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CONTACT US YOUR COMMITTEE (cont’d)

VOLKSWAGEN CLUB OF WA (Inc) EDITOR: 0407 347 340

MAIL: PO Box 175 Ray Willis [email protected]

Victoria Park CONCESSION LICENCE: (08) 9332 6919

Western Australia 6979 Rod McSwain

ABN: 31 610 140 537 CMC LIAISON OFFICER: (08) 9342 8703

TELEPHONE: (08) 9342 8703 Richard Hines

E-MAIL: [email protected] PROPERTY OFFICER: (08) 9342 8703

WEBSITE: www.vwclubwa.com Richard Hines

MERCHANDISE OFFICER: 0417 173 886

YOUR COMMITTEE Karen Fyfe

PRESIDENT: 0408 183 396 SOCIAL SECRETARY:

Jamie Barrett [email protected] Colin Seth

VICE PRESIDENT: 0415 165 175 SPORTS ORGANISER: Currently grouped under

John Hornby As above “Events Coordinator”

SECRETARY: 0407 347 340 PUBLICITY OFFICER:

Ray Willis [email protected] As above

MEMBERSHIPS: 0407 347 340 GENERAL COMMITTEE: Patrick Spiteri, Dave Moore,

Ray Willis [email protected] Karla & Merrick Paget (country liaison South West)

TREASURER: 0438 819 443 WEBMASTER:

Shane Williams [email protected] Tina Moore [email protected]

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VIAWEST MAGAZINE

VOLKSWAGEN EVENTS

Advertising:

Please send your ‘for sale’ or ‘wanted’ adverts by mail or email to the Editor before the publication deadline.

Normally one event will be nominated as the club run each month. Some months will have more than one event. Not all events attended by the club will be club organised.

Please note that non-members are welcome to come to the club organised events. If you have any friends you would like to accompany us, please bring them along.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for club organised events give a Committee member a call or an e-mail and the committee so we can put it on our calendar.

The VW Events Calendar lists the upcoming events and club runs for some months in advance in chronological order.

Fees:

Members - 1/4 page adverts are free.

Non-Members - 1/4 page adverts are $5.00

Please contact the Editor to find out about commercial advertising in the magazine, inserting flyers or advertising on the website.

Publication Deadline: The ViaWest magazine’s dead-

line for articles for the next issue is JUNE 25

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Volkswagen Club of WA (Inc), its Committee or members.

Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at John Hughes Volkswagen in Victoria Park, starting at 6:30pm. Committee meetings are open to all members and invited guests.

Membership and Birthdays IN THIS ISSUE page

The Club ............................. p 2

The Club (contd) ................. p 4

President’s Spot .................. p 5

Club Event Calendar .......... p 6

Road Test ........................... p 7

Bridgetown Club Run .......... p 8

VW Club Quiz Nite ............. p 10

Classic Car Show ................ p 12

Club Merchandise ............... p 15

South West News

May Gathering .............. p 16

Member Profile.............. p 16

My Bitsa Project .................. p 18

VW Club Crossword ............ p 21

Volkswagen News

Volkswagen up! ............. p 22

31st GTi Meeting ........... p 22

Beetle Website .............. p 24

VW New Models ........... p 25

WANTED advert .................. p 26

FRONT COVER:

Tom Johnstone’s Scirocco at Classic Car Show

Happy

Birthday to the following

MEMBERS for

MAY Laurene Bailey

Sonya Bateman

David Beckley

Nigel Frith

Matthias Heyne

Iris Heyne

Nicolas Heyne

Matthew Hill

Annabell Lunn

Edwina Mann

Lynton Michael

Melissa-Jane

Middleton

Tina Moore

Michael Sitas

Daniel Sitas

Alicia Wheatley

Anastasia Stoney

Steven Taylor

Romy Taylor

Hudson Warburton

Su Williams

and

JUNE

Ken Barr

Alexander Beckley

Iain Benwood

George Burgess

Pete Doran

Gary Dowse

Michelle Dufall

Kris Feddersen

Rob Gardiner

Sophie Glasfurd

Lachlan Hall

Ken Johnsen

Brett Keillor

Allie Lafferty

Eric Matz

Donna McCall

William McCall

Eliza McKenzie

Murray McPherson

Breanna Muste

Rebecca

Rossenrode

Nicole

Rossenrode

Stephen

Rossenrode

Kim Shurman

Darren Stoney

Zahra Stoney

James Woodward

Welcome to

new members

Currently 135 memberships

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Hi All,

A bumper ViaWest this month for your enjoyment brought to you primarily by The Editor Ray Willis. I

