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10/10/2026

In case someone is visiting Tenerife soon: this abandoned needs to be saved. Unfortunately I did not have any space left in my ha d luggage, otherwise I would have brought it back to Amsterdam myself. The basic spec with black bumpers and the white paint is everything I need.

I can see this is the pre-1999 model, but I can’t see whether this is a pre-1997 model which had a . Let’s just imagine it is, which makes this ‘the one to have’.

06/10/2026

During our Creme21 adventure, one of the other cars participating on behalf of Volkswagen Classic was this absolute beauty: the ‘White Cat’.
It is a limited-edition version of the second-generation coupé from 1985.
The White Cat features an entirely color-matched exterior finished in Alpine White (Alpinweiss L90E if you please), including the bumpers, body kit, side mirrors, and even color-coded Avus alloy wheels. The interior features sports seats upholstered in a unique grey-and-white striped fabric. Standard factory equipment includes a Zender Version 2 rear spoiler, green heat-insulating glass, and a roof aerial. But the best feature of all must be the white horizontal stripes on the rear taillights, which make even the lights appear white. They prompted kekkekarren to call it ‘a car wearing make-up’. This instantly made it my favorite car in the entire Volkswagen Classic fleet. A car wearing make-up: what’s not to love?

05/10/2026

Germans are known to be serious folk, but they surely buy their cars in nicer colours than we Dutchies do. It must be the rain that makes us believe everything should come in one of fifty shades of grey. Here’s an otherwise incredibly boring car, the , in a rather fancy shade of bronze.

The was Mitsubishi’s attempt to storm the European market with a car specifically designed for Europe. It was built in the old DAF-Volvo factory in Born, alongside the more exciting Volvo S40. This Carisma GDI hatchback belongs to the second generation of the Carisma, which appeared in 1999. There’s not much I can say about it, except that engines were typical of Mitsubishi at the time. GDI applied the basic principle of a diesel engine to a petrol engine. It delivered better performance than the old 1.78-litre engine, while offering 20% better fuel economy and 20% lower emissions. The Carisma was the first European car to feature the technology, which drew quite a bit of attention. However, suffered from being the first to offer GDI technology, as the early engines proved troublesome. Could that make this surviving Carisma GDI in a fancy colour the most save-worthy Carisma of them all?

30/09/2026

Tenerife hides a few interesting car secrets:
- it houses every remaining
- every Nissan Serena ever built was sold here
- in case you wonder where all those VW Taigos go (since no one seems to buy them): Volkswagen Group uses the island to dump them
- they have white Peugeots 307 here!

27/09/2026

The was built in (amongst other locations) French Maubeuge and at the Spanish Fabricación de Automóviles Sociedad Anónima de Valladolid ( ). I don’t know how to determine whether this is a French or Spanish built Express, but since it is located on Tenerife I suspect it to be a FASA Express. Does anyone know the (visible) difference?

Otherwise, mind the black hatch above the rear doors. It is called a ‘girafon’ in France, which is a reference to the giraffe, and meant to make transport of long items possible (4).

26/09/2026

The -named after a town on Mallorca- seems to be the national vehicle of Tenerife. The Inca is based on the mk2. Like the Ibiza-based Polo Classic and Polo Variant from the era, the Inca got a spin-off: the 1996 Caddy.

25/09/2026

The small is a thing on Tenerife. Especially in white - these things are everywhere, in all shapes and sizes. Well, one size actually: supermini-based van. I’ll try and make a small series out of them, starting with the based .

24/09/2026

I’m spending a fortnight on lovely and sunny Tenerife. Car-wise, Tenerife is stuck around 2016. There still are many cars from the mid to late 90s, such as the Fiat Brava, Peugeot 306 and Citroen Xsara. Of course, there are a million Seats Ibiza pottering about the island. Even cars from the late 80s and early 90s are abundant, such as this from the second generation. If you want a full experience, I can strongly recommend the island.

While we’re not here for the cars, and I decided that, between hiking and drinking w**e, we’s try and find a two-door Seat Cordoba. Meanwhile, I’ll keep you busy with images, but not many words.

20/09/2026

Volkswagen’s chief designer Herbert Schäfer once famously said there were only two people who knew how to design a Golf: Giorgetto Giugiaro and himself. I beg to differ: I always thought Volkswagens from the Schäfer era (1980–1995) looked a bit homespun, which made me dislike them—an opinion entirely based on looking at the cars without ever having driven them.

Well, that changed last week when kekkekarren and myself were invited to join the Crème21 rally on behalf of Volkswagen Nederland. We met the , Scirocco2, and up close and personal. Reviewing the cars in one post would be too much, but I turned out to be completely wrong about not liking the Schäfer cars. By God, did we have fun. I made a full U-turn when it comes to the Golf II: what an incredibly competent car this is.

Here’s a big shoutout to the team at Volkswagen Classic, a handful of passionate people who run Volkswagen’s rolling heritage collection and made this rally an unforgettable experience. Laura made sure everything was perfectly organized, appearing like a genie from a bottle whenever help, advice, or sweets were needed. Steffen quietly made sure the cars were kept in tip-top shape. The two really seemed to enjoy seeing us enjoy the . Bit even better, they joined in on the fun. We completely cracked up seeing Steffen make his perfectly sensible Passat fly around the bends, while I was hanging on to the steering wheel of our Golf for dear life, trying to keep up with them. And let’s not forget the media team, Manuel and Karim, who captured the whole adventure on film.
I simply can’t wait to share the images with you!

18/09/2026

day 2

- peek-a-boo
- DeluluDelorean
- GAZ 3111 Volga. Production: approximately 400
- guilty pleasure
- ❤️
- checking out the post-merger Kekke Plankkar HQ
- Harle🤢
- It’s growing on me - a lot….
- too soon, right?
- I became manager of tue Netto supermarket in Rostock-Dierkow. Yes, people actually believed I work there and started asking me questions…

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