And by no means complete – that would take far more than 68 pages. 16 GLOBAL TEAM PLAYER From Wolfsburg to Pacheco: the Volkswagen team is productive internationally 4 HIGHLIGHTS Fast, far, frugal: the records spanning two centuries 34 SMALL ECONOMY WOLF Around the world in 80 days: the Lupo 3L TDI sets a world record in 2000 30 G-LADER RECORDS Triple with Jochi Kleint: the record-breaking Polo G40, Corrado G60 and Golf syncro G60 26 PRODUCTION RECORDS World champion and millionaire: saying thank you with limited editions of the Beetle 1302 S and Golf II 48 ARVW Flying miles: an aerodynamic test vehicle in world record-breaking form in 1980 44 VOLKSWAGEN PLANT Churning out records: the traditional location in Wolfsburg and a look at the Middle Kingdom 52 ENDURANCE TEST From Alaska to Tierra del Fuego: an extraordinary adventure for the Golf in 1974 38 RALLY LEGENDS Deserts, distances, global success: Volkswagen Motorsport at the Dakar Rally and in the World Rally Championship 56 TURBO POWER High-speed on the salt flats: a 338.15-km/h Guinness record on Lake Bonneville 66 CRAMMING Budge up a bit: the people who love nothing more than to be squeezed into a Volkswagen together 62 SUPERLATIVE FANS Driven by passion: the enthusiasts of the Grundmann Collection 58 SMVW World record for the economy vehicle: minimum consumption on three wheels in 1982 18 W12 NARDO Records by the dozen: an experimental car with a twelve-cylinder engine sets benchmarks in 2002 10 24 42 FACTS & FIGURES 12 ID. R – THE RECORD HUNTER Unique electric racer: a record breaker on Pikes Peak, it’s back for more in summer 2019 Volkswagen Records. Contents.Volkswagen Records. Editorial. 7.2 MILLION In 2015, Volkswagen’s own Currywurst set a new sales record 32 Volkswagen Records. Spotlight: High Performance. BREATH-TAKING ALL-TIME RECORD Having developed a fully-electric race car, Volkswagen wasted little time in making history: Romain Dumas (F) guided the ID.