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October 20, 2011 | 
Author The team at Volkswagen are preparing to launch a high performance version of their new Polo, which is set to get its first high profile showing at the 2013 World Rally Championships.
The German manufacturers have proved very reluctant to let their performance division R work on a modified version of the popular Polo hatchback. Apparently they had difficulty when it came to justifying the development of a rapid, high cost small vehicle.
However, the rally car prototype unveiled recently came with plenty of R branding and is widely regarded as the ‘Polo R WRC’. A road-going motor might make use of an upgraded version of the Volkswagen Group’s 1.4 litre pumped up turbocharged engine. This would generate 200bhp, far in excess of the Polo GTI.
Ulrich Hackenberg, VW board member, informed Autocar that the WRC campaign has built upon the Polo and is due to be introduced in 2 years time. It is this upcoming release which makes a spin-off of the GTI seem ‘more likely’.
“You can see how the World Rally Championship programme would increase the probability of an R version of the base model [Polo].” When asked for a time-frame, he said: “It is with the rally programme, not before it. I can’t give a precise date, but it’s along those lines,” he commented.
It would probably be around 10%-15% more expensive than the GTI. However, an issue for the German team may be that the R intrudes into the market currently occupied by the VW hot hatch. A possibly improved power to weight ratio may make the R a more attractive prospect than its closest rival.
The Polo R might come with 4WD transmission, and possibly even the same kind of system as that being used for the new Audi A1. It may also be kitted out with a throaty
, to allow for a real race experience.
Luca De Meo, VW Executive Director put fuel on the fire of rumours about the new R by saying, “Rally is real, the people are accessible and people can identify with the cars they see competing on the stage. These are the cars we sell and the drivers are the artists of driving.”
“I make this point because in two years, the Polo is a global brand and the WRC is a global event and this is a very important reason why, from a marketing point of view, we supported this project,” he went on.
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