[Aditya]

Volkswagen Motorsport India has announced the opening of registrations for the Polo R Cup India for 2014.

The series, which is in its fifth season, is open to everyone from novices to experienced racers. For novices, the Polo R Cup can be used as an introduction to track racing before moving to other events. Others can use it to garner more experience before stepping into the international arena or looking at more challenging events.

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[Aditya]

The fifth edition of the Volkswagen Polo R Cup in India was kicked off at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The first round of the championship was held between May 30 and June 1, 2014.

Race one was won by Angad Singh Matharoo, while race two went to Bonnie Thomas.

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[volkman10]

Volkswagen considering Taigun one-make championship to replace Polo National Racing Championship.

Whilst no details have been confirmed, apart from the fact that the VW Taigun as used for the single-make championship will race on 17-inch MRF slicks, as used previously on the Volkswagen Motorsport Polo, Vento and Ameo Cup cars, we do have prior knowledge of the 1.0 TSI engine being used in development for motorsport use in various formats. In fact, we've been invited to sample the Volkswagen Taigun 1.0 TSI in both 6-speed manual and automatic variants (fully stock cars currently used as Medical/Safety cars) shod with slicks at the Madras Motor Race Track (MMRT), Chennai.

the Taigun race series may run with stock engines to begin with, with more power being added later via higher-output engine tunes, which we know have already been tried and tested. There's also the possibility of the 1.5 TSI evo engine making an appearance in the championship, it's early days yet. Though, typically, the Volkswagen Motorsport racing championship kicks off early in the year, the pandemic has thrown regular scheduling out the window, with the 2021 season having started only in October last year, after

Given that the Volkswagen Virtus sedan, a very likely candidate to go racing, has only just seen its global reveal, with a launch scheduled for May 2022, and will thus not be ready in time for the 2022 season, we can look forward to seeing a fully-developed VW Virtus racecar for the 2023/24 season.

at this point, we could see the Taigun developed for both road racing, as well as rally racing

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