Question 1

Where does the information on this website come from?

Accepted Answer

All data and information discussed here comes from the following sources:

• VW Customer Service in Wolfsburg
 • VW Museum Wolfsburg
 • VW Pilot Department in Wolfsburg
 • VW employees who were involved in the construction/planning of the cars in Puebla, Mexico
 • VW Importers Abu Dhabi & Dubai - Al Naboodah / Ali & Sons and their branches
 • AUDI / VW Middle East FZEVW Product Support (in 2013)
 • AUDI ABT TUNING - responsible for the ECU software & configuration
 • CUP MILLENNIUM BEETLE Owners
 • People on site during car delivery in Abu Dhabi - Ali & Sons Musaffah Auto Warehouse
 • VW Beetle forums on the internet
IMPORTANT !
 • Volkswagen continues to distance itself from this project despite repeated inquiries.
 • This page is intended to help owners and collectors of this "CUP EDITION BEETLE" to get answers to questions about the cars one day at a time!
 • Upon official VIN query for a data sheet for these cars, the owner receives, after paying the upfront fees, incorrect data about the cars, which does not even remotely reflect the extensive modifications that VW subsequently made at their factory in Puebla and before delivery to the customer in the Emirates!

For data protection reasons, and to protect the "willing VW employees & information donors", no names will be mentioned here or externally, in writing or verbally, as long as VW Wolfsburg does not publish the facts/data on this project!
A conversation with a "competent VW representative" would quickly dispel the justified accusation of "strange sales practices"! Why doesn't VW do that?

Question 2

Are there credible documents for the stated information and communications?

Accepted Answer

There is written communication, such as emails, WhatsApp messages, forum posts, and other sources, that confirms VW's official involvement in the planning and production of the Cup Edition cars. Based on these responses and reports, there are also legitimate doubts about the internal processes of the VW Group. Some of these documents are attached.

• The current "Body Department Engineer" responsible for the project in Puebla is known by name.
 • There was officially a client for the VW project - according to the pilot department
 • 80 (unsold) cars were simply taken off the production line. Who at VW is authorized to make such a decision?
 • The cars have service booklets from the VW importers with official entries! Why were the cars even officially serviced by VW?
 • Has an official VW dealer/importer ever serviced a car not built by the group and confirmed this work with a "VW service stamp"?
 • And above all, the following FACT:
 • An entry in the service booklet "MY CAR" which identifies the VW importer in DUBAI "AL NABOODA Automobiles" as the first owner of the car!
 • It seems nobody in Wolfsburg knows anything about any of these points?
 • Was there never any documentation of this between the departments involved?
 • How would an entrepreneur from the "German Mittelstand" (SME sector) plausibly explain his procedures and accounting to the state authorities during a tax audit?

Here are a few excerpts from correspondence with different VW departments:

Report from a VW development engineer - involved in the RSI and the Cup Edition!

Original report from the forum - in English - by the same engineer

Original report from the forum - in Spanish - by the same engineer

KÖNIG Racing Seats - Germany

VW/AUDI Middle East Support - Dubai

VW employees - involved in planning & production in Puebla

VW Publications Wolfsburg

Excerpt from the service book of a Cup Edition Beetle in Dubai

FACTS - INFORMATION

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TECHNOLOGY

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