Volkswagen R GmbH

With the establishment of R Volkswagen GmbH was officially launched the sports department of the German mark, it is a subsidiary that will have the challenging task of developing special versions and aerodynamic fittings for all models of the German House. With this move is in line with Volkswagen to Mercedes and BMW rivals that for years have based their sports departments, respectively AMG Motorsport. What is now called “In House Tuning” is not the preserve for the exclusive prerogative of the German manufacturers, for example, include Renault Sport, Nismo for Nissan or the recent G Sport division of Toyota, the evolution of the famous Racing Team Gazoo.

The new company will fund does not only the design, development and sale of the R line versions, but will also be responsible for the preparation of the different variants Exclusive Volkswagen models available in the lists.

The R will not start from an absolute zero, the Volkswagen has now entrusted the management and evolution of the well known Golf Scirocco R and R also have some models like the new Passat CC, are marketed under the exclusive setting up R Line .

Obviously, the production “R” should not be regarded as a direct competition to the work of many professional tuners that process Volkswagen, and many people love the fact the car look aggressive, but prefer not to alter the setting of the series.

There will be over 350 workers, including engineers and workers, employed in the Volkswagen R GmbH, the place has already been localized to Warmenau, near VW’s Wolfsburg headquarters.