CITTA Mall in Petaling Jaya, Selangor on June 22 (Saturday) was transformed into a vibrant showcase of automotive history as Volkswagen Beetle owners from across Malaysia celebrated 86-years of the iconic car.
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00:00Hi, I'm a Volkswagen enthusiast and this is something my passion, Volkswagen.
00:20So every year I try to do a small gathering on June 22nd and we invite cars from around
00:27KL and PJ.
00:29Because my event is always on June 22nd.
00:32June 22nd actually is the birthday of the Beetle.
00:35It is the day Ferdinand Pochet, he signed a contract to make the Beetle.
00:42This was June 22nd, 1938, so it's before the war.
00:47So Hitler had a dream, he wanted everybody in Germany to have a car.
00:51So Volkswagen, the name Volkswagen means people's car.
00:55So everybody had to buy a coupon, so they buy stamp, they got money they buy the stamp
01:03and once you finish the booklet, you go and change for a Beetle.
01:07So that was the idea behind it.
01:10But after that war happened, 1941, we have World War II.
01:16So after the war, a British commander, he came and he revived back the factory.
01:23So that is how Volkswagen started again.
01:26This day is very special for us.
01:29Without June 22nd, there's no Volkswagen.
01:32Since this year is having it on a weekend, so we are expecting quite a lot of cars to
01:38come.
01:39We have people from Ipoh coming, there are some people from Kuantan, but we probably
01:44expect about 150 above and maybe more, we don't know.
01:50I do this, it's free, nobody has to pay anything, it's a social gathering.
01:55So you come and we are actually jumpa kawan lah.
01:58So bila orang mari, eh lama dah jumpa lah, it's a gathering of friends lah.
02:03Because our Volkswagen community is very close.
02:06We tak kira bangsa, tak kira agama, everything, we just, for the love of the Volkswagen, we
02:11just unite.
02:12June 22nd is, well, in theory, we are all supposed to celebrate it worldwide.
02:23So one of the countries that should be celebrating and would be celebrating in a grand scale
02:28would be Mexico.
02:29Mexico, Brazil.
02:30But we are not going live with them, because of the time difference.
02:36Why Volkswagen?
02:38Volkswagen is supposed to be, like as they say, when they build the car, anyone should
02:44be able to fix the car.
02:46Anyone.
02:47Alright?
02:48So with some basic knowledge, you can fix the car.
02:51But same thing like when we were travelling, we actually took out one of the vehicle's
02:57engine, three times, by the roadside.
03:00Did it ourselves, and then it went back on the road.
03:04So that's how easy, because there's no water, it's air-cooled, so you don't have to worry
03:09about all modern technologies and so on.
03:35I also have a Kombi.
03:38And I also have a convertible.
03:44I have six.
03:50Bye!
04:04Bye!