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Volkswagen Shows Off its Enthusiast Fleet

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Summer is just around the corner, which means that the show season is upon us. Everybody is cleaning and prepping their cars to be show ready, and that means Volkswagen, too.

Like last year, Volkswagen of America has built a handful of show cars to show off at this year’s major VW shows. Premiering this weekend at SOWO: The European Experience on Hutchinson Island, Savannah, Georgia, there are five show cars built especially for the show. VW describes them like this:

Beetle Post Concept:
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Championship-winning BMX rider, Alise Post, has outfitted the car with two custom GW bikes. The car rides on 19-inch Mr. Drama Queen wheels from an up-and-coming company, Radi8, and uses an H&R Springs Street Performance Coil Over system that lowers the stance and highlights the performance potential of the Beetle. Habanero Orange paint and the vintage lettering on the doors give an added retro vibe to this Beetle.
Jetta GLI Nardo Concept:
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The GLI is something of a stealth performance car and the Nardo Concept builds on that, adding a few simple touches to make the car shine. The car is wrapped in Nardo Grey, a popular color at sister brand Audi, which brings out the lines without looking flashy. Over the course of the Show season, the car will feature different sets of HRE wheels, beginning with the FF01 Flow Form series, finished in Tarmac. The Nardo has an H&R Springs Street Performance Coil Over system and BFGoodrich G-FORCE™ COMP-2 A/S tires for a more road hugging appearance.
Golf GTI RS:
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Sam Dobbins, Creative Director at Vossen Wheels, is a great force within the enthusiast scene and a longtime Volkswagen owner. His Golf GTI RS Concept is a fascinating amalgamation of different car cultures with a particularly heavy Japanese influence via the Rocket Bunny widebody kit. To set his car apart from many others with similar body modifications, Dobbins put a lot of effort into making sure that the sheetmetal was honed to eliminate wheel rub, making the car comfortable to drive on a daily basis. The interior is stripped down, but the polished aluminum floorpan, race-inspired seats, and other accents reflect the exterior design. The GTI RS Concept rolls on Vossen wheels and features a Thule carrier box with custom, low-profile roof cross bars.
Golf R Heritage Concept:
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The Golf R Heritage concept features an homage to the car’s German heritage with a striking stripe package in the colors of the German flag and a white, lower rocker accent stripe pattern. Vossen has provided the wheels, starting with the VWS-1 finished in matte gunmetal and polished anodized silver. The wheels are shod with G-FORCE COMP-2 A/2 tires from BF Goodrich and the car has been lowered on a sport spring package from H&R Springs. The simple touches highlight the already great platform of the Golf R model, while leaving the car close to factory specification—which is what most R owners tend to do.
Golf Alltrack Country Concept:
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The third-generation Golf Country Special edition inspired this year’s Golf Alltrack Country concept. The Golf Country, which was sold only in Europe, was designed for medium-duty off-road driving and equipped with more suspension travel than a traditional Golf, Syncro four-wheel drive, higher ground clearance, and brush guards. The stock Golf Alltrack is already equipped with 4Motion all-wheel drive and has more ground clearance than the Golf SportWagen, but the Golf Alltrack Country concept features a further 2-inch suspension lift and 15-inch wheels fitted with BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires.
Additional foglights are integrated into the lower bumper and a hitch-mounted Thule T2 Pro XT bike rack carries two Trek Stache 9.6 mountain bikes. Off-pavement adventure continues with a roof-mounted tent system, topped with flexible solar panel, a curved LED light bar, and a solar-heated shower. In the trunk, an integrated entertainment system complete with media computer is mounted into the spare wheel well, and a custom LED lightbar is integrated into the liftgate for additional visibility. Three batteries hidden under the trunk floor are charged via the solar power system to keep the media center and USB power ports at full charge. A custom topography graphic wrap finishes the Golf Alltrack Country Concept. With its well-crafted customizations, this vehicle is ready to keep up with the demands of even the most daring weekend adventurer.

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