Even though Volkswagen has officially withdrawn from the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), the German carmaker isn’t about to waste all the experience it has garnered over the years. Therefore, it will soon introduce the new Polo GTI R5, a rally car for professional teams and aspiring drivers to enable them to compete in championships across the globe – including the WRC
This sketch is merely a preview of what the final product will look like, and it is certainly quite the looker. Features include a wide bodykit, new bumpers, rally-spec wheels, roof scoop, roll cage and a large rear wing.
“With the Polo GTI R5 we are hoping to transfer our expertise from four WRC titles to customer racing successfully, and offer a first-class racing machine for countless rally championships from national series to the WRC,” said Sven Smeets, director at Volkswagen Motorsport.
Development of the Polo GTI R5 is being overseen by François-Xavier “FX” Demaison, who not only has a wicked name, but is the father of the hugely successful Polo R WRC. Joining him is Gerard-Jan de Jongh as senior project engineer, who was previously Sébastien Ogier’s race engineer
In terms of specifications, the Polo GTI RS will be powered by a turbocharged four-cylinder engine with direct fuel injection. It is said to make 270 hp, and is paired with a sequential five-speed transmission and four-wheel drive. It also packs a comprehensive safety package, and meets all the requirements of the R5 category.
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The Original Polo WRC used by Sebastian Ogier had a 1.6 liter straight-4, turbocharged with anti-lag system, 33 mm (1.3 in) air restrictor & transversally mounted with a 6-speed SMT while this one only have 5-speed SMT.
On their WRC Polo-R website, its rated at 380 HP but here, it is said to make only 270 HP.
Outsider already launch further version from original Polo mk6 to Polo mk6 GTi version. VW Mesia os way too slow, still selling old generation polo, very worrying not sure 2018 still selling old polo or not…?
380HP is for the WRC car.. this is the R5 rally car category, the 2nd tier of the world rally championship with cars that are much more affordable. it makes 270hp. the information is correct.
No use.. we have our own Myvi 2018