The world's oldest classic car fair, held annually in Essen, Germany, was held for the 28th time this year. A new record was set with over 200,000 visitors. Our club was represented for the twelfth time with its own club stand.
The Beetle has spawned a number of variants over the years. The Mexico Beetle was an open-air version. These were not produced at the Mexican plant in Puebla, but were specially converted by hand in Mexico and Germany. There are only a small number of these (around 1000), one of which, in candy white, was displayed on the Club stand; we are grateful to our member Michael Witsch for making it available.
The Club also exhibited its newly acquired Última Edición Beetle in aqua blue; this is the 44th Última Edición Beetle to be built and was therefore made on the last day of production.
We were delighted with the large number of club members who visited us. We also had many interesting conversations with the ever-increasing number of visitors to our stand.
We would like to extend a special thank you to all the club members who actively supported us at the show.