Volkswagen ModelCars Volkswagen Volkswagen Model Car Catalogue www.volkswagen-lifestyle.de Scale Sizes CREAM WHITE Candy White ORYX WHITE PURE WHITE WHITE PEARL LIGHT SILVER REFLEX SILVER OXIDE SILVER DARK SILVER METALLIC METALLIC METALLIC METALLIC Tungsten Silver CANYON GREY LIMESTONE GREY UNITED GREY PEPPER GREY Metallic Pearl effect METALLIC METALLIC METALLIC IRIDIUM GREY URANO GREY BLACK OAK SPANISH RED CRIMSON RED METALLIC BROWN METALLIC METALLIC Habanero Orange SUNSET RED TORNADO RED RED NEPAL ORANGE Metallic METALLIC SIGNAL ORANGE BAMBOO YELLOW Rally Yellow SATURN YELLOW SUNFLOWER MOON ROCK SWEET DATE YELLOW VIPER GREEN PRIMAVERA GREEN SILVER METALLIC GOLD METALLIC METALLIC LIGHT BLUE TURQUOISE METALLIC CORNFLOWER BLUE REEF BLUE LAPIZ BLUE METALLIC METALLIC HARVARD BLUE DENIM BLUE NEPTUNE BLUE PACIFIC BLUE SEA BLUE METALLIC METALLIC MOONLIGHT BLUE TEMPEST BLUE Night Blue DARK BLUE MOCCA ANTHRACITE Pearl effect METALLIC Metallic METALLIC PEARL EFFECT DARK PURPLE BLACK PEARL BLACK MAGIC DEEP Black BLACK METALLIC PEARL EFFECT Pearl effect XL1 02 1:18 SERIES 10 CONTENTS The Volkswagen Model Car Collection 1:43 SERIES XL1 Report 02 I LOVE Profi le 06 18 1:18 Series 10 1:43 Series 18 1:87 Series 38 Motorsport 48 1:87 SERIES COLOURS. Study 54 Classics 60 38 Fluorescent orange, garish green and aqua blue – the 1970s and 80s MOTORSPORT were dominated by a parade of colourful cars out on our streets. Bright, cheerful and lively cars everywhere. And today? We prefer 48 to be a little less “out there”. A range of colours that comprises more than just questions of taste. STUDY Although the main purpose of paint is of progress, minimalism and a sense of 80 models. Three sizes. 55 colours. to protect the cars body from corrosion, seriousness. And what about tomorrow? This Volkswagen model car catalogue a car�s paintwork also plays a key role in Volkswagen�s colour scouts are already opens up a whole kaleidoscope of 54 its success. Colours refl ect both the spirit out on the streets studying colour trends exciting Volkswagen vehicles, perfectly of the times and our attitude towards life. from the worlds of interior design, crafted and in their original production Lifestyle online shop For example, the bright Marino Yellow fashion, art and architecture. Every colours. Take one home: a car that The Volkswagen Accessories website is an online shop of the highest calibre. paint for the fi rst generation of the Golf decade in the automotive world has its made history or one that is conquering Now you have the chance to buy your favourite models at just the touch of a button, CLASSIC in 1974 refl ected a feeling of optimism, own palette of colours that makes it stand the streets right now. Discover amazing add them to your wish list or recommend them to a friend. a carefree lifestyle and disco fever. out from the rest. This palette is becoming colours, dazzling even in miniature In contrast, the more muted colours we more and more diverse and more and form. A colour for every Volkswagen volkswagen-zubehoer-shop.de/lifestyle 60 see on cars today mirror a low-key love more individual. Always Volkswagen. fan and model car enthusiast. Volkswagen Model Cars Content 5 XL1 THE FUTURE IS TAKING SHAPE. Raising expectations. Pushing boundaries. Setting new standards. The Volkswagen XL1 is the result of the company's quest to create a 1-litre car. With ground-breaking technology, exceptional aerodynamics and a design that puts effi ciency at the fore. Down to the smallest detail. XL1 · 1:43 · see page 5 · 6Z3.099.300. .0K1 XL1 1:43 Lightweight Frame. With a kerb weight of just 795 kilograms, it is the lightest Volkswagen of all time. And no other series production vehicle in the world has a lower It All Started with a Model. drag coeffi cient than the XL1 at just 0.189. Our vision: A 1-litre car suited to everyday use, where the term effi ciency becomes synonymous with an exciting driving experience. The Volkswagen XL1 has brought this vision to life. Award-Winning Design. The XL1. With its striking, new shape focused on functionality, the car attracted the attention Futuristic of the Design Museum in London who awar- The wing doors swing upwards and slightly towards the front of the vehicle. ded it the title of “Design of the Year” in the This not only looks good, it also makes getting in and out of the car easy. “ Transport Design” category. The Volkswagen XL1 attracts attention where- you feel like part of the future of mobility. The any. Instead of mirrors, cameras are embed- ver it goes. Driving down the road and seeing XL1 is about adopting a new attitude to life, ded in the wing