The 2017 Volkswagen Polo R WRC gets a more aggressive-looking body kit, and a 380-horsepower turbo four.

Note, Volkswagen has also launched a road-going version of its new WRC racer, the 2013 Polo R WRC, which was also revealed today and goes on sale in Europe in late 2013.

Volkswagen announced earlier this year that it would be entering the World Rally Championship starting in 2013 with the Polo R, and we got our first glimpse of the race car here in Frankfurt.

Volkswagen’s Polo R WRC rally car finally made its motorsport debut this past weekend, having taken part in the Rally Monte Carlo in Europe and thus marked the culmination of more than 15,000 ...

The rally version of the new Polo R, the WRC variant, to be more specific, will make its competition debut at the Monte Carlo rally, on January 16 - tomorrow.The all-wheel drive Polo, powered by a ...

Built to celebrate the VW's comeback to WRC, the Polo R WRC Street is like a family supermini that has taken horse steroids. Volkswagen will give gladly stuff the 2-liter TSI from the old Golf 6 ...

The image above gives us the first glimpse of how Volkswagen’s 2017 World Rally Championship Polo R WRC could look under the new regulations that will be brought into the series next year.

2013 Volkswagen Polo R WRC Street by B&B Volkswagen. By Kirby Garlitos. Published Nov 27, 2013. Your changes have been saved. Email is sent. Email has already been sent. close.

As the pictures show, the Polo R WRC will have an aerodynamically-optimised body, with a massive wing at the back and extra-wide wheel-arches. Hopefully, we’ll see the “R” badge ending up on ...

Volkswagen Polo R WRC – Click above for high-res image gallery. Everyone wants to go rallying these days. Mini put the world on notice when it announced it was heading back into the WRC fray ...

Volkswagen says the polo R WRC will reach 62 mph (100 kph) in 6.4 seconds; the Mini GP reaches 60 mph in 6.1 seconds. Top speed is a dead heat, with both cars reaching 150 mph.

Last year a test version of the 2017-spec Polo R WRC was demonstrated on gravel and asphalt by two-time WRC champion Marcus Grönholm – check out the video below. "[Volkswagen] don't want me to ...