Using the hashtag, #CitiGolfChallenge, car enthusiast, Jamie Orr, will be taking the beloved Citi Golf from South Africa to one of the biggest Volkswagen events, the GTI Treffen in Wörthersee, Germany. The project started with shipping a Passat 3.6L VR6 engine, complete with Golf 4 VR5 transmission with a Limited Slip Differential, and lightweight billet flywheel and clutch setup, from America to South Africa. Upon arrival in South Africa at the end of January 2018, Jamie started searching … [Read more...] about From Uitenhage to Wörthersee, Germany
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New Polo and New Polo Vivo
Group Communications General Manager, Matt Gennrich introduces the New Polo and New Polo Vivo at the VWSA Auto Plant in Uitenhage. #polovivo The culmination of a R6.1 Billion investment in the Uitenhage motor plant. #polo #vwsa #uitenhage - Taken by the Editor whilst wandering aimlessly about pretending to be in the know. In Uitenhage on 28 January 2018 Volkswagen South Africa launched its new Polo and showcased the R6.1 billion investment in its plant and new products, in the presence of … [Read more...] about New Polo and New Polo Vivo
National Champ to pilot a S2000 in 2016
Mark Cronje, the 2015 National Rally Champion and three times South African National Rally Champion, will tackle his sixth national rally championship season in a Volkswagen S2000 Polo. Cronje who piloted a Ford Fiesta to victory last year approached Volkswagen South Africa for a possible drive in a Polo for this season after ending his relationship with Ford. Volkswagen Motorsport will provide Mark and his navigator Barry White the use of one of the S2000 Polo's used by the works team in … [Read more...] about National Champ to pilot a S2000 in 2016
Changing of the VW Communications Guard
A changing of the guard in the PR Communications Division at Volkswagen Group SA was announced this week. Bill Stephens, General Manager: Volkswagen Communications, for the past seven years, will be retiring at the end of April, after more than 30 years in VW Brand Advertising, Marketing, Sales and PR. Prior to joining Volkswagen Group SA in Sales and Marketing in 1993, he was a key player on the VW Brand business at the Company’s Advertising Agency. Bill has spent almost his entire career … [Read more...] about Changing of the VW Communications Guard
