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The Volkswagen Scirocco is a three-door, four passenger (2+2), front-engine, front wheel drive sport hatchback manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen in two generations from 1974-1992 and a third generation from 2008 until production that ended in 2017 without any successor. The Scirocco derives its name from the Mediterranean wind…
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The Volkswagen Polo Mk2 and Polo Mk2F were available as supercharged G40 models – called the Volkswagen Polo G40. There have been a number of one-make race series for the Polo, starting with the ‘Volkswagen Polo G40 Cup’ for Mk2 (Germany) and Mk2F G40 (UK) versions. The Polo Cup championship started in 1987 with race-modified Polo G40 producing 82 kW…
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The Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup was a single-make racing series sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America. The series was started in 2008 and was a sports car series that ran only in North America, the series quietly folded in 2011. The cars were 2009 Volkswagen Jettas that were modified by the factory for the series. Once completed, the cars were still about 70%…
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Volkswagen R GmbH is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG and an automobile manufacturer of Volkswagen R models based in Wolfsburg. The products of Volkswagen R GmbH are offered in about 70 countries. The company was founded in March 2010 as a sports label of the company. It replaces the previously existing Volkswagen Individual GmbH, founded in the spring…
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The GTI was presented to Volkswagen’s management early in 1975, and the project was approved 28 May 1975. The car’s name is typically described as an acronym of either the Italian phrase “Gran Turismo Iniezione”, or the English “Grand Tourer Injection”, and is usually written in all capitals. Production was not expected to exceed 5000 units, which was the number…
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The Volkswagen Golf Mk5 (codenamed Typ 1K) is a compact car, the fifth generation of the Volkswagen Golf and the successor to the Volkswagen Golf Mk4. Built on the Volkswagen Group A5 (PQ35) platform, it was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in October 2003 and went on sale in Europe one month later. A compact MPV version of the car was produced…
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Volkswagen produced a limited quantity of 1000 special-edition 3 and 5-door GTI Anniversary models, celebrating 20 years of the GTI model. This had the usual GTI specification but came equipped with special chequered Recaro front sport seats and matching rear seats bearing the GTI logo, red seat belts front and rear, half-chromed and leather golf ball gear knob…
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The body of a VW T1 (1962) and the underbody of a T3, the engine and the entire Porsche technology (993 bi-turbo) – in about 3,000 man hours, the Swiss Fred Bernhard built his FB1 race taxi, which now causes a stir at various racetracks. The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially (depending on body type) as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus, or, informally…
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The ultimate expression of Volkswagen’s ambitions for its third-generation Beetle, the 2012 Beetle Turbo was designed to shake off the cutesy reputation that had stuck to some of its predecessors. With the 1997-launched New Beetle not having seen a major makeover during its entire lifespan, the German marque made up for lost time in 2012…
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Volkswagen Beetle-style bodies are fitted to space frame racing chassis, and are used in the Uniroyal Fun Cup, which includes the longest continuous motor-race in the world, the 25 Hours of Spa. It is an affordable entry-level series that gentleman drivers race. The Fun Cup is a one-make racing series created by Franz Dubois in 1997 in Belgium. The cars are identical…
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