VW Malaysia Wants To Send You To “Wörthersee Treffen” To Witness The Annual Gathering Of Golf GTI Fans [+Videos]

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VW Malaysia Wants To Send You To “Wörthersee Treffen” To Witness The Annual Gathering Of Golf GTI Fans [+Videos]

Set against an Alpine backdrop along the shores of Lake Wörth or Wörthersee as it is known in German, the tranquil town of Reifnitz transforms every May into a giant automobile playground to celebrate the Golf GTI. Since 1982, the town has hosted the “Wörthersee Treffen”, an annual gathering of GTI enthusiasts.

What began as a small gathering of GTI owners is now a full-fledged festival of modified, classic and vintage Volkswagen cars attracting over 100,000 fans around the world. This year marks the 37^th year of the event, and it promises to be quite a show. Check out the video from last year!

For the first time ever, and in conjunction with the upcoming launch of the new Golf family, Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) is offering fans in Malaysia the chance to win the trip of a lifetime to the annual Wörthersee GTI Festival in Austria.

The contest is divided into two rounds. In Round One, participants are required to answer 10 Golf-related questions in the fastest time, and the top three fastest participant will advance to the Grand Finale. The Grand Finale promises to be a nail-biting experience, as the three finalists will be battling it out in a Live Quiz finale at the Volkswagen Tour happening in 1 Utama Shopping Centre on the 31st of March 2018.

The grand prize? An all-expense paid trip for two to join the thousands of GTI fans around the world in Austria! So rev up, and take on the ultimate Golf challenge!

This is how you get to Worthersee…

ROUND 1:
· Participants are required to register and complete their personal details on Volkswagen Malaysia’s website (https://www.volkswagen.com.my/GTIWorthersee)
· The contest will run from 20th March till 27th March, at 11:59pm
· Participants may take part in a practice round to familiarize themselves with the mechanics as many times, before they begin the Quiz.
· Participants are required to answer a set of 10 multiple choice questions in the fastest amount of time.
· Each participant may submit multiple entries during the contest period.
· Three (3) finalists will be selected to compete in the Grand Finale.

ROUND 2 (GRAND FINALE):
(Live Quiz Round, 1Utama Shopping Centre)
· Three finalists will compete head-to-head in a live quiz hosted at the Volkswagen Tour in 1Utama Shopping Centre on the 31^st March 2018.
· The Winner will be selected based on the fastest time, the most number of correct answers, subject to the decision by the panel of judges and announced at the event.

2016 Worthersee Image from VW Newsroom.

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Chris Wee

Chris Wee has been in the motoring journalism scene since the early 90's, cutting his teeth with publications such as Highway Malaysia, Asian Auto, Auto International, and later on as Editor of Asean Autocar and Malaysian EVO, for which he was its Managing Editor for 7-years, He's also been with NST Cars, Bikes & Trucks, and started his on-line motoring career with Autofreaks.com. Piston.my may be his last stop in a motoring journalism career that spans more than two decades.