Hot on the heels of Audi’s departure from the World Endurance Championship another Volkswagen Group brand has ended a successful motorsport programme.
Volkswagen is calling time on its World Rally Championship effort having swept the series the last four years, winning the manufacturers’ title every time while Sebastien Ogier took the drivers’ championship.
Official announcement is coming soon according to Autocar:
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motorsport-wrc/volkswagen-quit-world-rally-championship
The Volkswagen Group is having to make savings worth billions due to the fall-out from the ‘dieselgate’ scandal which was exposed last year.