would like to use this months presidents spot to thank Ray on behalf of all us club members for the ef-

fort that goes into to producing this wonderful Magazine!

Thanks also goes to Ray for his patience with us members that promise articles and he has to chase

them up (including this!) I am sure that all you readers will agree with me that his commitment is out-

standing.

I am well aware that Ray relies on "you Folks with the Volks" submitting articles and stories. So I am

making the executive decision to reintroduce the $50 fuel Voucher for any one that gets an article pub-

lished. Send in something that you feel would be a good read (or view) to us.

Again - Good job Ray Well done we appreciate your hard work!!!

Jamie Barrett

Club President

Footnote: Just a note that club membership renewals will be posted out in July. With 75% of club members getting their ViaWest magazine on line via an email address now, the renewal notice is one of the few times that we will use your postal address.

If you have changed your postal address in the last 12 months please let Ray (as Membership Officer) know by email to [email protected] or send a letter to our PO Box.

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The coming month... June 2012

# indicates a club run Wednesday 6th ALFRED’S of GUILDFORD

7pm cnr of Meadow & James St Guildford

Sunday 10th SOUTH WEST MONTHLY GATHERING Contact: Kim 0408 914 400

BUSSELTON Also refer to the Forum on the club web- Contact: Mark 0449 947 782

Wednesday 13th MONTHLY COMMITTEE MEETING Contact: Ray Willis 0407 347 340

6:30pm @ John Hughes Volkswagen, Victoria Park

W/E 23-24th # THE ANTIQUES & COLLECTORS FAIR Contact: Jamie Barrett 0408 183 396

Bridgetown See Page 8 Also refer to the Forum on the club website

Wednesday 27th EVENTS COORDINATION MEETING Contact: Ray Willis 0407 347 340


July 2012 Wednesday 4th ALFRED’S of GUILDFORD






Sunday 22nd GERMAN CAR DAY Mercedes Benz Car Club of WA

NORTHAM More details to follow http://www.mbccwa.org.au/

Wednesday 25th EVENTS COORDINATION MEETING Contact: Ray Willis 0407 347 340


August 2012 Wednesday 1st ALFRED’S of GUILDFORD


Friday 3rd QUIZ NITE twenty12 Contact: Richard Hines 9342 8703

See page 10





?? AUGUST CLUB RUN—TBA Contact:

Anybody with an idea

Wednesday 22nd EVENTS COORDINATION MEETING Contact: Ray Willis 0407 347 340


http://www.mbccwa.org.au/

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Golf Going

Topless... I've never owned a cabriolet or

convertible car before and I prob-

ably won't, I will explain why

shortly. In saying that I really

enjoyed driving around in the TSI

for the week.

The wife had it for a couple of

sunny days and she too loved the

sense of freedom and space with

the roof down. We have a 90TSI

(hard top) so we know

what the Golf is

all about. The

Cabriolet

118TSI

with the

extra

grunt

coming

from the

1.4 litre

twincharged

petrol en-

gine along with

the extra mod cons

makes a notable difference

compared to our little humble

model.

The cabriolet has some very in-

teresting safety features.

It has the usual airbags that you

would expect from a Volkswagen

but it also has "active rollover

protection system" which in short

are two fast re-

sponse what can

only be described as

"rods" that shoot up

from behind the

rear seats should

you be unfortunate

enough to roll the

car - I was fortu-

nate enough not to

need these nor the

airbags for that matter!

While I am on the subject of fea-

tures, this model of the Golf can

be equipped with "Vienna Cool

leath-

er" (designed to reflect the suns

rays keeping the leather cool).

