It’s that time again… Edition38! This is probably the most anticipated show of the year for Volkswagen and VAG fans. It’s essentially a camping event held over a long weekend, the ideal opportunity to get together with friends and cars. Thanks to plenty of night-time entertainment, people treat it as a party weekend, followed by one of the best Show & Shines in the country at the end of it. Edition has grown so much, that each year I notice a stronger presence of cars that have travelled over from Europe. This year was no exception, as I was blown away by plenty of examples from the Netherlands, Belgium, and France which stood out from everything else – showing us Brits how it should be done. Now, due to the weather being absolutely disgusting on the Friday and Saturday of the event, we skipped them and made our way up on Sunday (the main day for Show & Shine), where the rain stayed away, luckily. Props to everyone that camped all weekend in the wet and mud – that’s dedication! Enjoy our round-up, with some of the UK and Europe’s highest quality dubs.
Matthias Niestroj’s Mk1 Golf on BBS E50’s
Alois Hankofer’s Audi B8 RS4 Avant on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform QLB’s
George Wilson’s bagged Polo 6N2 on Gotti’s
Christian Pack’s bagged Seat Leon on VSP Type2’s
Stefan Vandenabeele’s Mk1 Golf on KEAN Suspensions & BBS E50’s
Richard van Rooij’s Mk5 Golf on Autostrada Modena’s
Jack Cammack’s bagged Skoda Fabia VRS on OZ Futura’s
PJ Dickman’s bagged Scirocco on RAD48 LR’s
Oxford Car Audio’s Audi S5 on Audi S5 on Airlift / AccuAir suspension & Avant Garde F541′s
Sam Curtis’ Mk2 Golf GTI on Air Lift suspension & custom-built BBS RA splits
Stan Jalhay’s static Mk2 Golf GTI on BBS E50.2s
Adam Hodge’s Audi S3 on H&R suspension, Lamborghini BBK & 20″ Audi Rotor’s
Still Static’s Audi B8 on H&R suspension & Vossen LC105-T’s
Klaas van Schaijk’s Mk1 Golf GTI on centrelock BBS E50’s
Liam Handley’s Mk2 Polo Coupe GT on BBS RS’s
JC Asiat Nem’s Audi TT on Air Lift suspension
Nick de Rond’s bagged Mk3 Golf on face-mounted BBS RF’s
Aaron Would’s Lupo on Air Lift suspension & OZ Turbo’s
Ron Huijzer’s Porsche 964 on BBS LM’s
Vinyl Image’s Passat R36 on Air Lift suspension & Eta Beta VentiR’s
Emmanuelle Peereboom’s Mk1 Jetta
Mark Allen’s Mk4 Golf estate on Air Lift suspension & Eta Beta’s
Justdent’s R32-swapped Mk1 Caddy on Fifteen52 F40 Tarmac’s
Dan Malley’s Mk2 Golf on D2 / Air Lift suspension & BBS RM’s
Ivo Kusters’ Volkswagen Mk1 Jetta on Air Lift suspension & BBS RS
Vladimir Uzelac’s Porsche 964 on stepped-up BBS RS’s
Heaven on Wheels’ Audi A5 Sportback on Air Lift suspension on ADV1 wheels
Steven Boeykens’ Audi A6 Avant on Air Lift suspension
Auto Finesse’s Mk2 Golf GTI 20vt on Air Lift suspension & Ronal Racing centrelock’s
Jack Belfield’s static Mk2 Polo Coupe 16v on BBS RS’s
Sebastien Lobry’s bagged Mk4 Bora on face-mounted Speedline Mistral’s
HR Autoworks’ 1957 Volkswagen Oval Beetle
Ben Rye’s bagged 1957 Volkswagen Oval Beetle ragtop on custom 3pc smoothies
Sole Flavours’ Mk4 Golf on AccuAir suspension & WORK VS-XX wheels
Richard Skinner’s bagged Santana LX on BBS RA’s
Daniel Wasilewski’s bagged Phaeton on Bentley wheels
Carl Shakespeare’s supercharged Mk3 Golf VR6 on OZ Ultraleggera’s
Gordon Milne’s bagged Mk4 Golf R32 on carbon BBS GT’s
Harry Chodha’s bagged Mk1 Golf Cabriolet on BBS RS’s
Tseerd Weulen Kranenberg’s Mk2 Golf Rallye
Simon Andrzejewski’s Mk2 Golf GTI 20vt on Air Lift suspension & OZ Futura’s
Alex Lambert’s bagged Polo
Barry Selwood’s bagged Mk1 Golf Cabriolet on BBS RS’s
Marco Tchan Schianchi’s Mk2 Golf G60 on BBS RF’s
Max Mummery’s Mk3 Golf on Air Lift suspension & BBS E50’s
EPS Motorsport’s 915hp Audi S1 Quattro on Rotiform LSR’s
Alex Buckingham’s bagged wide-arch VW Polo 6R on stepped-up BBS RS’s
Auto Finesse’s BBS-kitted VW Mk2 Golf on Air Lift suspension
Matty Loveridge’s Mk1 Golf Swallowtail on Air Lift suspension & BBS E76′s
Dan Gilligan’s Mk2 Golf Rallye on BBS E50’s
Fixawheel’s T5 on AirREX suspension & Rotiform CCV’s
Kristof Heyvaert’s static Mk2 Golf GTI on Ronal Racing wheels
Audis in the Park’s Audi B5 on BBS LM’s
Rob Palmer’s bagged Mk3 Golf VR6 on ceramic polished BBS RS’s
Kat Giles’ Audi Q3 on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform KPS’s
GRM Northampton’s Mk7 Golf R on AirREX suspension & Cast13 wheels
Chris Halliday’s bagged Tiguan on BBS E88’s
The Install Company’s Type3 Fastback on Air Lift suspension
Jack Ellis’ Audi C5 A6 Allroad on BC Racing coilovers & Rotiform IND-T’s
Jack Buckley’s Mk3 Golf on Gotti’s
Jack Moody’s static BMW E38 740i
Jake Ryan’s M52-swapped BMW E30 on Air Lift suspension & OZ Futura’s
BMW E30 on hydraulic suspension & Schmidt Modern-Line’s
BMW E34 on BBS RF’s
We sneaked in a few photographs of BMW’s, naturally, as you can often find plenty of non-VAG cars dotted around outside the show field, trying their best to join in. Looking at Volkswagens all day can sometimes become a little boring for us – Edition is one of the few shows left that has still stuck to the ‘VAG only’ rule, but fair play to them, they are still attracting the numbers and going strong, this is was their 16th show! But it still makes you wonder – will they ever give in and let other marques be part of the show? Time will tell. Despite the rain, it looked like most people had a fantastic weekend. Thanks to the Edition38 team for having us, we’ll be back.