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Volkswagen Delivers 200,000 R Models Since 2002 Golf R32
Volkswagen Delivers 200,000 R Models Since 2002 Golf R32

6 Jul 2018, 18:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The R badge has been fitted to more cars than you think. There was the Touareg R50 with a 5-liter TDI, the Passat R36 and the sexy Scirocco R

 
2017 Polo R WRC Spied Flying Around Finland
2017 Polo R WRC Spied Flying Around Finland

29 Jul 2016, 02:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Jost Capisto has lead Volkswagen's motorsport division though more WRC victories than we can count. Here is his latest toy

 
Volkswagen Announces XL Sport and Golf R400 Coming to Goodwood FoS 2015
Volkswagen Announces XL Sport and Golf R400 Coming to Goodwood FoS 2015

12 Jun 2015, 10:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen will bring four different UK debuts to this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. We're excited to check out the XL Sport and the Golf R400

 
VW Golf GTE Sport Concept Has Gullwing Doors and a Hybrid Heart
VW Golf GTE Sport Concept Has Gullwing Doors and a Hybrid Heart

14 May 2015, 12:28 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Worthersee is the place to be if you're a fan of VW Group's models. Also, if you're into green tech, the Golf GTE Sport is worth having a look at

 
Volkswagen Unveils 2015 Polo R WRC with Dark Blue Livery
Volkswagen Unveils 2015 Polo R WRC with Dark Blue Livery

15 Jan 2015, 17:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / News from Autostadt, Wolfsburg: Volkswagen Motorsport just unveiled an updated version of its Polo R WRC, ready to compete in the 2015 season and repeat past success. The company makes bold claim...

 
Polo R WRC Looks Good in Sunflower Yellow Wrap
Polo R WRC Looks Good in Sunflower Yellow Wrap

6 Jun 2014, 13:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After giving you our first test drive impressions of the 2014 Polo facelift, we stumbled upon this handsome German car, still a Polo, but the exact opposite of the one we drove. While the supermi...

 
2015 Volkswagen Polo R: Four-Wheel Drive 230 HP Hot Hatch Coming
2015 Volkswagen Polo R: Four-Wheel Drive 230 HP Hot Hatch Coming

8 May 2014, 14:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Last year, Volkswagen was the talk of the town in the WRC. A couple of Polo race cars won the championship and the automaker on their debut season and to celebrate, the company put 2,500 examples of...

 
VW Polo R WRC Tuned to 339 HP
VW Polo R WRC Tuned to 339 HP

27 Mar 2014, 14:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Now that the Audi S1 is around, strutting its 231 hp and quattro all-wheel drive, Volkswagen's little Polo R WRC no longer has bragging rights in the supermini hot hatch world. But as you all k...

 
VW Polo R WRC Tuned to 309 HP by BR-Performance
VW Polo R WRC Tuned to 309 HP by BR-Performance

12 Feb 2014, 13:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We take a short brake from thinking about the Audi S1 to show you what you can have if you buy a 2-liter Polo from your local Volkswagen dealerships. Launched last year to celebrate their rally s...

 
Volkswagen Working on Polo R with 250 HP and AWD
Volkswagen Working on Polo R with 250 HP and AWD

23 Jan 2014, 12:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Polo GTI was the laughingstock of the supermini hot hatch market – not enough power, not enough fun and not enough style. But VW joined the Word Rally Championship and all that changed. Su...

 
VW Teases 2014 Rally Car and Curry Sausage
VW Teases 2014 Rally Car and Curry Sausage

19 Dec 2013, 09:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We joke all the time that Volkswagen designs the same sausage in different sizes. It's our way of saying they should design slightly different cars. But the funny thing is Volkswagen actually m...

 
Essen 2013: VW Polo R WRC by MTM <span>· Video</span>  <span>· Live Photos</span>
Essen 2013: VW Polo R WRC by MTM · Video · Live Photos

29 Nov 2013, 18:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The most unlikely of hot hatches made its debut this year, the 220 PS Polo R WRC, the first Polo production model ever fitted with the engine from a current generation Golf GTI. No 4Motion or DSG ge...

 
Volkswagen Polo R WRC Tuned to 360 HP
Volkswagen Polo R WRC Tuned to 360 HP

26 Nov 2013, 15:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Volkswagen Polo has been one of the best selling superminis in Europe ever since the current model was launched back in 2009. It's relatively well built and quite spacious, if not a bit bla...

 
Volkswagen’s Ogier Leads Rally Finland in His Polo
Volkswagen’s Ogier Leads Rally Finland in His Polo

3 Aug 2013, 14:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Flying Fins? Forget about it, what you need is some flying Frenchmen. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia have shown their skill by leading the fastest rally of the WRC on day two. The du...

 
Volkswagen Polo R WRC Production Car: Pics Aplenty
Volkswagen Polo R WRC Production Car: Pics Aplenty

5 Jul 2013, 13:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For weeks now, we've been looking left and right, high and low for actual examples of the road-going Polo R WRC. We've checked every spotter website, searched on dealer's lots and onl...

 
Watch the Polo R Get Perfect WRC Air in Italy
Watch the Polo R Get Perfect WRC Air in Italy

24 Jun 2013, 10:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The fact that VW is dominating the WRC scene on the first try with the Polo R and a lot of help from Sébastien Ogier. That probably means absolutely nothing for the folks who drive Polos to a...

 
Andreas Mikkelsen Celebrates Premiere in Polo R WRC
Andreas Mikkelsen Celebrates Premiere in Polo R WRC

7 Apr 2013, 13:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Seemingly out of nowhere, Volkswagen’s Polo R WRC team has become the one to watch out for in 2013. Now, the team has added a new new third man, Andreas Mikkelsen, who managed to come in fourt...

 
Volkswagen Searching For the Best Drivers for Polo R WRC
Volkswagen Searching For the Best Drivers for Polo R WRC

29 Jun 2011, 11:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen has promised us the Polo R WRC will make its official debut at the 2013 Monte Carlo Rally, where the motorsport division will not only be checking if the 300 horsepower rally-bread car ha...

 
Volkswagen Polo R Could Arrive in 2013
Volkswagen Polo R Could Arrive in 2013

16 May 2011, 14:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It’s the Germans at Volkswagen that actually relaunched the hothatch game with they introduced the fifth generation of the Golf GTI in 2004, blending comfort, refinement and hooliganism in a 2...

 
Volkswagen to Test Polo R WRC This Year
Volkswagen to Test Polo R WRC This Year

6 May 2011, 06:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Volkswagen have recently confirmed that they will debut as a works team in the World Rally Championship in 2013, and will do so with their Polo-based R WRC model. And despite the fact that the car w...