Created for the FIA World Rallycross
Championship, this new VW Polo R Supercar packs 570 horsepower and all-wheel
drive – perfect for the kind of showboating spectacle for which rallycross has
become known.
The front end looks more aggressive than last year’s
car, and allows for both better engine cooling and more aerodynamic downforce.
There’s a new rear wing at the back, adjustable for a greater range of setups.
And the engine has been heavily revised as well.
VW unveiled the new rallycross machine at its
Autostadt campus in Wolfsburg. But it’ll be up to Petter Solburg’s RSRX
Volkswagen Sweden team to run it in the championship. Fortunately they’ve lined
up top talents to manhandle it around those tight tracks, with defending
champion Johan Kristoffersson set to take the wheel. The season kicks off in
Barcelona a little under a month from now.
