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Volkswagen Polo WRC: 2500 Units, $40,000
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Derek Kreindler
(IC: employee)
Published: December 10th, 2012
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Forget the Golf Syncro – what we have here might be the VWVortex reader’s ultimate wet dream. As part of the homologation process for the 2013 WRC season, Volkswagen is releasing 2500 road-going versions of its Polo WRC car.
With 217 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque, the Polo WRC can outgun competitors like the Ford Fiesta ST in the all-important online bench-racing wars, but the impressive performance and exclusivity come at a price. European consumers will have to shell out $40,000 to get one of these cars. Even the Golf R seems like a decent deal next to this.
Derek Kreindler
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Published December 10th, 2012 10:09 AM
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Seriously - even Autoblog caveats the number when they run a currency exchange on European pricing. This is just flamebait. Anyway, I'm not a VW fanboy, but I'd take this Polo over a Golf R unless I really needed AWD. I prefer the styling and the size.
For reference, a Golf R in the UK at current exchange rates is $50K - $66K.
Absolute madness! What we have here is not a comparison between a 2013 Polo WRC and a Golf R, but a comparison between the Polo and an off-lease, two-year-old Golf R32.
My wife drives a Polo GTI. Awesome little car and we much preferred it to the Golf GTI which felt so laggy in comparison. 180hp from 1.4 with supercharging and turbocharging and 7 speed DSG. It even sounds rorty. Lots of fun!