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23 November 2011
Sébastien Ogier becomes first factory driver at Volkswagen
Sébastien Ogier has been signed as the first official Volkswagen driver for the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). The 27-year-old Frenchman and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia (31) are joining the Volkswagen Motorsport squad effective immediately. Ogier, who finished the 2011 WRC in third place, will be instrumental in helping to shape the development of the Polo R WRC for Volkswagen’s 2013 entry in the World Rally Championship.
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14 November 2011
Kevin Abbring clinches class victory for Volkswagen at Rally GB
At Rally GB, Dutchman Kevin Abbring with co-driver Lara Vanneste impressed as the winners of the S2000 classification, and in twelfth place overall clinched a season’s best result for the Volkswagen team. German junior driver Sepp Wiegand, with Dakar winner Timo Gottschalk as co-driver, was forced to retire at the 13th round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) having been running in a solid third place in class for much of the event.
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07 November 2011
First outing: Volkswagen starts testing programme with Polo R WRC
Wolfsburg (03 November 2011). Volkswagen has successfully started the tests with the new Polo R WRC. Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Volkswagen Board of Management for Technology, and the two-time World Rally Champion and Dakar winner Carlos Sainz (Spain) completed the first test kilometres in the vineyards of Veldenz near Trier, the location that normally plays host to the ADAC Rallye Deutschland, without any problems today.
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27 October 2011
Volkswagen returns to take on RAC Future Car Challenge
Three Volkswagen models are set to compete in the second RAC Future Car Challenge on Saturday 5 November, including the prototype electric Golf blue-e-motion which won the inaugural event last year.
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25 October 2011
Volkswagen successfully completes test rally in Spain
Volkswagen Motorsport has continued with preparations ahead of the Polo R WRC making its debut in 2013, completing a successful test at this weekend’s Rally de Espana.
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24 October 2011
Briton Daniel Lloyd wins Scirocco R-cup finale at Hockenheim
The term heart stopping finale was never more appropriate than at the tenth and final round of the Scirocco R-Cup 2011 where British rookie Daniel Lloyd won the most spectacular and exciting race of the season.
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10 October 2011
Volkswagen Motorsport prepares to hit the streets of Macau
With a wealth of history, and the best young drivers competing in a unique setting around one of the most challenging city street circuits, the Macau Grand Prix, or FIA F3 Intercontinental Cup, is rightfully regarded as the impressive culmination of the Formula 3 season.
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09 September 2011
Volkswagen at the Frankfurt motor show
As the organisers prepare to open the door to this year’s IAA in Frankfurt next week, a team of around 1,000 people are on site putting the finishing touches to the Volkswagen stand in Hall 3.
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22 August 2011
Scirocco R-Cup tickets competition currently open on Facebook
The Volkswagen UK Facebook page is currently running an exclusive competition, to win one of ten pairs of VIP tickets to the Scirocco R-Cup race weekend at Brands Hatch on the 3rd and 4th of September. Running until midnight on Tuesday 23rd August, it is the first time that Volkswagen Motorsport have offered tickets to a UK audience in a Facebook competition.
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19 May 2011
Take a journey through Volkswagen's advertising history in the latest edition of Das.
Since 1959, Volkswagen advertising has won many awards around the world. In the latest edition of Das. we take you on a journey through Volkswagen advertising history - from the legendary 'Think Small' ad of the 50s to the trend-setting commercials of today. And you can help to enhance our reputation even further by making your own Volkswagen ad.