Prior to pulling out of the World Rally Championship at the end of the 2016 season, Volkswagen had been developing a new rally car based on the sixth-generation Polo hatchback. Rather than let the ...

Volkswagen had a rather excellent time in the World Rally Championship. In its four full years in WRC, it won the title four times. That’s what you call a strike rate. Which made its departure at the ...

Volkswagen ended its WRC program on a high note after capturing its fourth consecutive title in 2016. Even then, that didn’t make it easier for anyone to cope with parting w parting way ays with the ...

Many mourned the day when Volkswagen left the World Rally Championship in 2016 after dominating the sport for four consecutive years. The team’s championship-winning Polo rally car was one of the most ...

Last month, Volkswagen showed us its new Polo rally car in sketched image form. Now we've seen the real thing. While it’s not a glorious comeback for VW’s hugely successful WRC campaign, it’s ...

The World Rally Championship is one of the most epic spectacles in motorsports, but sometimes the pace is just too fast. Rally fans are known for camping out in frozen Finnish forests just for a split ...

Today, Kirby’s focus has shifted toward following industry news, and he has a sincere passion for one-off and tuned vehicles, car toys (especially LEGO brand,) and anything else even closely related ...

Push the bookends a bit farther apart on the shelf where you keep the specification sheets for cars you can’t own because Volkswagen just released details for its Polo R WRC. Just like the regular ...