The car has Multi-function leather

steering wheel, chilled glovebox,

trip computer, touch screen radio,

cd and media player, to name just

a few of the standard features.

The Bi Xenon headlights gleam

and look fresh, I found the dy-

namic cornering headlight feature

distracting, but these can be

turned off.

The 7 speed DSG gearbox in

the model tested was

smooth and re-

sponsive. When

put into man-

ual shift it

acted as

it should,

sporty! No

record breaker in

the 0-100km test but

enough fun for Perth's roads. The

ride was stiff and grippy and a lot

of fun in the corners.

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The all important roof opens in 9 seconds, the

mechanism is simply amazing however does not

totally hide away like the more expensive EOS

model. Once the roof is down the shape of the car

looks great in my opinion, one of the nicest cabrio-

lets in the price, I think this is to do with the active

roller protection technology, there is no need for

unsightly roll bars on show.

Sleek and sporty looks make this an appealing look-

ing car and looking at others in the price range this

is a winning model that will win the hearts of people

in the market for a topless car.

I personally felt a bit stupid and not used to being

so exposed sitting in traffic. I also felt very ex-

posed to the sun - the constant glare was almost

unbearable and I can only imagine the heat in sum-

mer months forcing you to put the roof up and get-

ting the air-conditioning cranking to cool off and

escape the harmful rays.

The Cabriolet is a solid nice looking car. Is it worth

the extra 20 or so thousand dollars compared to the

hardtop - You can be the judge of that.

Thanks to Volkswagen Group Australia

for loan of the press car for this report.

(Continued from page 7)

The VW Club has accepted an in-

vitation to display some club ve-

hicles at "The Antique & Col-

lectors Fair" in Bridgetown at

the Bridgetown Showground Pa-

vilions on Sat June 23rd.

The local school are running a

"cafe" in the Junior Farmers Hall

with fabulous & cheap food!

All VW Club Members will have

free entry to the Antique Fair

(normally $3.00) and park into a

group as the display.

The Fair is on from 9:30am to

3:30pm each day.

In addition to the Fair, other at-

tractions will be on the w/e;

“Xmas in the Blackwood” at the

Repertory Theatre, Friday and

Saturday nights.

“Photographic Exhibition” at the

Old Gaol ($2 entry).

“Sunday Markets” at the “Sunday Markets” at the

River Park from 7:30am to River Park from 7:30am to

noon.noon.

This in addition to a long list of

attractions in Bridgetown such as

The Cidery etc.

Also club members...Pip and Bev-

an Mills operate the Bridgetown

Pottery Tearooms & Gallery 81

Hampton St Bridgetown… oppo-

site Scott's Tavern.

There is accommodation of all

types for all tastes and budgets.

Camping is available at the cara-

van park. For all inquiries & book-

ings, telephone (08) 9761 1900.

For other accommodation look at

the Bridgetown visitor centre

website www.bridgetown.com.au

Please contact Jamie Barrett

0408 183 396 if you will be

going.

Antique & Vintage Fair Bridgetown 23rd - 24th June

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Hello members, this is an important notice for

you... Your Volkswagen Club in conjunction with the Council of Motoring Clubs is

holding the 2012 Annual Quiz Nite.

To hold a Quiz Nite takes a lot of plan-ning and involvement of members to make it happen as seamless as possi-ble.

The date is Friday 3rd August

at the Perth Soccer Club.

To make it a successful Quiz Nite, we need your participa-tion as members in the form of…

1. Helpers on the night...many hands make light work!

2. Prizes on the night...we are looking for donations of goods and ser-vices to be used for raffles, compe-titions and the Quiz Nite winners.

You may be able to get donations and sponsorship from your em-ployer, if self employed, you may be able to donate directly or if you know somebody that knows some-

body...all donations help.

Donations can be in the form of goods such as caps and shirts, car parts; or as services such as car detail, engine service, membership to a club etc.

They do not have to be VW based as all car clubs attend these Quiz Nites.

If you have been to a Quiz Nite, they are great fun...the VW Club of WA has come second in recent years...now we will be on the other side of questions and competitions on the night.

