Early in March 2016 I had the opportunity to travel down to Léon, Guanajuato - a 440 year old Mexican city full of 1.6 million people - for the only North American round of the World Rally Championship. WRC Rally México, as it's officially known, is the first gravel round and the 3rd rally in the WRC season and has been for the past 13 years. I was there for my day job as engineering support for a spec powertrain component to all WRC teams, but wouldn't miss out on reporting the experience via DT - sit back, crack open a Negra Modelo, and enjoy - arriba!
This next car reminds me of those 3D image posters that were all the rage in the 90s -- you know...the ones where you could only see the image if you focused your eyes on a distant point...and then you still couldn't quite tell what you were looking at (the only way I could see them is if I would cross my eyes and then the 3D image would be inverted...I must be some kind of freak..anyway...). All the basic elements of this car are familiar...but the entire package is totally foreign to these American eyes...because Volkswagen has sold a bizallion cars in the USA since the 1930s, but it has never sold the Polo here. Find this 1989 Volkswagen Polo Wagon offered for $5900 in Long Island, NY via craigslist. Tip from FuelTruck.
