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Thursday, February 15, 2018

The Love Bug: Volkswagen Australia's Valentine's Day gift to staff and fans

February 15, 2018 0

  • Original 1951 split-screen Beetle unveiled at Volkswagen Australia headquarters in Chullora
  • Volkswagen MD, Michael Bartsch, unveils surprise museum piece in the presence of staff and former and original owners


Sydney: Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA) Managing Director, Michael Bartsch, has today unveiled a rare and unique gift to the Volkswagen community – an original, German-produced and NSW-registered 1951 Beetle, believed to have been produced prior to the introduction of right-hand drive – in a packed, Volkswagen Love-themed event at Volkswagen Australia's headquarters in front of staff, dealership partners and international guests.

Best of all, also in attendance at the 'love-fest' was the previous owner of 'The Little Car', Volkswagen enthusiast and collector, Andy Roberts and his family, and Dieter Regel, son of the original owner of the Beetle, who had the car produced in Stuttgart in right-hand drive configuration and shipped to Australia when his family emigrated in the early 1950s.

Both Mr. Roberts and Mr. Regel spoke to guests about the Little Car's amazing local history in what became quite an emotional moment for both men.

Mr. Bartsch, who had personally secured the vehicle late in 2017 and had kept the Little Car's arrival a closely-guarded secret until today, spoke of the significance the little blue Beetle has not just for Volkswagen in Australia, but for himself personally.

"I was first brought home from the hospital as a baby in a Volkswagen, and for as long as I can remember, my family has always had a Volkswagen in it," Mr Bartsch said.
"Bringing this amazing vehicle home to VGA has brought me great joy; and to me, is a part of the legacy I'd like to leave for the company," he continued.

The pristine Beetle, the first piece in a planned museum collection of historic Volkswagens, is now on display in Volkswagen's headquarters in Chullora, where it will remain permanently for all to see. Fans and customers alike are invited to visit VGA and see the Beetle in the metal, and learn more of its amazing history in Australia.



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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Happy Australia Day from VWNEWSBLOG - presenting the Country Buggy

January 25, 2018 0
 
Happy Australia Day from VWNEWSBLOG


What VWNEWSBLOG readers may not realise, is that during the 1950s-1970s Volkswagen had a very large piece of the pie in the Australian market. This included local production in a facility in Clayton, Victoria which produced Beetle's, Kombi's Type 3's, Golf's and Passat's.

One less unknown Australian Volkswagen is the Country Buggy which is the predecessor to the Thing, Trekker, 181 & 182 family. This was designed and engineered in Australia for the Australasian market, much to Volkswagen AG's horror.

Unfortunately it was ahead of what the market wanted and didn't last long in production with a very slow sales take up compared to the Type 1 aka Beetle.

You could say it was successful in sense as it lays a history for Volkswagen and their new SUV offensive.




 
 
 
 
For more information
 
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/68countrybuggy.php
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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Vintage Friday: 1964 Volkswagen 'Snow Plow' Commercial

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Vintage Friday: Meet the millionaires OR from the gold Beetle to the blue Golf.

August 24, 2017 0


The 150 millionth car built by Volkswagen since production began some 72 years ago rolled off the assembly line on August 24, 2017. The anniversary vehicle – a Golf GTE* – marks the start of the movement towards e-mobility and service provider for mobility in general.

Flashback: the day is overcast, rainclouds scud across the land, but here and there the sun is peeping through the clouds. It is the morning of August 5th, 1955, and a buzz of excitement banishes the morning chill. This is a day of celebration at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg. Almost ten years after production started, about 150,000 guests from home and abroad, celebrities and politicians, managers and employees, jostle through the streets of the city, heading for the factory – to celebrate the one millionth Volkswagen.
 
Dressed up in gold today
This is the decade of the economic miracle. The post-war era stands for a new beginning and economic momentum in the still young Federal Republic of Germany. This era is shaped so deeply by one particular car – the Volkswagen Beetle – that the paintwork of the anniversary model glitters in gold metallic. Hardly anyone around Managing Director Heinrich Nordhoff on that day could have looked so far into the future as to know that the Beetle would break several more records and celebrate several more anniversaries. All in all, 21 million of this much-loved small car were built before the production line was finally closed in Mexico in 2003.
 

More than 21.5 million Beetle were sold, making it the world's bestselling car until it was overtaken by the VW Golf in June 2002.
 
Joachim Lattke was one of those taking part in the celebrations. Now aged 81, the motor journalist worked on the Volkswagen assembly line in Production Hall 12. The money he earned went to financing his engineering studies later on. "The mood was euphoric and we were all incredibly proud of this achievement. After all, it was the first time in Germany that anyone had built so many cars. Delegations from dealer organizations all over the world had came to Wolfsburg: Brazil, South Africa, the UK, or even the Netherlands – it was a fabulous party. For us as employees, we never imagined the Beetle would turn into a multi-million bestseller, but we definitely knew that the future belonged to this car."
 

Contemporary witness Joachim Lattke (see circle) watching the one millionth Volkswagen leave the assembly line in 1955.
 
A class of its own
What followed was the unparalleled success story. This was one of many occasions when the car manufacturer celebrated its plants, its people, its models and its engines. While it took almost ten years to sell one million Volkswagen Beetle in the post-war period, the Beetle's successor – the Golf – topped the million mark in just two years from the start of production in 1974. 

But the Golf did need until 2002 to beat the Beetle sales record of 21 million. More than 135,000 employees celebrated 25 million Volkswagen Golf at a mega-party at the Wolfsburg plant. Volkswagen is currently building the seventh generation of the bestseller, and has sold more than 37.6 million Golf worldwide. Right from the start, the Golf set the bar in its class high – so it is hardly surprising that over the years, the compact segment has gained a second name: the "Golf class".

