Worthersee 2016 - pictures

The Golf GTI is exactly 40 years old. The Clubsport S was built in part to celebrate this long history. 

07:49:21 the new front-wheel drive production car lap record for the Nurburgring Nordschleife, set in this very car. 

The Clubsport S comes with a Nurburg setting, which fine tunes the adaptive chassis control, steering and engine to suit the track. It clearly works. 

Big brakes and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres, the right recipe for setting fastest lap times. 

The record car signed by the man who drove it - Benny Leuchter. 

What the interior looks like on the Nurburgring record breaking Clubsport S. 

This is a view only 400 owners will have. Although 150 of these cars will be coming into the UK. 

There’s added aero in the back, too. The end result is a more stable rear and front axle, which allowed VW engineers to tinker with the chassis as well.  

Although Worthersee is a celebration of the Golf GTI, there was no shortage of Sciroccos, even white and green ones. 

This Audi wasn't actually made out of wood. We checked. 

A green Golf with an equally green ski-box on top of it. Not something you see everyday. 

To be fair, there was still some snow on top of the mountains around Worthersee, so the ski-box isn't entirely out of place. 

The single turquoise rim looks oddly right in this Golf R.  

The wheels didn’t fool anyone, and there was no Maranello power hiding underneath the bonnet either. 

This was the only Ferrari badge we saw in the entire show. 

This K Custom Audi was one of the few TTs we saw at Worthesee. 

The owner had definitely done something to the engine and exhaust, it burbled and grunted when it drove by. 

A very angry looking Golf R with a carbon fibre bonnet. 

Owner Jochen Stiballe drove this Mk5 GTI 600miles to make it to the meet. Every bit of chrome or steel in the car has been painted over with a gold coloured paint. 

Owner Jochen Stiballe had even gone through the trouble of painting the interior trim red and gold. 

The Mk1 Jetta is a great looking car. 

This was one of the two cars VW apprentices built for Worthersee. 

As flashy as the pink stripe was, most people found the RS3 the more intriguing car. 

Worthersee may have started as a festival for the Golf GTI, but today anyone with a love for cars is welcome. 

The second car built by VW apprentices. The apprentices borrowed the engine from a Golf R and tuned it up to 400bhp. 

No car festival is complete without scissor doors. 

Celia Anaut  (far left) and her friends drove the old SEAT 850 Especia and the 1962 VW Beetle all the way from Barcelona, Spain. It took them three days to make the trip, but they say it was worth it. 

Not as bonkers as the lime green Panamera, but the widened wheel arches and golden rims did gather many nods of approval. 

A lime green Panamera rests next to the Mk1 Jetta. Quite the contrast. 

This Golf R was good for 500bhp. 

One of the best looking exhausts we caught in the entire event. It wouldn’t look out of place on the most outrageous Lamborghini. 

One of the more unusual trailers we saw at Worthersee. 

Disney Pixar would be proud. Not every Beetle has enough juice left to tow a caravan. 

We liked the amount of classic and new cars there were at Worthersee, for every Mk1 Golf or Beetle there was a new R or GTI lurking around the corner. 

Worthersee isn’t just for fans of old and new VW GTIs, it’s a great platform for manufacturers and tuning companies to show off their products. 

Everyone we talked to said the location is partly what makes Worthersee so special. Great roads, beautiful scenery, and right next to an Alpine lake. Make sure you give it a try at least once. 

Off camber white wall wheels, not everyones cup of tea, but to us it looked brilliant. 

Owner Phillip Seibold told us his 1970 Beetle had to be transported to Worthesee on the back of a trailer all the way from Berlin, it’s so low it kept scraping the ground every ten yards.

There weren't too many 'Rat' cars at Worthersee, but this one was by far the best one. The owner had swapped the original engine for a 3.2-litre V6 from the Golf R32. The noise was phenomenal. 

This Camaro looked exactly like Bumblebee from Transformers.