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VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 06, 2011 10:17AM

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Volkswagen to start contesting the WRC in 2013 with the Polo R

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/article_2918.shtml

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 06, 2011 10:24AM

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The more the merrier

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 06, 2011 11:09AM

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sweet

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 06, 2011 04:15PM

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That's a good looking car.

I wonder if VOA will pay attention. They've been concentrating on their Baja Tauregs and have declined to support rally in the US since it conflicts with that vision.

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 06, 2011 06:15PM

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I think we'd need to see the Polo in the US just to see VWoA do anything....although they are doing SCCA rallycross contingencies right now for some reason...

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 06, 2011 06:46PM

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I think the new beetle would be sweet in rally trim, seems like it would be a good tool for VW and its rally roots.

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 06, 2011 06:54PM

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That's a LOT better looking then the Polo I owned for the 2 years I lived in England haha.

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 06, 2011 09:10PM

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I think the new beetle would be sweet in rally trim, seems like it would be a good tool for VW and its rally roots.

Er.

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 06, 2011 09:16PM

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Very cool, just may be a reason to pay more attention to the WRC.

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 07, 2011 12:07PM

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The competition pool is FILLING UP!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 07, 2011 02:00PM

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The competition pool is FILLING UP!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

Cameron, welcome to the asylum.
I see you are thinking evil thoughts where it says "Fucked-us or Siesta soon"

You real rich?
(whaddya doing here is you're really rich---this place is for Po Drive drivers.)

Let's start yet another thread somewhere and examine why a Focus or Fiesta is a bad idea.
Said one local ex-Fuckus driver (who bought our friend Sean Medcrofts street car Xratty) Fuck da Fuck-us, I wish I'd built a Xratty instead. Stock its waaaaaaaaaaaay faster AND easier to drive than the Fuckus---and sooooooo easy to upgrade!

FWD drivetrain stuff worth having is always 4 to 10 times the cost.

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 08, 2011 01:23AM

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I have said for a long time that they should be in the WRC....

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 08, 2011 12:45PM

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Spy footage of their rally test course:

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 08, 2011 02:30PM

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I have said for a long time that they should be in the WRC....

They were, in Group A Golfs and Group 4/B Audis and WRC Skodas.

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Re: VW Joins WRC in 2013
May 08, 2011 04:10PM

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I have said for a long time that they should be in the WRC....

They were, in Group A Golfs and Group 4/B Audis and WRC Skodas.

Which is somewhat funny, considering that all the headlines seemed to be:
"VW to race in WRC for first time"
and
"MINI to re-join WRC" (the WRC didn't exist until 1973...)

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