Showing posts with label World Rally Championship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Rally Championship. Show all posts

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Volkswagen set to debut in the World Rally Championship!

Volkswagen will be present from 2013 to the World Rally Championship and will do so with the Polo R. The Polo R rally will be equipped with a 1.6-liter 4-cylinder engine with turbocharger turbo supercharged with power from 290 horses. The Polo R joins the Skoda Fabia in the same group and already in the World Rally Championship.

The commitment of the racing division of Volkswagen, headed by former Danish driver Kris Nissen, it will be until 2015 but the first two years will be dedicated to the development and tuning, the other three races. During the next fall will begin the first tests for the development and the development of the race car will also be attended the Spanish driver Carlos Sainz, one of the greatest rally drivers of all time.