Volkswagen Polo WRC

Expected to do battle against the likes of the MINI Cooper and Ford Fiesta as well as a throng of French models in next year’s World Rally Championship (WRC) will be Volkswagen with its stylish Polo. The German automaker is reportedly set to announce plans by the end of this month to enter WRC, most likely at the start of the Rally Portugal on March 24 or at a special event honoring its Dakar Rally hat trick win two days earlier. While the sporty Scirocco Coupe seems more likely as a rally contender, the competition’s regulators are said to have deemed the vehicle too wide so the...