At the 2012 Wörthersee meeting, Volkswagen unveiled a special Polo R WRC Concept, of which it has now decided to offer a limited production edition. Known as the Volkswagen Polo R WRC Street, the model is powered by the GTI’s 2.0 liter 4-cylinder turbo making 217-hp and 258 lb-ft of torque. Power is sent to [...]
Word on the street is that Volkswagen is finishing up its testing on the Polo R hot-hatchback and that the model could debut very soon. Power for the Volkswagen Polo R is expected to come from the Mk6 Golf’s 2.0 liter turbo engine making 225-hp. That will push the front-wheel-drive model from 0 to 60 [...]
It’s obvious that auto conglomerates are stuck in huge sales wars to see who could beat each other to the punch in terms of global market shares. In lieu of this, AutomotiveNews reports that Volkswagen has released some details surrounding the future of its lineup in the near future This includes an all-new Volkswagen Phaeton, [...]
Volkswagen AG experienced a little bit of a setback when their partnership with Suzuki went a little bit sour. And the setback caused them to lose some time developing their latest modular crossover platform. Much like the brand’s new MQB modular platform, Volkswagen’s Polo-based MQB-A0 platform will be the one used to provide the backbone [...]
Volkswagen always has a big presence during the Worthersee event in Austria and for 2012, the company surprised its fans with the new Polo WRC Street Concept. For those that love compact cars with a lot of power, the Volkswagen Polo WRC Street Concept will make it to roads in production form in late 2013. [...]
Volkswagen’s Polo Match model has been given a special treatment with the launch of the Polo R Line. On the interior is a set of ‘Kyalami’ trimmed sport seats, R Line headrests with an ‘R’ logo, aluminum-capped pedals, and an R Line badged steering wheel The headliner is covered in black cloth. The outside of [...]
Besides the new sporty Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet, there is another somewhat sport model sitting here at the V-Dub stand at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. What do we mean by ‘somewhat sport’ – well, for one it’s missing the ‘i’ letter from its GT badging and because V-dub says that it’s pretty zippy. Meet [...]
Many automakers are now rushing to bring subcompact vehicles to the U.S. market and you would think that a company like Volkswagen would be the first out of the gate with a subcompact – but that’s definitely not the case. Currently, the smallest V-dubs offered in the United State are the Jetta and the Golf [...]
Volkswagen is making more choices available to its European consumers for its Polo supermini and Passat models. Two R-Line styling packages have been released for the Polo. The R-Line Exterior package for the Polo Comfortline and Highline versions gives the front grille a black gloss finish, new front and rear bumpers, side skirts, a rear [...]
Earlier this year, Volkswagen said that it was unlikely to launch an R version of the Polo since it couldn’t make a business case for it and since it doesn’t want to jeopardize sales of the Golf R or Golf GTI. However, earlier this month, Volkswagen released the Volkswagen Polo R WRC – that’s right a [...]
