Polo R to be released at Geneva motorshow 2013

[readerr0r]

When can we drop a deposit on one

You're going to poo on a Polo R WRC?!

vwwater's news section has some irl photos of the car in the news section - looks good. I was expecting a bit more 0-100 from the 2.0T though, really you'd get the same performance from tuning the 1.4. Still not 100% sure if it's FWD or AWD since vwwater just says "on the front axle".

Edit: Re-read it, defs FWD according to vwwater

World premiere the street version of the Polo R WRC | VWWatercooled Australia

[GTI JOE]

Yeah, street car would be FWD, WRC rally car is AWD....bummer

[Hail22]

apparently Gavs has stated that out of 2500 cars to be produced none will be that of the RHD variant.

[gavs]

vwwater's news section has some irl photos of the car in the news section - looks good. I was expecting a bit more 0-100 from the 2.0T though, really you'd get the same performance from tuning the 1.4. Still not 100% sure if it's FWD or AWD since vwwater just says "on the front axle".



World premiere the street version of the Polo R WRC | VWWatercooled Australia

Yep, My GTI would be in that performance ball park already, with a TBE it would match it, if not better it. So long as the clutch actuators do their thing properly....

[cktsi]

Yep, My GTI would be in that performance ball park already, with a TBE it would match it, if not better it. So long as the clutch actuators do their thing properly....

I reckon better it since the supercharger provides instant torque as opposed to the laggy turbo charger

[gavs]

Polo R to be released at Geneva motorshow 2013

Car will weigh 1300+kgs, explains the tardy performance increase....

[bigfoot]

apparently Gavs has stated that out of 2500 cars to be produced none will be that of the RHD variant.

yep

From Autocar:

The Polo R WRC costs €33,900 (£27,320) in Germany, but the sad news is that production is limited to left-hand-drive cars, meaning none are earmarked for the UK.

[pologti18t]

Car will weigh 1300+kgs, explains the tardy performance increase....

The fine print = weight includes 68kg driver, 7kg of luggage and 90% tank of fuel.
That's about 100kg