What was your first impression of this car, what made it stand out for you? From then on, it was a dominant force, winning every US drivers’ title between ‘ when it ultimately retired. It then made its on-track debut at round three in Washington DC, before finally making its first race start at round seven.īut it wasn’t until the second half of the 2015 season – a year in which Volkswagen did away with the car’s WRC-derived 1.6-liter engine in favor of a 2.0 unit – that the car became competitive. Launch at that year’s Chicago motor show, we were initially told it was coming in time for the second round of the season in Austin. Throughout that first year, the Beetle was teased plenty of times.
The Beetle (somewhat annoyingly) debuted the round after my first US rallycross event in the paddock, arriving at the Los Angeles Global Rallycross double-header that same year.
VW BEETLE CIRCUIT RACER FULL
My first full season covering rallycross at a professional level was 2014. The Volkswagen Beetle GRC – later to be known as the Beetle R – arrived on the scene at a similar time to me. That decision could’ve made things easier – but then what do I pick? Vermont SportsCar’s wonderful Subaru WRX STI? A Ford Fiesta in Olsbergs or M-Sport flavor? Or perhaps something older like the Group B-derived Ford RS200 or MG Metro 6R4? No. So no Abarth 131, no Lancia 037, no Ford Escort Mk2s etc. When DirtFish’s main features man Stephen Brunsdon and I started discussing this idea, we quickly decided that it would be best for the in-house rallycross guy to pick a rallycross car. What’s your favorite rally car and why? In our new series, we ask some of the rallying and rallycross world’s leading figures about the car which started the passion, what made it so memorable and why it deserves the recognition it got (or not!).
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