Volkswagen's 2016 car could yet appear in next year's World Rally Championship despite the manufacturer's factory withdrawal.Although VW has ruled out its all-new 2017 design being passed onto privateers, it is open to negotiations with teams or drivers interesting in renting the current Polo R WRC.We will discuss possibilities for...

Volkswagen will quit the World Rally Championship at the end of the 2016 season. The decision was made at a board meeting in VW headquarters in Wolfsburg on Tuesday morning.There had been hopes that VW could be granted a single-season extension to make use of the all-new 2017 specification Polo...

Some regard Volkswagen's decision to quit the World Rally Championship as inevitable. How can a company continue to justify a multi-million dollar budget to go rallying when billions are being shipped in the wake of VW's diesel emissions scandal?Of course, the cost of running the World Rally Championship is a...

Volkswagen driver Sebastien Ogier claimed his fourth World Rally Championship title with victory on Rally Catalunya.Ogier secured the title with his 37th win in the WRC, drawing level with Finns Juha Kankunnen and Tommi Makinen for championship successes.32-year-old Ogier had taken the lead of the event on Friday morning, but...

Volkswagen has started work on a long-term plan to keep it in motorsport until at least 2022.The manufacturer is looking at extending its World Rally Championship program while considering other avenues of motorsport. VW scaled down its WRC operation in line with post-emissions scandal budget cuts but focused its spending...

Sven Smeets has been announced as McLaren Formula 1 signing Jost Capito's successor as Volkswagen Motorsport director and head of its World Rally Championship effort.Former co-driver Smeets moved from Citroen to Volkswagen when the German team began its WRC program in 2012. Having worked initially as team manager, he was...

World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier has crashed out of contention for a Rally Finland podium on the opening day.The Volkswagen driver was holding on to third despite the disadvantage of running first on the road, but he went off on the Surkee stage. Ogier called the incident a "stupid mistake"...

Volkswagen will finalize the specification of its Polo R for the World Rally Championship's 2017 rules revamp by the end of this month.The German firm has just concluded its latest round of testing with the new car and technical director Francois-Xavier Demaison said it was now in the final development...

Volkswagen has become the first manufacturer to release an official image of its 2017 World Rally Car. The illustration of the next generation Polo R WRC was issued by the German manufacturer on Tuesday.Testing with this car is understood to be imminent, with an initial roll-out being carried out in...

Volkswagen's future in the World Rally Championship has been reconfirmed until the end of 2019 despite recent upheaval at the company.The Volkswagen Group board signed off on the German firm's long-term agreement to stay in the WRC last year, but the company's recent emissions scandal – and subsequent departure of...