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A couple of weeks ago, Volkswagen showed us its new Polo rally car in sketched image form. Now we"ve seen the real thing.While it"s not a glorious comeback for VW"s hugely successful WRC campaign, it"s something perhaps more relevant. It"s a car you can actually buy and compete in yourself. If you"re willing to spend Audi R8 money on a very clever Polo, that isThe Polo R5 is based upon the new Polo GTI hot hatch, but with 270bhp and four-wheel drive, is notably more powerful and technical. It"s jumped from the drawing pad to the test stages, with VW test driver Dieter Depping and Skoda Fabia R5 driver and 2017 WRC2 champion Pontus Tidemand on driving duties.Testing took place in Fontjoncouse, France, where the previous Polo R WRC first tested, too. It includes asphalt and stony surfaces, to give the Polo R5 a taste of the various rally stages it"ll be encountering in the years to come."This first test was primarily about getting a lot of kilometres under our belt, in order to give the engineers as much data as possible," said Depping. "I can tell you one thing now: The R5 Polo is very good, very quick and precise. I immediately felt right at home!"As a VW employee he probably wouldn"t publicly admit otherwise, of course. But VW"s past form and how successful the Fabia R5 currently is suggest this won"t be a dudShare this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 27 Nov 2017
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A couple of weeks ago, Volkswagen showed us its new Polo rally car in sketched image form. Now we"ve seen the real thing.While it"s not a glorious comeback for VW"s hugely successful WRC campaign, it"s something perhaps more relevant. It"s a car you can actually buy and compete in yourself. If you"re willing to spend Audi R8 money on a very clever Polo, that isThe Polo R5 is based upon the new Polo GTI hot hatch, but with 270bhp and four-wheel drive, is notably more powerful and technical. It"s jumped from the drawing pad to the test stages, with VW test driver Dieter Depping and Skoda Fabia R5 driver and 2017 WRC2 champion Pontus Tidemand on driving duties.Testing took place in Fontjoncouse, France, where the previous Polo R WRC first tested, too. It includes asphalt and stony surfaces, to give the Polo R5 a taste of the various rally stages it"ll be encountering in the years to come."This first test was primarily about getting a lot of kilometres under our belt, in order to give the engineers as much data as possible," said Depping. "I can tell you one thing now: The R5 Polo is very good, very quick and precise. I immediately felt right at home!"As a VW employee he probably wouldn"t publicly admit otherwise, of course. But VW"s past form and how successful the Fabia R5 currently is suggest this won"t be a dudShare this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 27 Nov 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10090