SOWO show cars highlight options for both performance and off-road fans. Volkswagen has long had a history of rolling out some of its most creative niche products and concept cars at the annual Worthersee gathering in Austria. It has expanded that tradition by adding what it calls the SOWO event on Hutchinson Island in Savannah, Georgia. This concept was developed in a collaboration with Vossen Wheels, as is immediately apparent from the 21-inch forged wheels, and actually made its initial debut during the most recent SEMA Show. It features a distinctive coating lending a sort of satin finish to its paint. Its also been lowered nearly three inches thanks to H&R Ultra Low coil overs. Since going to Las Vegas, however, VW has continued tinkering with the show car, adding a custom valence kit, big Forge Motorsport brakes and Aluminum floor mats. First shown at the New York International Auto Show just last month, the Basecamp Concept is designed to demonstrate just how rugged and versatile Volkswagens big SUV can be.
The target audience is the endurance mountain biking crowd and conceived by Alex Earle, an avid cyclist who just happens to work at VW design center in California, it starts out as an Atlas SEL Premium. But it undergoes an array of modifications, including its Platinum Gray and Black Uni matte finish complemented by orange accepts. The 17-inch fifteen52 Traverse MX Concept wheels are shod in all-terrain tires. Other updates include a custom body kit, a coil over kit that raises the SUV 1.5 inches, a roof rack with bike holders and front and rear LED offi-road light bars. The show car highlights features from a number of Golf models from around the world. But it is, at heart, an Alltrack SEL, with a front bumber from a Golf GTE, a Golf GTD short shifter, and a rear spoiler from the Golf GTI Rabbit Edition. Add adjustable lower springs, a base carrier bars, an integrated LED light bar and a big cargo box. Then finish it up with custom, 90s-themed graphics and tinted windows. Here, VW has partnered up with Fifteen52 to come up with a distinctive Super Touring Concept. It starts out as a 2019 Jetta GLI Autobahn, but add to that Fifteen52 wheels, K&W Variant 3 DDC coil overs, a sport spoiler, a brake kit, extended exhaust and tinted windows. The Super Touring Concept is the result of another collaboration between Volkswagen and Fifteen52. It started out a familiar 2019 Jetta GLI Autobahn that gets new Fifteen52 wheels, K&W Variant 3 DDC coil overs, as well as a sport spoiler, brake it, extended exhaust and tinted windows.
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