NEW VW BEETLE SUPERCAR REVEALED

Thursday 11th of June 2015

A Volkswagen Beetle Supercar will race in the FIA World Rallycross Championship for the first time at Holjes, Sweden next month, where Norway’s Daniel Holten will drive a new Eklund Motorsport built car.

Led by rallycross and rally legend Per Eklund, Eklund Motorsport are best known for running Saab 93 Supercars in World RX events for drivers like Henning Solberg.

Eklund believes the new Beetle has potential, and is confident in Holten, who raced to semi-final positions in the Swedish and Norwegian rounds of World RX last season, driving an Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta.

“It’s great to be working with a driver like Daniel who has already proven his potential. We are confident that the Beetle is a brilliant base for a Supercar, the dimensions of it are really, really good. We are more motivated than ever and will push hard to continue the development, together with Daniel,” said Eklund.

The car will use the number 53 at Holjes and will run an engine to the new-for-2015 Custom Engine regulations. Holten has made several Supercar appearances since moving from Super1600 and is hoping to use the Holjes event to build on a future with the Eklunds team.

“The Swedish World RX round is maybe the most prestigious race in the whole of World RX. To get to drive a car for Eklund Motorsport and with Per Eklund as coach is huge for me. The aim is to compete with a Supercar in the European and World Championships,” said Holten. “The result of what happens at Holjes will decide how it develops further; perhaps we will also race at the Norwegian World RX round at Hell in August.”