RARITY RIDES / THE COLLECTION
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IN THE ARCHIVE2001 Volkswagen Microbus Concept↗A MORE CONSIDERED COLLECTION
These are existing vehicle profiles grouped by their recorded classification. Read each profile for its own source notes, image context and production scope. A shared collection does not establish that different editions or chassis are the same identity.
THE COLLECTION
15 profiles
Volkswagen 2001
The 2001 Microbus Concept reimagined Volkswagen’s passenger bus through a Californian design studio, large sliding doors and a highly flexible cabin. Its familiar cultural references sat alongside contemporary lighting and extensive screens.…
Volkswagen 2002
The W12 Nardo used a low sports-car body and a 6.0-litre twelve-cylinder engine to pursue sustained high-speed records. Volkswagen’s account links its 2001 and 2002 attempts, including a 24-hour average of 322.891…
Volkswagen 2004
The Concept T explored an unusual meeting point between sports coupe and off-road vehicle at Detroit in 2004. Volkswagen combined a V6, 4MOTION and Tiptronic with wing doors and removable roof sections.…
Volkswagen 2007
The Golf GTI W12-650 turned the familiar Golf outline into a mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive show car with a 6.0-litre biturbo W12. Volkswagen presented it at Wörthersee in 2007. The 650 suffix is an…
Volkswagen 2010
The Milano Taxi explored a purpose-built electric city taxi through compact proportions, a passenger-side sliding door and a carefully arranged cabin. Volkswagen presented the physical study at the 2010 Hanover fair. Its…
Volkswagen 2011
The Bulli Concept brought Volkswagen’s bus heritage into a compact six-seat electric proposal at Geneva in 2011. Its two-tone body and upright cabin connected familiar imagery with battery-electric packaging. This Archive keeps…
Volkswagen 2013
The Design Vision GTI used the seventh-generation Golf as the starting point for a 503 PS V6 concept in 2013. Its detached-looking side elements and exaggerated track made the familiar hatchback look…
Volkswagen 2014
The 2014 Golf GTI Wolfsburg Edition is the apprentices’ named Wörthersee project, not a recurring showroom trim wearing the same city name. Volkswagen’s exhibition history identifies its 380 PS output and place…
Volkswagen 2014
The XL Sport combined Volkswagen’s lightweight efficiency thinking with a high-revving Ducati V2 in a physical sports-car concept for Paris in 2014. Its 200 PS engine and redesigned chassis pursued speed through…
Volkswagen 2016
The BUDD-e introduced an electric, connected minibus proposal at CES in January 2016. Volkswagen associated it with the new MEB electric platform and a different way of organising cabin technology. This Archive…
Volkswagen 2017
The Golf GTE Estate impulsE put Volkswagen’s Saxon apprentices to work on a larger-battery plug-in hybrid estate for Wörthersee in 2017. Its 16.8 kWh battery proposal and five-colour presentation distinguish it from…
Volkswagen 2017
The Golf GTI First Decade paired a powerful petrol-driven front axle with a smaller electric rear drive in Volkswagen’s 2017 apprentice project. Its name celebrates the tenth Wolfsburg apprentice GTI for Wörthersee,…
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