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Volkswagen wants to win the FIA World Rallycross Championship. To achieve this goal, Marklund Motorsport and Volkswagen Team Sweden are joining forces. With Johan Kristoffersson and Anton Marklund behind the wheel of a VW Polo Supercar, newcomers Volkswagen RX Sweden are aiming for Driver’s and...

Hot off his time at Nitto's Auto Enthusiast Day behind the wheels of the 900hp Rockstar Energy drift Passat, Tanner Foust will be participating in World RX Canada this weekend, marking the latest in a long line of cross-discipline  racing events for the Volkswagen Motorsport driver.  While one...

World RX heads to Estering, Germany this weekend, where 75 cars will take the track for round 5 of the 2015 campaign.  In the month since World RX Great Britain, drivers have tested and cross-trained heavily, meaning that competitors will be coming to play in Germany.  Being one of the shortest...

The FIA World Rallycross Championship returns to Great Britain this weekend, bringing nearly 30 Supercars to do battle at the sport's spiritual home.  Returning to the spot where Top Gear presenter called the racing "brilliant", Volkswagen drivers Johan Kristoffersson and Tomas Heikkinen look to...

Volkswagen Sweden has announced their support of two FIA World Rallycross Championship teams, bringing additional Polo RX Supercars to the series in 2015.  In addition to Marklund Motorsports' duo of Polo RX Supercars, Kristofferson Motorsport (KMS) will be campaigning two Volkswagens during...

On last night's Top Gear, James May strapped himself into one of Marklund Motorsports' 600hp Polo RX rallycross cars to participate in an event at Britain's Lydden Hill circuit.  Volkswagen Rallycross Driver and Top Gear USA host Tanner Foust was on hand to go over the finer points of Rallycross...

Tanner Foust has announced his limited participation in this FIA's World Rallycross Championship, signing on for a minimum of four rounds behind the wheel of a Marklund Motorsport-campaigned Volkswagen Polo RX. This announcement may come as no surprise to those following Foust or FIA World RX...

The FIA World Rallycross Championship has come to an agreement with DTM's managing partners to bring the series to Germany's Hockenheimring for an even to run as part of DTM weekend at the facility.  The May event marks the beginning of a multi-year deal which will make the Formula 1 circuit a...

2014 was a banner year for FIA World Rallycross, as the series achieved growth of more than 550% in total coverage and a 444% increase in television broadcasting hours over the 2013 season.  This growth also had a trickle down effect on social media presence (Facebook and Instagram up 380% and...

Although we are still a few days from the final FIA World Rallycross race of 2014, the sanctioning body has already announced its plans for next year.  Drivers for all three World Rallycross classes will report to Montalegre, Portugal on April 24th for the first of the seven round 2015...

Currently 51 Championship points behind Petter Solberg, Volkswagen Marklund's Topi Heikkinen is looking to play the role of spoiler at this weekend's World RX of Italy.  With Solberg able to clinch the title this weekend, Heikkinen needs a bit of luck and skill to stay in the game but feels...

FIA World Rallycross continues to pick up steam as it enters round nine of this year's championship, with a record 41 top-level Supercar entries.  With so many cars taking place in what is traditionally one of the fastest events of the year, things may get a bit tricky for Volkswagen Marklund...

FIA World Rallycross is headed to France this weekend for what will be its largest event of the year, with 37 Supercars confirmed and crowds of more than 70,000 spectators anticipated.  Taking place on a 1088 meter long track mostly made of  gravel in Lohéac, France, competitors are looking...

In a rather bold move, the FIA announced today that they will be dropping FIA World Rallycross Finland from the World Rallycross schedule in 2015.  The move aims to help alleviate some of the congestion in the 2015 schedule after the addition of additional events like Spain RX which will take...

FIA World Rallycross has announced today they they are taking steps to increase the number of competitors in their Super1600 and TouringCar classes, through use of a more "tightly focused" events calendar.   With more drivers competing in entry level classes, FIA World Rallycross hopes to...