RE: VW Lupo Cup | Spotted

[RacerMike]

There were definitely more than 3 in the UK. Bruntingthorpe had at least 4 for a while when I very briefly worked on their corporate events about 12 years ago and I very, very briefly drove one around the access roads. From memory it felt considerably quicker than 125hp and was rather fun. I had an Arosa Sport at the time and had dreams of turning it into something similar, but could never afford the parts

[okenemem]

amazing

[Maldini35]

RacerMike said:

There were definitely more than 3 in the UK. Bruntingthorpe had at least 4 for a while when I very briefly worked on their corporate events about 12 years ago and I very, very briefly drove one around the access roads. From memory it felt considerably quicker than 125hp and was rather fun. I had an Arosa Sport at the time and had dreams of turning it into something similar, but could never afford the parts

Great pic

[Kubevoid]

Lupo are adorable little things.

The 3L had some amazing weight saving. Really not far away from an old school RS Porsche. OK, lacking the power and styling! But they did put some real effort in. No one uses magnesium parts as one example.

[WCZ]

RacerMike said:

There were definitely more than 3 in the UK. Bruntingthorpe had at least 4 for a while when I very briefly worked on their corporate events about 12 years ago and I very, very briefly drove one around the access roads. From memory it felt considerably quicker than 125hp and was rather fun. I had an Arosa Sport at the time and had dreams of turning it into something similar, but could never afford the parts

i'm fairly sure the race cars had a tuned engine

[soad]

Makes me want a regular GTI version, thanks PH.

Lupo (Latin for Wolf, after VW's hometown Wolfsburg).

[rastapasta]

could this be taken rallying?

[MDMA .]

WCZ said:

i'm fairly sure the race cars had a tuned engine

VW Cup cars were standard engine. Just chassis mods, cage etc.

[Nurburgsingh]

oddly came across this again because i was looking fro something else... and the car is still for sale and its gotten a little bit more expensive...

[Lester H]

The join from the rear side panel to the bumper looks a bit inaccurate. I have not seen the car ‘in the metal’ so it may be the photos but it looks a bit like it’s had a thick coat of paint imho. Would not nit pick if it were half the price.