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Volkswagen R is the brand used by the German auto manufacturer Volkswagen to indicate a sport or high performance model. An "R" badge is placed on the grille , front fenders and trunk of R-model vehicles to indicate the vehicle's trim level.
Volkswagen I.D. R rear view. The Volkswagen I.D. R also known as Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak, is a prototype fully electric vehicle designed as part of Volkswagen's I.D. Project, and included within Volkswagen's R series of cars designed specifically for competing in motorsport events. [2] It is the first electric racing car designed by ...
The Concept R is powered by a V6 3.2 L FSI petrol engine developing a maximum output of 265 PS (195 kW; 261 hp) at 6,250 rpm and 320 N⋅m (240 ft⋅lbf) of torque at 2,800 rpm. It is strong enough to accelerate the car from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.3 seconds, and make it reach the electronically limited top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph).
Volkswagen Group has previously introduced an alphanumeric nomenclature for car platforms. The platform code is composed as follows: A letter, P, indicating a passenger car platform; A letter indicating the configuration of the engine: Q indicates a transverse engine (Quer in German) L indicates a longitudinal engine (Längs in German)
At the request of then Volkswagen Group CEO Ferdinand Piech, Giorgetto Giugiaro and his Italdesign team was tasked to design a Volkswagen sports car, with instructions that it had to accommodate a 12-cylinder engine in a W configuration, be mid-engined, and also be able to be configured with Volkswagen's Syncro all-wheel drive system.
Rear view. The concept car, presented at Worthersee Treffen 2014, originated from another prototype, the Vision GTI, born from a competition created for Volkswagen's young designers and wanted by the Wolfsburg style manager, Klaus Bischoff; this was in response to Sony's invitation to build a Volkswagen that would celebrate the first fifteen years of the driving simulator series Gran Turismo.
The Volkswagen Microbus/Bulli concept vehicles are a series of concept cars that are styled to recall the original Volkswagen Microbus built by Volkswagen AG.The first of these was the Volkswagen Microbus Concept Car (also known as the New Microbus and Microbus Concept), first presented at the 2001 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).
The Volkswagen Concept BlueSport is a mid-engined roadster concept car produced by Volkswagen. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was introduced at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit . The Concept BlueSport follows on from a previous roadster concept car, the Volkswagen Concept R , shown at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show .