The Geneva Motor Show 2014 will be an opportunity for the Volkswagen Group a sportivo-session City since present the new Audi S1 and Volkswagen Polo will unveil the facelift but especially the Polo R that wants a little cousin "proletarian" of sport mini Bavarian.
After the nice but questionable Polo R WRC, which marked the arrival of VW manufacturer from Wolfsburg will introduce the Polo R which is a bit like the S1 but less luxurious and sporty. With its involvement in world rallying, with its beautiful domination Sébastien Ogier, the manufacturer could not to miss this little sportier than many expect.
The Polo R is powered by the 2.0 L TSI EA888 L4 engine which is also present under the hood of the S1 and the Golf GTI. In this case it develops 20 hp more than the S1 and reaches the power of 250 hp and a torque of 350 Nm, this engine is contiguous to the AWD (Haldex Type) and gearbox DSG 6 reports. According to the first available evidence gathered by our British colleagues Autocar, the car would reach the max speed 250 km / h and would bend the exercise of 0-100 km / h in less than 6.0 seconds. These performance and allow the Polo R to take the lead turbulent urban where we find among other 208 GTI, Clio RS, Fiesta ST or the Corsa OPC
Installing wheel drive required a complete overhaul of the rear axle as the Polo R uses a multi-link suspension instead of torsion bar suspension of normal or even the Polo R WRC.
Unveiled in Geneva in less than a month and a half, this sporty Polo should arrive in dealerships before the end of the year. It should be mass-produced and not as limited to a few hundred copies production.
Source : Autocar