VW BEETLE TO RACE IN WORLD RX

Thursday 22nd of January 2015

A VW Beetle Supercar will race in the FIA World Rallycross Championship this season. Swedish team Eklund Motorsport has built a Supercar version of the popular Volkswagen and is working on plans to run the new car in a full World RX programme.

“We’ve been working on this project for a long time, so I’m pleased that now we can make plans to use the Beetle,” said team owner Per Eklund. “We have one car running now but there are some changes to make before we can race.“

Eklund Motorsport is able to run the new car after the FIA added it to the list of cars approved for rallycross, that are now homologated.

“There has already been a lot of interest in the Beetle and I’ve spoken to several drivers who would like to race it, but so far nothing has been agreed and I’d really like to find to a driver who has the budget for a full World Championship season in the car,” continued Eklund. “If we can’t get a full World Championship then we will focus on European events. I think the car can be a winner.”

The Eklund Motorsport Beetle will be the first car to make use of the new custom engine regulations, that have been instigated to allow a larger range of Supercars to be run and ensure that two-litre engines can continue to be used even if a manufacturer does not produce a suitable a two-litre base engine.

The FIA World Rallycross Championship gets underway at the end of April (24-26) at Montalegre in Portugal.