With the announcement of the arrival of Volkswagen to world Rallye, arrive the first collateral damage and those will not be other than the abandonment of other projects. Kris Nissen has confirmed that there will be no official Volkswagen in the 2012 Dakar team. The director of the brand of Ingolstad Wolfsburg has stated that with three victories achieved consecutively, Volkswagen has fulfilled the objectives set at the beginning of the benefit.
With the departure of VW, tougher test in the world runs out of the official presence of any brand. Although mean that VW was not in the next edition of the Dakar as Nissen admits that there are several structures that are interested in to run to the Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 of privately. The Volkswagen, Nasser Al - Attiyah, pilot could be responsible for doing so under the patronage of Qatar.
With this news is in the air the presence of Carlos Sainz in the 2012 Dakar. The Spanish pilot said after the end of this year was going to wait and see that Volkswagen he decided on his future in the Dakar. If you propose a serious project to the Spanish (let us not deceive ourselves, even with a structure private Volkswagen continue to hand), it is possible to see again the bravo Spanish pilot. But we will have to conform to saw him assist in the development of the new volkswagen Polo wrc. Or who knows, perhaps running with the.