All enquiries or to arrange a donation,

contact Richard Hines on 9342 8703.

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Auto One Classic Car

Show 2012 by

Jamie Barrett

This years Classic car show started a day early for some, Whiteman Park is a camp free zone for 364 days of the year with the only exception made for the show. 10 from the club braved the light rain and chilly night.

We shacked up under the wooden pa-goda with the smell of sausages (and a can of stew) wafting past while hav-ing a couple of quiet "ones" with the entertaining fellas from the Mini Car Club - A good night was had.

We woke with only the need the move the vehicle 20' to get in the line up ready for the display! Being there that early gives you a great opportunity to watch the vehicles moving in, Ford Sierra Cosworth, AC Cobra, Indian motor bike followed by a WW1 Tank! list would go on for ages as the event attracts around 1000 vehicles.

This years events theme was "New and Old". Our clubs oldest was Frank McKinnell’s 1961 Beetle and the new-est being Tom Johnstone in his lovely modified imported Scirocco.

We had Buggies, Split Screen and Bay Window Kombis including Patrick Spiteri’s Trophy winning Single cab and Ton Verbunt’s Double cab, Rich-ard Hines Manx SR, Beetles, Dave Moore’s Porsche 914 (VW badged in the States) and the clubs exposed and sectioned floorpan as part of our Volkswagen display.

The looks and comments from the viewing public were a pleasure to see, so many stories and nice comments about the old Dubs were shared. And Tom’s gleaming Scirocco drew the crowds.

A car worth mentioning was a Polished Aluminium bodied AC Cobra with a hand built custom chassis from Europe! Simply amazing…...

A big thank you goes out to Sue and her team from CMC for organising WA's biggest annual car show...a big effort and lots off work involved to make this happen.

Already looking forward to next year.

Photographs follow...by Jamie Barrett

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Auto One Classic Car Show 2012 (continued)

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V-neck Polo - design for the ladies and girls $30.00 each A name can be added for another $5.00 Polo Shirt - for the men and boys $30.00 each A pocket is an extra $5.00 A name can be added for another $5.00 T-shirt - unique design with the club 3D logo on front and back $25.00 each Stand out in the crowd. VW Club stickers - all are $2.00 each Official club logo 3D club logo “I’M A VW CLUB MEMBER” Day of the Volkswagen Collectors cloth badge and annual stickers (limited numbers) $2.00 each

VW Club Cloth badge $5.00 each VW Club Peak Cap with the traditional club logo - adjustable velcro band at the rear $15.00 each 2011 Toodyay Bug-In 42nd National Bug-In Metal car badge (limited number) $25.00 each 2012 Calendar Now only $5.00

Merchandise Officer: Rod McSwainMerchandise Officer: Rod McSwain

Phone:Phone: (08) 9332 6919(08) 9332 6919

Email:Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Purchases can be made by cash, cheque or credit card Purchases can be made by cash, cheque or credit card (Visa or MasterCard) (Visa or MasterCard) -- postage charges may be extra.postage charges may be extra.

Auto One

Classic Car

Show 2012

(the end)

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South West Monthly

Gatherings in

Busselton Sunday 13th May...

We had limited numbers on Sunday due to the weather and it being moth-ers day...not to worry, the rain staying away and it was great that some new-ies turned up without their VW's that are keen to come along in June. One actually went home and came back in their P plated curve screen superbug.

A big hand to Ray who drove down from Perth...big effort The meet gave us the perfect opportunity to talk about the upcoming Busso drive inn event.

Kim

For me it was a great reason to get out of the house for a couple of days and back into my Beetle (albeit water-cooled) for a drive. However it was only a quick 2.5 hours cruise from home, but what better place to go to than down south.

Although there were only a few cars, the group attracted a few admir-ers...even those that want to attend next month...and there was plenty to talk about as always.

Yes I can only see this growing from strength to strength, especially with the commitment coming from Kim, Mark and Gary. It was good to catch up with Mark in person for the first time. Thanks guys.

Maybe there is a challenge for another committee member to make the trip next month.

Ray

Not much i can add you guy's have just about covered it. Always good for a catch up and very nice to meet you to Ray.

Glad you made the most of your trip down with a few tourist shots. good stuff hope to catch up with you again soon.

I'm sure next month (subject to the weather) will see the numbers up again. It will always be hit and miss this time of year but I'm sure it will con-tinue to grow..

Mark

Member

Profile Kim Muste of Margaret River

I was born in Tasmania and spent

6 fantastic years as a kid on Flin-

ders Island. My first car was an

immaculate ’67 Beetle that I

rolled on my way to WA just out-

side Kimba in South Australia.

Arriving in WA I first lived in Al-

bany for a few months where I

bought another air cooled classic,

a very rusty Fiat 500. I then had

the good gear from the rolled

Beetle put into a Taipan beach

buggy that I regrettably sold to

move to Perth for study.

Work, marriage, a move to Mar-

garet River and three children

somehow put VW ownership on

the back burner, although my

wife Kerry had a 71 Beetle for

years.

About 5 years ago I purchased

another ’67 that’s had an engine

rebuild and tidy up to get back on

the road.


First car in 1982 fully First car in 1982 fully

loaded and taking a loaded and taking a

break the day I rolled it.break the day I rolled it.

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Just over a year ago I took the

easier option to quality VW own-

ership and purchased my 1965

birch green Beetle. It was ac-

quired as you see it, although I

have replaced a number of non-

standard parts with original items

and work is ongoing. Its history

includes winning 2nd and 3rd

prizes in its age category at the

2010 and 2009 Sydney VW Na-

tionals.

Highlights of my ownership so far

include the 65 Beetle being the

bridal car at our eldest daughter’s

wedding along with the ‘67 Beetle

as the bridesmaids car, taking

part in a German car display at

the local Vintage Stomp, two days

filming in Margaret

River for the movie

Drift (time will tell

if it’s in the final

movie), and on

show at the 2011

Day of the

Volkswagen

(DOVW) in Perth.

Cruising around in

my ‘65 Beetle with

the family and

meeting the people

it attracts always

puts a smile on my face.

I became a member of the

Volkswagen Club of WA at the

2010 DOVW. With support of the

VW Club along with some South

West VW friends, we have organ-

ised informal monthly gatherings

for Volkswagen enthusiasts at the

beachfront car park in Busselton

on the second Sunday of every

month (12:30pm onwards). We

encourage everybody with a

Volkswagen to come along, re-

gardless if it’s old or new, or what

condition it’s in.

More South West news and activities can be found on the VW Club WA web-site forum...and keep a look out here in future magazines as well for more pro-files of our SW members and their cars.

The editor

Remember the proposed...

VeeDubs @ The Drive-In Movies

on the weekend of Saturday 3rd No-vember and Sunday 4th November. Will include overnight camping and a car display in Busselton with breakfast. Planning is well under way...


In my happy place...In my happy place...

South West Camouflage...South West Camouflage...

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my bitsa project (grand finale)

by Dave Moore

Ok, here we go with Assembly time....

Wiring, heater, brake hoses...

On guard...

Lights...

Engine in...

Nearly there...

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These took a while to mask up...

Wheels done...

Close up of central locking door contacts...

Interior done...

Went over the pits with no issues...

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Project done. Right I’m off to start

the next project....

AWESOM

E!

AWESOM

E!

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Across

1 port city

5 ma and …

6 see 20 across (second word)

7 sailing vessel

9 numberplate - Wandering

12 surfing community

16 numberplate - Swan

18 numberplate - Serpentine-Jarrahdale

20 wine region (first word) - see 6 across

22 cape and winery

23 since the birth of Jesus

24 a metal-bearing mineral or rock

26 etcetera (abbreviation)

28 Geographe Bay town

29 Southern Ocean town

31 the upper atmosphere of the earth

32 numberplate - Augusta- Margaret River

Down

1 Type 1

2 numberplate - Nannup

3 Type 2 … window

4 breakdown experts

6 short for road

8 VW Fastback is one

10 Geraldton (abbrev.)

11 VW …dy

12 tall story

13 horoscope fish all mixed up

14 information technology (abbrev.)

15 spark ….

16 same as 16 across

17 exterior mirror

19 Busselton…..

20 …Fish, winery

21 Cheese type

25 numberplate - Collie

26 Aussie cooler

27 California (abbrev.)

30 you and me

VW CLUB CROSSWORD 052012

Anybody have a puzzle or crossword we can put into the magazine...just let us know!!!

Hi, here’s a simple crossword I have had a go at. Most of it is based on VW’s and our South West. Please give us some feedback...especially if you would like more,

larger, harder etc. More importantly give it a go...

The solution will be in next months magazine.

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Volkswagen up! Claims An-

other Top Award at Fleet

World Honours Volkswagen’s new small car, the up!, has claimed yet another award, being named Best City Car in the 2012 Fleet World Honours. The trophy was pre-sented at a recent ceremony held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall.

The Fleet World Honours are present-ed annually, and the judging process combines the expert opinion of the Fleet World editorial team with the ob-jective values provided by a number of leading leasing companies and fleet data providers.

The judging panel is chaired by Steve Moody, Editor of Fleet World, and in-cludes John Kendall, Alex Grant and Ross Durkin from the Fleet World edi-torial team. Residual value, mainte-nance and reliability data is provided by ALD Automotive, Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions, Lex Autolease, LeasePlan and Arval. Market value data is provided by EurotaxGlass and VIPDATA.

Commenting on the up!, Fleet World Editor, Steve Moody, said: ‘Volkswagen’s up! is a breath of fresh air, managing to be both characterful and practical, retro and modern. A clever infotainment system, bright spa-cious cabin and parsimonious three-cylinder engines ensure the up! is a classy addition to the sector.’

Fleet World’s Managing Editor, Ross Durkin, added: ‘Judging the Fleet World Honours does not get any easi-er. In the last year we have seen some tremendous new cars launched – many powered by alternative fuels – as well as the introduction of some very innovative new fleet services. When judging the car awards we were very mindful of key issues such as emis-sions levels, safety, resale values and reliability. However we also have to remember that essential ingredient – desirability – when assessing a car’s overall position and that can be seen in the results.’

The Volkswagen up! is a small car in need of a large trophy cabinet. The Fleet World Honour will be added to its list of current awards which includes small/city car accolades from CarBuyer website and Top Gear magazine, as well as the overall What Car? Car of the Year and 2012 World Car of the Year titles.

Volkswagen’s Fleet Marketing Manag-er, Rob Taylor, claimed the award on

behalf of the brand, and commented: ‘We’re delighted to win this award for the up!. Because of its size and sector, the up! is very much seen as a retail proposition, but there’s no doubt it’s punching above its weight in the fleet market. Fleet managers are attracted by its low whole-life cost proposition, high quality and big car feel, while driv-ers enjoy its on-road manners, low tax liability and Volkswagen badge.’ He added: ‘For a small car it’s clearly ca-pable of big things!’

31ST GTI Meeting at

Wörthersee Polo WRC Street concept car: 2.0-

litre engine with 220 PS

For more than 30 years, the ‘GTI Meet-ing at Wörthersee’ has been a holiday in the calendar of fans of sporty Volkswagen vehicles. An event that will also this year see fans from right across Europe coming to the largest GTI meeting in the world in Austria. At this show of the superlatives, besides the Golf GTI Cabriolet, Volkswagen and Volkswagen Motorsport will be presenting the Polo R-WRC, the Polo WRC Street special edition model plus two further Golf GTI concept cars.

Golf GTI Cabriolet: Following its world premiere at the Geneva International Motor Show, GTI fans visiting the leg-endary Wörthersee event will have the chance to experience close up the dy-namic advantages and sophisticated equipment features of this sports car


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from Wolfsburg. The key component of this highly dynamic soft top Golf is the 2.0-litre engine with 210 PS fitted for the first time in the Cabriolet. It is avail-able with two engine/gearbox versions: as a manual gearbox or with the fast-changing dual-clutch gearbox (DSG), each with 6 speeds. A standard feature for all cus-tomers who get to indulge in the sporty driving performance of the Golf GTI Cabriolet is the XDL electronic differ-ential lock on the front axle, which en-sures perfect traction, enhanced agility and the utmost driving stability. To complete the picture, this hot hatch is fitted with 17-inch alloy wheels of the type ‘Denver’ (18-inch wheels of the type ‘Detroit’ are optionally available) in addition to a new diffuser with chrome tailpipes.

Polo WRC Street: From motor racing to the street is the motto of the Polo WRC Street concept car. At Wörthersee, Volkswagen will be presenting for the first time a preview of an extremely sporty small series, which is due to be launched in late 2013. With its highly unique and dis-tinctive design, this model cuts an im-pressive figure with its rear spoiler, diffuser, sports suspension and an in-scription with R-WRC logos. A power-ful 220 PS 2.0-litre TSI engine produces motorsport-like perfor-mance.

Polo R-WRC: With the newly developed Polo R WRC, Volkswagen Motorsport is presenting a road-going proto-

type for the FIA World Rally Championship. The “hottest Polo ever” – as it was called by Volkswagen Head of Develop-ment Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg even at its first official airing – will be starting its tour around the globe from 2013 at numerous WRC

races. At the heart of this racing ver-sion beats a 1.6-litre TSI engine

with approx. 300 PS power out-put, which ensures impressive

acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.1 seconds.

GTI Black Dynamic: Black as the night, with a red/black colour concept and lowered sports suspension, the ‘GTI Black Dynamic’ will be making an appearance at Wörthersee. Since Oc-tober last year, nine Volkswagen ap-



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prentices – four young women and five young men – have been working on their ‘Apprentice Golf GTI 2012’.

Their objective: vehicle concept de-sign, styling, engine version and numerous details are meant to convey their interpretation of a classic sports car. Elegant and simple but with numerous stylish details, the ‘Black Dynamic’ is a real head turner. It also features a 1,800 Watt sound system with nine loudspeakers, which takes up the entire boot space.

This year’s ‘Golf GTI Black Dynamic’ is the fifth vehicle project to make its de-but amongst the petrol heads in Aus-tria.

Golf GTI ‘White Concept’: The attrac-tive design study Golf GTI ‘White Con-cept’ is characterised by its remarkable ‘Oryx White matt’ paintwork. The vehi-cle interior affords an exciting black/red contrast. In addition to the sports seats in Nappa leather, red contrasting stitching adorns numerous details such as the steering wheel, handbrake lever and door armrests. A door sill trim – with the GTI logo and honey-comb pattern in White Matt and Alu-minium – go to complete the unique appearance of the Golf GTI ‘Concept White’.

Four Webby Awards for the

Volkswagen

Beetle website Wolfsburg, May 18, 2012 – The Volkswagen brand has been honoured with a total of four of the most prestig-ious awards in the online industry for the 21st Century Beetle website, scooping up the prizes for the best automotive website, best navigation and structure, and best visual design and function.

The Webby Award is the leading inter-national award honoring excellence on the Internet in the categories of Web-sites, Interactive Advertising & Media, Online Film & Video, and Mobile & Apps.



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The awards will be presented in New York on May 21.

The International Academy of the Digi-tal Arts and Sciences presents the Webby Awards, also known as the “Oscars of the Internet”, every year.

The Web community all over the world decides on the public favorites in each category, nominating the winners of the People's Voice Award.

Here, too, www.beetle.com came out top in the Best Automotive Website 2012 category.

The Volkswagen Beetle official website is a multi-screen site programmed in HTML5: This scrolling site allows users to navigate vertically and horizontally through the content. The innovative navigation concept creates the impres-sion that the user is driving in a Beetle.

The website was designed and real-ized by the communications agency DDB Tribal, Berlin.

“A dynamic car needs a dynamic presentation”, said Luca de Meo, Di-rector of Marketing at the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen brand. “That is why the Volkswagen Beetle website is optimally tailored to the ve-hicle’s target group and we are delight-ed that our courage to embrace inno-vative communication on the Web has been rewarded with four Webby Awards.”

