Volkswagen Ameo Cup car details revealed

Following the successful Polo and Vento Cup Series, Volkswagen Motorsport India is all set to kick-start the 2017 season with the Ameo Cup. Official details of the car were revealed just a day after we brought you a scoop on its specifications. Here are the details.

Like the Made-in-India Ameo, the Ameo Cup car has been developed entirely at the Volkswagen Pune plant; a first for a car in the one-make series. It’s powered by a 1.8-litre, turbocharged TSI petrol engine that produces 205hp at 6100rpm and 320Nm between 3200rpm and 4600rpm. This is the same engine that sits under the hood of the GTI hot hatch.

Unlike the DSG dual-clutch automatics that featured in the Vento series, the Ameos use a 6-speed racing sequential gearbox with steering-mounted paddle shifters. The cars run on new 17-inch wheels shod with tyres specifically developed for this car by MRF.

Braking duties are handled by 334mm ventilated discs at front and 232mm discs at the rear.

Sirish Vissa, head of Volkswagen Motorsport India, commented on the new Ameo Cup car saying, “The car is unlike anything Indian motorsport has seen from the Volkswagen’s stable. It has more power and amazing handling, yet it is simple enough for budding racers to learn on. The race machine is on par with international standards and the new elements in the car make it possible to take our one-make series to a new high.”

Karthik Tharani, Volkswagen Motorsport India development and test driver, added on the performance of the car, “The Ameo Cup race car is a very well sorted machine and this is evident with the test lap time of 01:51.780, which is 4.6 seconds quicker as compared to the Vento Cup race car around the Madras Motor Race Track (MMRT).”

The Ameo Cup 2017 season is scheduled to start in June at the Kari Motor Speedway near Coimbatore followed by couple of rounds at MMRT in Chennai and one round at Buddh International Circuit (BIC).