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Volkswagen's 2017 WRC Car Looks Championship Worthy

From Road & Track

It's not just that he has a trusty hydraulic handbrake.

Most people consider Formula-1 to be the crown jewel of the motorsport universe, and that's all very well. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is also said to be the toughest endurance race in the world on tarmac, despite the Nürburgring 24 being way more unforgiving. Either way, no circuit racing can come close to driving a 320 horsepower all-wheel drive monster in the middle of a damn forest, with the trees acting as crash barriers.

Volkswagen's star driver Sébastien Ogier is a three time world champion already thanks to him being the second coming of Sébastian Loeb along with the 320 foot pounds of torque only anti-lag can provide.

33 mm air restrictor or not, the new Polo WRC seems equally impressive in the hands of this Frenchman: