That British officer who got the VW plant back up and running was Major Ivan Hurst of the Royal Engineers…….a man all us VW nuts have much to thank for!
Indeed, and well said, thank you! I misspoke by referring to a ‘officer’ as a generic term for member of the army, you’re correct that he was a Major. Thanks!
Finally information about the brown Golf VI!. Didn't know that it had a VR6 in it. You should have taken a look inside, completely covered in leather. Dream car!
So cool! The blue beetle RSI is the only one, the rest were all silver. It was built for Ferdinand Piech. Also the WRC 6r polo that you said was a sticker pack actually are pretty cool, they have a 2.0tfsi EA113 engine
As a MK3 Syncro owner, i'm surprised by the lack of a MK3 Syncro. :/ It was basicaly what became the Golf R if you think about it. The MK3 Syncro came from factory with the GTI 8V engine. And no VR6 either. And no VR5. Or even the GTD's. They are lacking quite a few important models.
Polo WRC wasn't just a sticker kit, check the FIA homolgation docs. Also, that orange off-roader was the precursor to the Touareg Dakar programme, so a pretty significant car as well.
You’re totally right on the Polo WRC street car - and I should have given it more of a nod. I just always wish it looked ‘cooler’ on the outside, to match the engine, seats, and other fun things it got. Just a personal opinion, and I’m probably wrong about that 😅😅 The owners are awesome, I saw a gathering of them in Wolfsburg at the GTI Festival there, and it was a very impressive display 😀
@@JamieOrr the Polo WRC edition uses a different front bumper as well. WRC rules call for the same (external) total length on the road car as the racecar. So VW made this limited run to extend the length of the car it wanted to race. It's also a bit sad there are no SA-special VWs there. We made quite a few SA-only models that would fit right in with that lot.
Awesome stuff !! I love Vdubs !! My first car out of college was an '85 GTI, got me hooked on VW's for sure. I have an 08 Touareg V8 w air suspension, it is a BEAST !!! I buy all my parts from FCPEuro !! Keep em coming dude, you have great knowledge of brand, impressive
Sad to see the Mk3 A59 prototype missing from their collection. As an aside, the "jubilee" models were called Anniversary here. The Mk3 next to the Mk4 was a 20th Anni. It's a shame the Mk2 wasnt a Campaign.
This is so good to see how people at vw used to just get what they wanted in their cars, I’m surprised a couple aren’t there, the 2015-17 polo gti I thought would be being the last manual polo gti, the WRC polo is also cool and quite rare, 2.0 turbo from the golf making it the most powerful production polo still to this day.
Hey my Quantum!!!! Lol had an identical us spec white one @11:15 just caught a glimpse lol. Miss that car. That whole building had to be just mind blowing to be in 🙌🙌🙌🙌
I spotted that yellow Mk1 Scirocco and it reminded me of some marketing photos I have of a car just like that. I scanned them from slides another guy online sent me back in the mid 90's. I had a Mk1 Scirocco with an '84 GTI drivetrain installed (my 1st engine swap!)
Wow wow wow 😍😍 I’ve owned 2 Mk1 golfs, a tin top and a cabriolet, an A reg and B reg respectively. I had a mk2 4+E also (which I believe was rare. Having being away from the scene for about 12 years I’m now back in. Bought myself a yellow 2003 beetle, and me and the wife absolutely love it. I’ve been hunting for a yellow one for well over a year. This vid was epic mate 🤙🏽🤙🏽 I could watch 10 hours easily. I got to ask, can I hear a Scottish twang in your accent? New subby from over the pond 🇬🇧
The mk2 rallye golf 16 valve shown on the video it’s one of the two units produced by VW motorsport when they produce the Limited Golf. Glad to see it alive!!!
This looks so good, they should open a museum of all the VW's from old to new with one offs, concept designs, racing and so on along with everything else, haven't seen any of the old VW vans or such, but hope they preserve them all, lol
I drive a GTI and all but am not a die hard VW guy. That said, this is an extremely exciting room of cars. Def the most exciting room of VWs I've ever seen.
Would have been really appreciated if you delved into the Jetta/Bora mk4 vr6.. this was a Polo and Golf tour.. touched a bit on the Beetles and Scirocco models, bur anyone can tell your heart is with the hot hatches(Not a bad thing!), everyone has a VW favourite..
@Jamie Orr You really deserve it, your Content and Builds are great. My wife is about to buy a T4 Bus and I'm looking for a Golf MK3 VR6 project car. A Skoda Octavia is also parked in the front...so yeah, VW (and all of its Companies) are great 🤍😍
Damn, that's a huge collection, even got the yellow Mk5 Golf GTI hidden in there! The real question though, was that yellow Golf GTI a Pirelli Edition?
Great place with people's race cars, but kinda dark view, imagine how this can turn out documentary in bright video, will be looking for further details bout this garage man. Thanks a lot for sharing
Golf 8 GTI race cars feature in the South African touring car championship....similar looking to the camo'ed Golf 8....also, the slim flat head lights of the Ralley Golf featured on the face lifted Mk 2 Jetta CLi in South Africa as well.
Thank you for the video, I love vw, I was wondering that you didn't know the racecar vw golf 5 24h it was behind the tcr, had a 5 cylinder engine from audi with 420 hp I think
This Video, this hall and everthing in it is a dream. I would do anything for a visit at this place. 😍 Have you been given any information about what happened to the 2017 spec Polo WRC Protoptype after the shutdown of VW Motorsport? I had the pleasure to see it at a test twice in 2016; it was a missile 😪
I would absolutly love that new beetle cabrio. I have every piece of the new beetle launch documents. I will have to check it... Did you notice the Kubel wagen hiding under the cover in front of the beetle cabrio... ;)
Agreed, I didn't realize they stopped running them. It being fully electric I figured it's life was still early. Sad to see them just sitting in the corner but at least they are being well kept.
Great video thanks... Was hoping to see my much missed Jetta, had one from new until 240K miles great motor, now driving other German vehicles from the Bayerische lot.