From the factory in Wolfsburg to all four corners of the world: today, the Volkswagen Passengers Cars are being sold in more than 150 markets. More than 50 production facilities are being operated in 14 countries. While there was only one bestseller once, the Beetle, to start with, this number has since grown by leaps and bounds: Golf, Tiguan, Jetta or Passat have captured many markets. Quite frequently they are also at the top of the registration statistics. But what would all these records be worth without the people who helped make them? Today, Volkswagen has a headcount of 196,000, with a further 74,000 on the payroll at over 7,700 dealerships.
 

The 100 millionth Volkswagen has been built: A Touran with a 1.9 Liter TDI-engine. As a donation, Former Volkswagen CEO Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder hands the keys on the very same day in Berlin to Eva Luise Köhler (left). She is the wife of the head of state and patron to a charity organization for rare chronic illnesses. Anne Kreiling (right), also from this charity organization.
 
Success models
And it is each and every one of these employees, who contributed his share to this darkblue Golf GTE, with the nine digits on the liscence plate. And of course to all the other models which were built world wide so far: Polo, Tiguan, Passat, and co. If you would line them up all in a row, it would span the globe sixteen times!

In his words of welcome at the Volkswagen brand's celebrations to mark this special anniversary, Dr. Herbert Diess, CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand and member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, said a special thank you to employees for their service to the company and their long-standing loyalty. "You give your very best every day to build our Volkswagen. You show enormous commitment and dedication – I have great respect for your achievements."
 

A symbol for a new era
As has been in the past, each record and every anniversary offer an opportunity to adjust the course of this global player. After internationalization and mass production, the 1980s saw expansion to become a multi-brand network. The turn of the millennium brought globalization and evolution into a mobility group. Now, Volkswagen is once again taking a bold step towards a new future: e-mobility.

With the anniversary car, the blue Golf GTE, Volkswagen shows a symbol for clean and low-emission mobility. "We intend to take the lead in the new world of mobility, too," a confident Diess states. And he shows his pride: "We have strong products. We know our goal. And we have the best team anyone could imagine."



 
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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Volkswagen I.D. BUZZ: Press Conference in Pebble Beach 2017

August 22, 2017 0

It’s official: The I.D. BUZZ concept will go into production. Watch the press conference in Pebble Beach in full length.
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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Vintage Friday: The Shape of Quality Documentary from Volkswagen Australasia Pty Ltd (Circa 1960s)

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Vintage Friday - Gabriel Iglesias' 1966 Volkswagen Samba - Jay Leno's Garage

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

Vintage Friday - Deustche Welle English review HO17 Volkswagen Vintage Festival

August 03, 2017 0
 
It's the HO17 International Vintage Volkswagen Show, and Hessisch Oldendorf's clogged with classic Volkswagens dating to 1967 and earlier. Every 4 years, VW fans from the world over descend on this town in Lower Saxony.
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Friday, July 7, 2017

After 20,000 kilometres in their vintage buses – Bulli fans from Malaysia visit the factory in Hannover:

July 07, 2017 0


"This is a dream come true for us"

  • Plant tour in their cult vehicles
  • Vehicles are expression of a lifestyle feeling
Hannover / Kuala Lumpur, 27 June 2017 – It was the Bulli journey of their lives: three months, two continents, 20,000 kilometres and one destination: the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles assembly plant in Hannover. At the beginning of March, five Bulli fans left their homeland in Malaysia in three Bullis and one VW Beetle. Just recently, they were guests at the Hannover production site and were even allowed to bring their vintage vehicles into the production halls where they observed production of the latest T-Series model.
 

 
Cliften Nathaniel (T2), Terence Moses (T1), Stephen Pang (T1), Monica Xavier and Udhaya Kumar (Beetle) have arrived at their destination. Proudly they drive their cult vehicles onto the production site where they are given a warm welcome by Friedrich Mattiszik (Production). "We know that we have Bulli fans across the globe. But to see them travel to us from such a distance in their vintage vehicles – we have never experienced this before. It is an honour for us to show our plant to these globe-trotting fans. This is, so to speak, the birthplace of the vast majority of T-series vehicles."

Stephen Pang: "This is a dream come true for us. We always wanted to go to the place where the Bullis were built. Now we not only know how quality vehicles drive, but also where they originated over the vehicle generations. It is impressive how perfectly humans and robots work together and how large the factory is." Together with other fans of the T-series, they observe the production with keen interest.

Their journey in the Bullis (two vehicles from model year 1967, one vehicle from 1978) followed a route over hill and dale across Thailand, Laos, China, Russia and Europe. Terence Moses: "Bullis are simply indestructible. And when they do need repair, we can usually handle it ourselves." That is because they have lashed tyres, replacement parts and tool sets on their fully laden roof rails along with countless pieces of luggage.

Another highlight for the Malaysian Bulli owners was their weekend visit to the Volkswagen vintage meet in Hessisch-Oldendorf (Lower Saxony).
Around 45,000 fans attended this event to admire the approximately 900 vehicles from 28 countries, including from Malaysia. For the fans, it goes without saying that Bullis are more than just cars. They are works of love and are an integral part of a lifestyle feeling.

After their intermediate stop in Lower Saxony, the Bulli fans resume their journey from Malaysia, which now takes them to countries including Belgium, France and Scandinavia. That is because they added another mission to their long journey. With their charity campaign #Live2drive they want to do some good in the world and make children happy. They are visiting orphanages in various countries and participating in a number of charitable events. After travelling a total of 50,000 kilometres, the trip with their vintage vehicles finishes in Malaysia.
 
 
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