Warning: this is not your standard Polo Focus or Impreza drive
- this is a 300bhp WRC style driving experience! Here's your chance to drive a World Rally Championship-styled Polo with a Focus RS or Impreza STi drive too. These WRC-style experiences take place on the tarmac circuit at this renowned driving experience operator’s base in Staffordshire.
The Volkswagen Polo R WRC car put driver Sebastien Ogier & his co-driver Julien Ingrassia in the record books with four consecutive WRC title wins. A feat only matched by four other drivers. What makes it even more impressive is the fact that it was the Polo’s first season in 2013 with a dream start to boot as Ogier won the opening Rallye de Monte Carlo. The Polo you’ll be driving has all the gadgets & gizmos of a WRC car right down to the roll cage & upgraded suspension.
The Ford Focus RS WRC replaced the highly successful Ford Escort RS WRC. Built for Ford World Rally Team by Ford Europe & M-Sport in Cumbria the first generation Focus made its rally debut in Monte Carlo with Colin Mc Rae at the wheel. Marcus Gronholm went on to have 12 WRC rally wins in the Focus & fellow Fin Mikko Hirvonen clocked up a dozen wins too. The WRC-type Ford you’ll be driving certainly packs a punch worthy of any rallyer so let’s see how you handle all that torque.
& of course the Subaru Impreza WRX STi is the stuff of legend from the golden age of rallying in the 80s & 90s. This was when Pro Drive was unstoppable with those souped up all wheel drive Scoobies. & quite frankly this was the car that everyone wanted. & who can blame them? This is a mythical car that must be driven at least once!
For these WRC-style driving experiences you’ll be driving for six laps in the Polo & another six in either the Subaru or the Focus (it’s your choice!). All cars are similar to the ones to compete in the FIA World Rally Championship. If you go for the Polo Thrill voucher you will be adding an extra session in a Renault Clio trying handbrake turns & a high speed passenger ride in a hot hatch too.