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

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 ...

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 ...

Although from a distance, the body looks almost the same as your regular GTI, VW's racing colors for the WRC set it apart. The body kit is inspired from the Golf 6 R and changes the shape of the ...

Though based on the humble Polo subcompact, the Polo R WRC race car gets plenty of unique elements including a custom aerodynamic body kit with widened fenders. It also gets a WRC-spec ...

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 gave us a first look at their Polo R WRC, a competition version of their Polo R hot hatch destined for the World Rally Championship.Powered by a 1.6L TSI four-cylinder engine, the all ...

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’s plan to enter the World Rally Championship appears to have hit a temporary setback with the news that the manufacturer will once again enter the Dakar Rally next year, which it won ...

In 1986, a Volkswagen GTI was the winning car in the newly formed Group A. Look for the Volkwagen Polo R WRC to try and capture some of that former glory starting with the 2013 WRC season.

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.

Volkswagen offered production models of both the Polo and Golf in the famous mismatched panel look known as "Harlequin" back in the 1990s, with the look inspired by a 1960s Beetle ad.