Massive VW Camper festival takes over German town
A convoy of 350 vehicles drove from Wolfsburg to Hannover to celebrate the iconic camper
A four-day celebration of the iconic Volkswagen Type 2 ended with a 350-vehicle convoy through northern Germany.
The VW Bus Summer Festival took place in Wolfsburg’s Allerpark, with musical acts accompanying vast van displays.
On the final day, a 1965 T1 model in white and aquamarine driven by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles CEO Eckhard Scholz lead the convoy on its 60-mile route. The road trip symbolised the 1956 relocation of the van’s production to Hannover, where modern Transporter vans are built today.
Scholz said: “It was a fantastic experience to drive to the Hannover production site with so many proud VW Bus owners in order to celebrate the conclusion of the VW Bus Summer Festival here with even more fans.”
Bertina Murkovic, deputy chair of the works council, said: “VW Buses have a cult status, which the festival has shown once again. Our vehicles opened up Europe and the world to whole generations. This unique feeling of freedom travels with you in every VW Bus to this day.”
The official name for the Camper – first introduced in 1949 – is the Type 2, but it is also known as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus depending on body style.
In the UK, it is often referred to as the Camper, while the rest of the world tends to refer to it as simply ‘Bus’.
