Suga and I are beginning to plan the ultimate VW Germany Tour for next year.
Here’s what we’ve come up with so far:
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VWGolf.net.au 2011 Germany Tour
You love your VW, chances are you’ve dreamt about going to Germany on more than one occasion so here’s your chance to take part in a tour of Germany, tailored specifically for Volkswagen car enthusiasts (I.E: US!).
Incorporating a two day visit to Wolfsburg, Germany, the headquarters of Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen’s ‘Transparent Factory’ in Dresden and the infamous Nürburgring, this most certainly is going to be one amazing experience.
Wolfsburg, Germany, the headquarters of Volkswagen AG
There is little that can prepare you for the complete immersion into a world of Volkswagens when you arrive in Wolfsburg. From the time you enter the city there is virtually no car to be seen that isn’t a member of the Volkswagen brand family – Volkswagens are everywhere. Fans of the marque may feel like they have died and gone to heaven here. From the rare air-cooled split window bus to modified Golf models with flared fenders to the New Beetle RSI, there isn’t anything you’re not going to see on the streets and in the employee parking lots.
Volkswagen’s Autostadt
The Autostadt is like a VW theme park and has a large variety of multimedia activities including two cinemas (one of these cinemas is located in its own purpose built sphere building), a car museum which shows off some major attractions and famous cars. Two 60 meter/200 ft tall glass silos are used as storage for new Volkswagens. The two towers are connected to the Volkswagen factory by a 700 metre underground tunnel. When cars arrive at the towers they are carried up at a speed of 1.5 metres per second. There’s a 4WD track built through the Autostadt (yes we get to drive!) and 6 Pavilions to tour: Volkswagen, Bentley, Škoda, Lamborghini, Audi and SEAT.
Volkswagen’s ‘Transparent Factory’ Dresden, Germany
The Phaeton assembly plant in Dressen might very well be the cleanest in the world. It features amazing architecture, interpretive exhibits, partially assembled Phaeton components and cutaway models and even a 6 axis full motion W12 simulator complete with a visual system to allow you to ‘test drive’ a W12 on the autobahn at any speed up to the full capability of the Phaeton.
Nürburgring
They say The Ring is, quite simply, the ultimate driving experience. 13 miles and at least 73 bends add up to what even top racing drivers describe as the most demanding circuit in the world. Apparently it’s impossible to describe just how good it is until you’ve been there, but if you can imagine your favourite mountain road and your favourite race-track, and combine the best bits of the two together you might get the general idea. Get driven around Nurburgring at speed by a pro in a BMW Ring-Taxi (or ‘taxi through the green hell’ if you need that sickness bag). We can fit up to three people in the BMW for 180 Euros.
Details
Our very own translator, dates, length of stay and package price including flights, accommodation, transfers and entry fees are yet to be decided but please register your interest now!
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So far there’s been a fair bit of interest on the forums but the best part about it is that we’re going no matter what! Tonight we were in Borders and we grabbed a Germany Lonely Planets Guide (hey you’ve got to start somewhere right?!). When we got to the counter we saw this:
Swoit! Their magazines were on sale too:
Excellent as I hadn’t bought a magazine in a long time (funny as Charles, Narada and I got together just the other night to talk about the death of print (which David Carson had right all along).