doors which show the area people trying to snap it on their smartphones, and experiencing tomorrow today. The driver behind the vehicle. This means that the head you can't help but be reminded of paparazzi is also able to take on an active role in issues wind slips past the vehicle more easily than in trying to catch an A-list star. Volkswagen's concerning the future of the environment. vehicles with conventional wing mirrors. most eye-catching vehicle is its technological Speaking about Volkswagen's approach to The cameras' images are transferred straight frontrunner, proving that great things can the project, Dr Neußer, the head engineer for to the monitors in the cockpit in real time. come in small packages. It is the brand's fi rst the XL1, describes it as an “attempt to push The futuristic-looking rear wheel covers ever diesel plug-in hybrid in series production the boundaries of physics without losing sight also help to reduce turbulence and improve and refl ects just how far the car maker has of the benefi t for the driver.” Volkswagen aerodynamics. All of this creates a new come in its quest to reduce fuel consumption. engineers therefore looked closely at how driving experience and gives the driver the XL1 But how much fuel can you save before you future technologies could be implemented feeling of gliding. Volkswagen designers have start compromising on other things? How is into series production. However, it would managed to create a vehicle that already has What will the car of tomorrow look like? That is the question on everyone's lips. Is the XL1 a car that consumes so little fuel still able to have to be series production on a small scale the potential to become a style icon. With its the missing link in the story of the low-consumption car of the future? achieve 69 PS? as the XL1 is considered to be “too much” for top of the range technology, ground-breaking The fuel consumption: 0.9 l/100 km. the mass market. The uniqueness of the XL1 functions and eye-catching design, the XL1 is Model year: 2014 · Scale: 1:43 · Manufacturer: Spark Sitting behind the wheel of the XL1 makes starts with the wing mirrors – it does not have certainly inspirational. 6Z3.099.300. .0K1 Oryx White 4 Report Volkswagen Model Cars Volkswagen Model Cars Report 5 Profile WITH A Love for Detail. He has turned his hobby into a career. To put it more precisely: His enthusiasm for model cars led to Stefan Müller directing his attention towards the real thing. A passion transformed: The friendly 45-year-old is now employed in the development of Volkswagen R vehicles. We met the passionate model car collector in the Zeithaus building at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg. Strolling through 100 years of automotive history, he explains why 1:87 scale cars are his favourites and which models really make his heart race. P r o fi l e A Historical Figure in Miniature Form. Volkswagen History You Can Touch. Stefan Müller likes to collect pieces of The miniature version of the Golf 1 in the automotive history, preferably at the Zeithaus building at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg. scale of 1:87. He is particularly fond of cars from the 60s and 70s thanks to their selection of bright colours. Interview with Stefan Müller. Talking about a passion for collecting and cars. INTERVIEW: KAREN KELLER PHOTOS: NINA STILLER Tell us about your collection: Which models from real silver. It was made to celebrate the your collection? I am desperate for the rarest are your favourites and do you prefer a 10th year of the joint venture between Volks- and most expensive Wiking model, a Thyssen particular scale? Nearly all of my models wagen and China. I discovered it in a model tank car from the 1950s. You sometimes are 1:87 scale. I bought my fi rst model with car shop a few years later. It is a true rare see them at auctions and collectors' fairs my pocket money when I was still in pri- fi nd. I have also made a few models myself. where they usually go for around €10,000. mary school. It was a red Golf 1 and cost 2 For example, I copied my fi rst car in the scale If I had one, I wouldn't be letting go of it in Deutsche marks from the shop around the 1:87. I like to add things like some extra fog a hurry. I'm still missing a few more modern corner. I've still got it today. Back then, I also lights or wing mirrors. All you need is a pair cars as well. A special package containing collected trucks, buses and utility vehicles. of tweezers, a little bit of skill and you're all 7 generations of the Golf was launched However, I tend to focus more on cars these ready to go.