VW News 2012 & WRC 2013

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Fabia WRC at its best (CRT Kopecký 07) had 340 Hp @ 4500 rpm and 640 Nm @ 2700 rpm. Especially the torque was bad for 2007 when Ford was around 750 Nm if I have good information. I believe the latest 2 liter cars were close to 400 Hp and well over 800 Nm but except some talks with people I have no evidence for that.

For 1.6T cars I can only guess. If we take for real that Fiesta RRC has cca 275 Hp, than the WRC shall have 330 Hp based on restrictor area.

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1st spec Fiesta beginnig 2011 had 316hp and 570Nm. Late 2011 beginning 2012 the estimated increase in power has been around 5% and torque 7-10% don`t have exact figures though. The biggest improvement has been in the overall register which has improved alot. As the first spec Fiestas had quit a narrow "driving" range only on higher revs. Now it`sclearly noticable that they have a wide range from low revs up to 7000-7500rpm :s

Latest spec Focus had 346hp and 850Nm torque, the -03 Focus until the newer chassis actually had more power and less torque. Don`t know about Citroen though..

316 x 1,05 = 332. I feel good :p : :s mokin:

Wow. Lots of information. Thanks guys!

so they will produce the polo wrc street to 2500 units. Any info on prices and which country it will be available?

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Originally Posted by spiderem

so they will produce the polo wrc street to 2500 units. Any info on prices and which country it will be available?

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Available from Sept 2013 for 33900 EUR

It was impossible to find out for sure how many chassis of the Polo WRC have been built until now. Anyway the two cars which will be at the start of Monte Carlo are being built now and their shakedown is expected to be done around Christmas (a perfect gift!).

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Originally Posted by pucky54

Available from Sept 2013 for 33900 EUR

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Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Mirek

According to regulations they must make it available.

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Yeah, but if a potential customer showed up wanting to buy a Polo R, would Volkswagen be inclined to sell it? If I were VW, I'd be hesitant to start selling without first knowing how competitive the car actually is. It looks good, and there certainly doesn't appear to be anything wrong with it, but I for one would not be inclined to sell until I knew I had something worth selling - and that means doing a few rallies, not just 20,000km of testing (or however much they have done).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxNm...ature=g-high-u

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YejsYgUHKY&feature=player_embedded

Where can we make offerings to see a Monte Carlo under this conditions?