2015年4月29日 · After the first year campaigning two cars in Global Rallycross, Volkswagen Motorsport has upgraded its Beetle rallycross cars for 2015. We sat down with Volkswagen Experiential Marketing...

2016年9月16日 · To compete in Rallycross, a Volkswagen Beetle needs some serious upgrades. The combined forces of Volkswagen and Andretti Autosport had to find ways to address the weaknesses of the vehicle, and their solutions were pretty ingenious.

2020年4月28日 · After five-and-a-half years Volkswagen retired the venerable Beetle from rallycross competition at the end of the 2019 season. The popular machine has been the most successful car in North American rallycross during its time in competition, winning 29 of the 52 races it entered, and claiming a staggering 60 podium finishes overall across Global ...

2020年12月28日 · Volkswagen could’ve gone down an easier route by choosing the Golf for its US rallycross effort. In fact, there was talk of a second Golf program for customers, but it came to nothing. Instead, Volkswagen wanted to change the image of the Beetle in America, hoping to attract more males and more younger buyers by giving it a sporty image.

The 412-kW (560-HP) Volkswagen Beetle returns to the circuits of the Americas Rallycross series (ARX) in 2019. Andretti Autosport, champion team in the 2018 ARX and Global Rallycross champion in 2017, will field two cars. Powered by a 2.0-litre turbo engine, the four-wheel drive Rallycross racer has been developed and built by Volkswagen ...

2015年10月14日 · That said, it’s a bit of a shock to see the VW Beetle dominate Red Bull’s Global Rally Cross (GRC) series. This is racing for the X-Games set, starring action sports royalty like Travis...

This rallycross car is the ultimate expression of the third-generation Beetle. Designed and engineered from the outset as a GRC car, it features a sequential six-speed transmission, with a fixed-ratio all-wheel-drive system that features multiplate limited-slip differentials at …

The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team will run a 560-plus-horsepower, all-wheel-drive GRC Beetle in the Red Bull Global Rallycross series. Team will compete initially with European rallycross-prepared Polo; Drivers will be 2011 and 2012 GRC champion Tanner Foust and ex-F1 and NASCAR star Scott Speed

2014年2月6日 · Volkswagen has entered the Global Rallycross Championship with one of the most powerful RX Beetles ever built. The beetle has very long history in Rallycross dating right back to the sports invention at the Lydden Hill Circuit in England.

During its time in competition, the Volkswagen Beetle became the most successful rallycross car in North America, winning 29 of 52 races it entered and claiming 60 podiums in Global Rallycross, Americas Rallycross, X Games and Nitro Rallycross. The cars were ran by …