Spotted: VW Up! commercial being filmed in SoCal.

[VadGTI]

Spotted this over the weekend downtown.





There was also a 4 door version:



A block away, a Subaru commercial was being filmed:




One of these windows, a couple of blocks away, belongs to a TCLer :

[nm+]

Vad do you have nothing to do but walk the streets looking for cars?

[mellbergVWfan]

Vad do you have nothing to do but walk the streets looking for cars?

It's easy to walk around a lot when you have a garage like his.

[feels_road]

Never noticed before that the 4-door doesn't get the kink in the rear window.

[nm+]

It's easy to walk around a lot when you have a garage like his.

[VadGTI]

Vad do you have nothing to do but walk the streets looking for cars?

No .

It's easy to walk around a lot when you have a garage like his.

Dick .

[pentaxshooter]

It's easy to walk around a lot when you have a garage like his.

And with that, this thread is done

[Lwize]

Vad threads.

[SoCalDubber]

So.... how is it in person?

[Swallow Doretti]

Never noticed before that the 4-door doesn't get the kink in the rear window.

Sadly, it doesn't get a roll-down rear side window, either.

[VadGTI]

So.... how is it in person?

White and tiny.

[SoCalDubber]

White and tiny.

How tiny?

[nm+]

White and tiny.

Must not say anything.

[VadGTI]

How tiny?

A bit shorter than your 500 and definitely nowhere near as tall.

[VadGTI]

Must not say anything.

That was a freebie. He didn't bite.

[Swallow Doretti]

How tiny?

It has almost exactly the same dimensions as a FIAT 500.

[Swallow Doretti]

A bit shorter than your 500 and definitely nowhere near as tall.

The looks are deceiving--it's only .3" shorter than a 500 in terms of height, and only .2" shorter in terms of length.

Width is .5" wider than the 500.

The other big difference is equipment--the Up! is a far, far more basic vehicle than the FIAT.

[s-rocc]

was the red bus involved in the commercial? looks like it has a bigass dent in the slider door on the passenger side.

[GolfTango]

Who's the flat biller flipping you off?

[GTIDamien_407]

should have stole it and sold it to me!

[VadGTI]

Who's the flat biller flipping you off?

Subaru shoot crew.

was the red bus involved in the commercial? looks like it has a bigass dent in the slider door on the passenger side.

Yep, had German plates and a dent.

[nm+]

Subaru shoot crew.

Subaru -- Love

[bherman13]

Vad, are you in on these things?

I'm starting to wonder what you really do for a living....

[VadGTI]

Vad, are you in on these things?

I'm starting to wonder what you really do for a living....

[16V_Scirocco_GTX]

I want the GT Up! Probably the closest thing to the original Rabbit.

[MylesPH1]

Vad, what TCL'er lives in the PE lofts? Enquiring minds wanna know :p

[VadGTI]

Vad, what TCL'er lives in the PE lofts? Enquiring minds wanna know :p

See the Mid-Century Houses and Old Porsches thread, toward the end .

[B3sat16v]

Small and Cute...! LOL!

[M5WannaBe]

Are these coming to NA? 0-60 in 13 seconds seems like a non-starter here.

Did I read that correctly? The rear windows on the 4 door don't roll down? That's odd. Otherwise, I like it a lot.

[Vamped]

Those are cool..................my mother in law lives on Grand, whenever I visit we get to see commercials and movies being filmed!

Nice pix!

[feels_road]

Are these coming to NA? 0-60 in 13 seconds seems like a non-starter here.

Eventually, as with all VWs, there will be several engines. IMO, this has a better chance to come to the US than the Polo (especially, since it is much less expensive but of almost the same size, inside) - but profit margins on cars this size are almost non-existent. Would have to be a GTI version or similar to make money on it. While EVs/plug-ins still suffer from outrageous battery costs, I think such versions would also be neat on this platform.

Did I read that correctly? The rear windows on the 4 door don't roll down? That's odd. Otherwise, I like it a lot.

Probably related to visibility, design, and cost. At a size of a 500, the additional vertical bar (to separate the portion that fits into the door at roll-down) would have been in a weird spot. Also, this is a low-end car, so it helps making it affordable.

[gnillort]

I want the GT Up! Probably the closest thing to the original Rabbit.

Exactly...The early VW MKI Rabbit/Golf had around 75 hp or less, even in the USA.

[gnillort]

I just viewed a few YT vids of road tests and I'm impressed, it DOES remind me of a modern incarnation of the MKI Golf/Rabbit ..if it could come to the USA for around 10k or so I would be interested in this. The high quality is there and is what you would expect from VW but the thing I also really like is the very honest, simple interior and looks all the while being solid and high quality , just like the OLD original Beetle was. Something that has been missing in most modern cars for a long time now.

I like simplicity, and high quality at a reasonable price.

Where is this model being built?

[leitmotif]

I'm glad to see someone got Vad a proper camera. No more blurry 1 megapixel cell phone pics.

[czykvw]

I want the 4 door