Originally Posted by Kielder
Mirek, of course I'm not sure that there are seven chassis of the Polo WRC. It's possible VW having number plates dedicated for testing purposes, but I don't think so. That's not the German way of doing things.
Many years ago, the first Group A Golf for rallying was registered under the number plate "WOB VW 44". It was only used as test car and his number plate never changed. The same story is happening with the first Polo WRC. We saw it in the first videos when Sainz tested it in Germany a year ago and it kept the same number plates when Sainz drove it in San Marino the last November. If this number plate is still the same, why changing it on other(s) car(s)?. Besides, if the Mexico's testing car and the Montecarlo's are the same, it makes no sense to change the number plates so fast. Perhaps some of these cars are going to be used next year, I'll investigate it ;) .
It's always very difficult to trace the history of every chassis. For example, I'm absolutely certain that the C4's number of chassis which Kubica destroyed in France was #16. That car ran in Italy with the number plate "BH-693-XF", used in the past on chassis #15.
When I posted that seven chassis were built I felt that I was right according to the way VW is preparing his entering in the WRC. They build a car, they give it the following number plate.
Taking everything into account, this is really very funny :) .
