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Volkswagen Polo R WRC

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The Volkswagen Polo R WRC is a World Rally Car built and operated by Volkswagen Motorsport on the Volkswagen Polo for the World Rally Championship, made to the second generation of World Rally Car regulations introduced in 2011. It was officially unveiled in May 2011, spent about eighteen months in testing with Carlos Sainz, Sébastien Ogier and Dieter Depping, and made its début at the start of the 2013 season. It marked Volkswagen's second entry as a manufacturer in the championship, after the Golf GTI rallying of 1983 to 1988. The car won 43 of the 53 rallies it entered and scored 37 more podiums. Ogier won 31 of them and four consecutive drivers' titles from 2013 to 2016, and Volkswagen took the manufacturers' title in all four years. It was retired when Volkswagen withdrew at the end of 2016.

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2013 1
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Retired from service 1
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Racing car 1
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is a World Rally Car built and operated by Volkswagen Motorsport and based on the Volkswagen Polo
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    made its début at the start of the 2013 season
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    is a World Rally Car built and operated by Volkswagen Motorsport
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    The Polo R WRC was retired from competition at the end of the 2016 season when Volkswagen withdrew from the category.
  • Lead, manufacturer
    is a World Rally Car built and operated by Volkswagen Motorsport and based on the Volkswagen Polo
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