Volkswagen Enter The World Rally Championship (WRC)

It is not today what has been said around the intention of Volkswagen to contest the World Rally Championship (WRC). However, this time the rumors were warmer. Second report shows the British magazine Autosport, the German company will declare later this month, during the closing ceremonial of the Rally in Portugal, official entry in the class in 2012, joining the Citroen, Ford and MINI.

The publication also states that the vehicle chosen to represent the colors of the VW rallies in speed will be the new Polo hatch and the team behind the machine promises to be strong. According to Autosport, the Spanish driver Carlos Sainz, who won the WRC and the Dakar Rally, will head the team. This part also has an interesting future. However, according to The Daily Spanish, VW wants Sebastien Loeb the seven-times World Rally Championship, Citroen now on, and Norwegian Petter Solberg, the 2003 championship by Subaru. The third wave would be with the Qatari Nasser Al-Attyah.

The British magazine also reports that Volkswagen is in search of renowned engineers who have participated in the WRC for the development of its playing Polo competition. For this, the rally team of the German mark will be allocated a budget of €100 million this year, as claimed by the publication.