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Wörthersee Tour 2011

The annual Wörthersee Tour meeting saw the VW Group wheel out a larger than usual selection of concepts to appease the flocks of GTi devotees who made the pilgrimage across to Austria for Europe’s largest VW Festival. Now in its 30th year, the Wörtherseetour meeting brings together lovers of all VW Group models. We take a look at what the OEMs offered their fans: Volkswagen Volkswagen saw fit to unveil two sporting variations of the new Golf cabriolet model.

One Lap of the Web: A rally car drinks beer

-- Thierry Neuville was somewhere on his way back to the pits after finishing the final stage of the WRC Mexico when his Hyundai i20 rally car sprung a leak: The hole in the radiator was bleeding coolant at a frightening rate. If Neuville didn't make the 33 kilometers back, he would lose his second place standing behind Volkswagen and all would be lost. (Alas, them's the breaks in the sometimes-quixotic rulebook of the World Rally Championship.) Well, lucky for Neuville, his sponsors at Corona had presented him with a massive bottle of beer, which he then proceeded to pour into the radiator.

Toyota Prius camper carries on grand Scandinavian tradition

It's commonly said that folks who used to drive Saabs now drive Subarus. While this undoubtedly is true in the Northeast, in California, at least, they also flocked to the Toyota Prius. One of the more ingenious accessories ever developed for a Saab--aside from the absolutely boss rear-window louvers--was the Toppola camper.