Volkswagen unveils four

new models Wolfsburg / Leipzig, 01 June 2012 - At Auto Mobil International (AMI) in Leip-zig (2nd-10th June) Volkswagen is showcasing no less than four new models from the CC, Scirocco, Beetle and Polo ranges.

Volkswagen CC R-Line – World

premiere no. 1 in Leipzig

Three months after the launch of the new Volkswagen CC, the exclusive R-Line version of the sports saloon is making its world premiere at AMI. The R-Line’s exterior features include a redesigned front bumper complete with

vertical chrome bars painted in gleam-ing black and bottom radiator grille. Individualised side sills, ‘Mallory’ 17-inch alloys (five double spokes) and a further chrome element integrated into the cover above the fog lights com-plete the exterior package. The classy Volkswagen CC is characterised on the inside by redesigned door tread plates with R-Line lettering and a leather sports steering wheel with mul-tifunction controls. The radiator grille and steering wheel are also adorned by an R-Line logo.

Scirocco GTS – World premiere no.

2 in Leipzig

It was 30 years ago that the first Sci-rocco rolled off the production line. The model was typified by a strikingly sporty appearance. Volkswagen is now continuing this tradition with the debut of the new GTS, delivering up to 155 kW / 210 PS. Catching the eye immediately are the coloured stripes on the bonnet, the roof complete with rear spoiler and the tailgate, designed in the style of racing cars of the 70s and 80s. Red brake callipers (210 PS

version), custom-designed front and rear bumpers, exposed side sills, body-coloured side trim, wing mirrors colour coordinated with the stripes, burnished 18-inch ‘Thunder’ alloy wheels with black trim, a sporty diffuser and GTS badges on the front wings finish off the sporty exterior to perfection. Inside the car the dominant colours are black and



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red. With the return of the Scirocco GTS the legendary golf ball gear lever knob is also celebrating its comeback – it wasn’t only a distinctive feature of the first Golf GTI, but also of the 1982 Scirocco GTS!

Beetle Fender Edition – World

premiere no. 3 in Leipzig

The Beetle is the first and to date only car in Europe that can be ordered with a sound system from guitar and amp makers Fender. In 2011, Volkswagen showcased a concept car at the IAA in Frankfurt that was designed to pay homage to the legendary American company. That was the exclusive Bee-tle Fender. With its powerful looks and no less powerful sound system (400 watts), the concept car thrilled visitors to the show so much that Volkswagen decided to make it into a production car. That vehicle is now making its world premiere at AMI 2012. The new Beetle model can be ordered in two colours: ‘Black Uni’ or ‘Deep Black Pearl Effect’. Black has been chosen so that the Beetle Fender Edition’s many chrome details – including 18-inch ‘Disc’ alloys as standard – are shown off to best effect. The standard specification includes bi-xenon head-lamps and LED daytime running lights. The car’s interior also has a very re-fined appearance. One striking feature is the dash pad. Complete with chrome-plated Fender logo, it is fin-ished in ‘Sunburst’, the two-tone wood design of many Fender guitars. Also included as standard are sport seats, air conditioning and, of course, the Fender sound system with USB inter-face (media in). The Beetle Fender Edition is being launched this autumn.

CrossPolo ‘Urban White’ – Motor

show premiere

At the same time as the car is being launched in Germany, Volkswagen is showing the new CrossPolo ‘Urban White’ at Leipzig. This special model is the only CrossPolo that can be or-dered in this classy shade of white, actually called ‘Oryx White Mother of Pearl Effect’. Also exclusively tailored to the new model are the 17-inch ‘Budapest’ alloy wheel rims, available in black or white. The standard body-work specification also includes black roof rails and wing mirrors, plus tinted rear windows. Con-trasting with the white external paint-work, the dominant colour inside the CrossPolo ‘Urban White’ is black. Standard features of this exclusive special edition mod-el include sports seats in a combina-tion of fabric and

alcantara, climate and cruise control and the RCD 210 radio/CD system. The starting price in Germany for entry into the world of the new CrossPolo ‘Urban White’ is €18,975 (with 70 PS petrol engine).

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