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June 3, 2019 • Featured, News • Marijan Malcevic
Volkswagen Motorsport has achieved another milestone in electro-mobility and broke the third record within just twelve months. The Volkswagen ID.R, driven by the French racing veteran Romain Dumas and powered by two electric motors, lapped the...
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September 20, 2018 • News • Marijan Malcevic
Petter Solberg, the 2003 World Rally Champion and two-time World Rallycross Champion (in 2014 and 2015), will make a one-off return to the World Rally Championship in October at RallyRACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada in a brand-new Volkswagen Polo GTI R5....
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June 24, 2018 • Featured, News • Marijan Malcevic
Romain Dumas makes history today by setting the new overall record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado, USA. The Frenchman climbed to the summit of the Pikes Peak in the #94 Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak electric car for 7 minutes 57.148...
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April 23, 2018 • News • Marijan Malcevic
Less than three months since Volkswagen Motorsport’s announcement of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb appearance in June 2018, the company from Wolfsburg unveiled their fully-electric prototype which Romain Dumas will use in an attempt to break a...
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January 31, 2018 • News • Marijan Malcevic
Volkswagen Motorsport announces today that it would run a fully electric race car at this year’s edition of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado, the world’s most famous hill climb race. The goal is to set a new track record for...
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April 24, 2017 • Cars • Marijan Malcevic
Volkswagen Polo R WRC is back! The world championship-winning car, which disappeared from the global rally scene at the end of 2016, will return to action next weekend (April 28-29) at the Wechselland Rally, which is a part of the Austrian Rally Championship....
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January 15, 2017 • Featured, Spotlight • Marijan Malcevic
Volkswagen Motorsport, the racing department of the biggest German car manufacturer, was founded in 1966. Since then, Volkswagen has left its mark in numerous racing competitions all over the world, clinching many national, international and world...
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December 19, 2016 • Cars, Featured, Memories • Marijan Malcevic
The Volkswagen Race Touareg is the race car which earned three consecutive wins for Volkswagen Motorsport at Dakar Rally between 2009 and 2011. The winners were Giniel de Villiers, Carlos Sainz and Nasser Al-Attiyah. The first generation of Volkswagen Race...
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November 30, 2016 • Featured, Season reviews • Marijan Malcevic
The 2016 World Rally Championship season would be remembered as a farewell year for Volkswagen Motorsport, which clinched fourth consecutive title sweep with outstanding Volkswagen Polo R WRC. Sebastien Ogier continued his championship-winning streak, taking...
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November 20, 2016 • Event Reports, Featured • Marijan Malcevic
Andreas Mikkelsen wins the 2016 Rally Australia, bringing one last victory to Volkswagen Motorsport ahead of team’s withdrawal from the World Rally Championship. This is Mikkelsen’s third win in a career and it secures him a third spot in the 2016...
