Wörthersee before a new tuning revolution: GTI meeting back in focus!

Wörthersee before a new tuning revolution: GTI meeting back in focus!

Reifnitz, Österreich - The legendary GTI meeting, once a highlight for Volkswagen fans worldwide, will now be surprisingly taking place at Lake Wörthersee. After a two -year break and the official from the event in 2023, when the municipality of Maria Wörth retired the support due to numerous complaints about noise and disorder, the organizers around Andreas Füllborn reported with pleasant news. According to kaernten.orf.at , Füllborn emphasized in a recently published podcast that the return to Lake Wörthersee will be decisive by the support.

The return of the GTI meeting

The meeting took place since 1982 and attracted up to 200,000 visitors in its best times. Organized by the municipality of Maria Wörth, the event was increasingly criticized. The conditions around the meetings led to enormous challenges for residents - noise, dirt and riots were often the headlines. The wikipedia reports that despite multiple cancellations, fascinating will always take place, which led to the decommissioning of over 400 vehicles and almost 3,700 notes by the police.

The history of the GTI meeting is characterized by ups and downs. Originally started as the smallest assembly with fewer than 100 cars, the event developed into a massive car show with participants from all corners in the world. Despite the massive support from Volkswagen and the extravagant events - such as the floating presentation island for the new Beetle - the community was no longer able to ignore the symptoms, which finally led to the final rejection of the official meeting.

With the news of the return for 2024, there is a turn in the history of the GTI meeting, which is a integral part of the culture of automotive enthusiasts. Now it remains to be seen whether the event can be successfully reactivated in this form or whether the challenges of the past will be present again.