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Worthersee gallery

We bring you the good the bad and the ugly from the Worthersee GTI tuning festival in Austria.

By Luke Madden

June 2011
Now in it's 30th year, the Worthersee GTI festival has become a Mecca for Volkswagen GTI owners - and more recently SEAT, Skoda and Audi owners too. Every year it throws up wild concepts, presented officially by the manufacturers, and 2011 was no exception.

Audi wowed the crowds with its 496bhp A1 Clubsport quattro - featuring four-wheel drive and and a 2.5-litre turbocharged engine tuned to within an inch of its life. Read the full story here.

Skoda meanwhile were busy chopping the roof off its Fabia Super 2000 rally car to create a four-seater speedster concept.

What the fans really turned up to see though was the Golf - and VW didn't disapoint with R and GTI versions of its recently launched Golf Cabriolet, hinting at possible future production models. Read about the drop-top duo here. 

 
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Overview   Golf GTI sculpture   Original VW Beetle   New VW Beetle
1. Overview

Thousands gathered to celebrate a love of speed and all things VW.



  
2. Golf GTI sculpture

Golf GTIs are built to last - especially this one carved out of solid rock which was used in an early commercial.



  
3. Original VW Beetle

Amongst the tuned and modified Volkswagens we found this perfectly preserved Beetle...



  
4. New VW Beetle

... And next door was the brand new Beetle. The family resemblance is obvious but the newcomer gets a  much more masculine design than the car it replaces.
 
VW Scirocco   Golf GTI racer   Leather Audi A3   Audi A1 Clubsport quattro
5. VW Scirocco

Original VW Scirocco looks fresh out of the box, especially with an eye catching green paint´job.



  
6. Golf GTI racer

First ever Golf GTI racing car is ready to race again and will compete in the 3hr classic race which is held before the Nurburgring 24hr.



  
7. Leather Audi A3

Worthersee isnt just a VW event, this Audi A3 was completely wrapped in hide, both outside and in.

 



  
8. Audi A1 Clubsport quattro

Audi brought this A1 concept to the show, with a 496bhp 2.5-litre engine capable of sprinting from 0-62mph in just 3.7 seconds.
 
Skoda Fabia vRS 2000 concept   VW Golf GTI Cabriolet   VW Golf R Cabriolet   Looking for spare parts?
9. Skoda Fabia vRS 2000 concept

The Czech firm was busy showcasing this convertible version of its Super 2000 rally car, which has four seats and four doors.

 

 



  
10. VW Golf GTI Cabriolet

This open-air Golf GTI was revealed on the VW stand but may not ever see production.

 



  
11. VW Golf R Cabriolet

And this cloth-top Golf R debuted at Worthersee too. It's got 266bhp and a top speed of 155mph. making it VW's fastest ever convertible.



  
12. Looking for spare parts?

Worthersee is the place to go with stands selling everything from exhausts to tail-lights.



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