VW News 2012 & WRC 2013

I’d be surprised if VW were to run a customer programme this year – in fact I’d be surprised if they had one at all. They’re in it to win, everything is about succeeding in the WRC. A customer programme would be taking their eye off the ball – why would they need to raise money? They’re hardly lacking in finance; Ford & Citroen they are not.

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=EFYgwHsWFQU

BTW, does someone know what is this sparking thing in front left of the Polo, behind the front bumper?

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A Correvit sensor works in the same way as a bar code reader. As I suppose all of you have experienced in a grocery store or any other store where you can buy products with a barcode.

I’m not sure but this how I think it works.

The emitter (laser beam or any light emitting device) is sending a light to the to the surface and from the surface the light is reflected back to the receiving sensor.

As in a case of a bar code reader the light is reflecting back to the sensor from the black (bar code) surface or the white one. The signal coming back to the sensor is transferred to the signal processing unit that convert the signal to a digital information that can be used by any microprocessor to convert it to a numeric code. As seen if the bar code reader can’t read the bar code, the code is entered on the keyboard.

The Correvit equipment takes a “picture” of the surface at some moment and then taking an other picture few microseconds later. Comparing those two “pictures” of the surface, the signal-processing unit, and the central processing computer (CPU) can determinate where the car is going (straight, sideways, the speed, riding height etc.). Very heavy signal processing.

Complete Vehicle Testing Solutions

http://www.corrsys-datron.com/Suppor...aserTriang.pdf

Well I think it looks magic...... Plain livery expected like the Fabias?

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Originally Posted by OldF

A Correvit sensor works in the same way as a bar code reader. As I suppose all of you have experienced in a grocery store or any other store where you can buy products with a barcode.

I’m not sure but this how I think it works.

The emitter (laser beam or any light emitting device) is sending a light to the to the surface and from the surface the light is reflected back to the receiving sensor.

As in a case of a bar code reader the light is reflecting back to the sensor from the black (bar code) surface or the white one. The signal coming back to the sensor is transferred to the signal processing unit that convert the signal to a digital information that can be used by any microprocessor to convert it to a numeric code. As seen if the bar code reader can’t read the bar code, the code is entered on the keyboard.

The Correvit equipment takes a “picture” of the surface at some moment and then taking an other picture few microseconds later. Comparing those two “pictures” of the surface, the signal-processing unit, and the central processing computer (CPU) can determinate where the car is going (straight, sideways, the speed, riding height etc.). Very heavy signal processing.

Complete Vehicle Testing Solutions

http://www.corrsys-datron.com/Suppor...aserTriang.pdf

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Yeah, looks complex "radar" technology.

Actually radar systems can be used as well. We had one at the university and I remember we used it to evaluate braking characteristics of a passenger car.

THE POLO R WRC. LIVE ON THIS WEBSITE http://www.volkswagen-motorsport.com/index_en.html, 08.12.2012:
from 4.30 p.m.: Premiere of the Polo R WRC Street
from 7.30 p.m.: Premiere of the Polo R WRC 2013 World Rally Car

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

Well I think it looks magic...... Plain livery expected like the Fabias?

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I thing we will see the 2012 Citroen Red Bull livery, switching Total for Castrol and Citroen for VW

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

Yeah, there is one in WRC Testing thread from yesterday - http://www.motorsportforums.com/wrc/...ml#post1088323

EDIT: looks like he is still getting use of the car little bit :)

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thanks.

http://up.autotitre.com/160b7b34cc.jpg

I think it will look similar to that.

On another note; who is in charge of engine development at VW? Who is the VW equivalent of Dr Ulrich Bareztky?