for Volkswagen.”
The 2013 division will see newcomers like MINI and VW aggressive it out with accustomed contenders like Citroen and Ford – and it’s all down to the new regulations that advance a bargain approach. And don’t address VW off too aboriginal – it’s won the endure three stagings of the Dakar Rally, and afterwards an accelerated division of testing for the Polo R WRC in 2012, it should be up to speed.
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