Clearly we all know that taxi drivers can give us some crazy driving experiences. I mean have you ever wished that your taxi driver drove a little bit faster? Usually for me I clutch the door and hope that we’ll get to the destination in one piece.
These brave souls at the Meridien Beach Plaza of Monte Carlo dared to tempt fate by placing their lives in the hands of the WRC champion Sébastien Ogier! As you’ll see in the video below Sébastien takes hotel guests for a spin in his Volkswagen Polo R WRC. Surprisingly the cops did not enjoy the stunt.
Each month FIA World Rally Championship sees a new race. As of this post the upcoming one is the Vodafone Rally de Portugal running April 3-6 in both Faro and Algarve Portugal. With more following soon after that: 8–11 May Rally Argentina, 6–8 June Rally d’Italia Sardegna, 27–29 June LOTOS Rally Poland, 1–3 August Neste Oil Rally Finland, 22–24 August ADAC Rallye Deutschland, 12–14 September Coates Hire Rally Australia, 3–5 October Rallye de France, 24–26 October Rally RACC Catalunya, 14–16 November Wales Rally GB.
The cool thing that Volkswagen is doing is that they are providing you a insider’s look at this motorsport. You can subscribe to receive their webisodes on YouTube as well as check them out at RallyTheWorld.com. Volkswagon is featuring the best rally drivers in the world like Sébastien Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen so that you can get to know them before you place your bets on who is going to win the race. They even have a racing game that you can play online or download via iOS and Android, where you get to drive the Polo R! To see truly how glorious the Polo R is in action their Instagram has some gorgeous stills too.
This post is sponsored by Volkswagen.