BLADE Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Belated pictures, best I could do in the gloomy conditions. MOT passed, so happy with that. Some mods since the pictures on Parkers, when on L6UPO plate. Previous owner lowered on KW. I replaced the original head unit with a Sony XAV-602BT a few years ago. Works well, clear BT call quality and music streaming. Built in SatNav is pretty good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted February 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 23 minutes ago, BLADE said: Belated pictures, best I could do in the gloomy conditions. MOT passed, so happy with that. Some mods since the pictures on Parkers, when on L6UPO plate. Previous owner lowered on KW. I replaced the original head unit with a Sony XAV-602BT a few years ago. Works well, clear BT call quality and music streaming. Built in SatNav is pretty good too. Thanks for the pics. Will update the threadvwhen I am on the pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) Thread updated thanks to blade for supplying upto date pics of l6upo (silver Gti) Edited February 9, 2018 by lupo1.0se Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Also to further update this thread. A few weeks back I managed to find a email address of someone at the press office. I asked the question whether they had a full a list of all the press cars (Lupos) they had. The answer is no they do not. So this thread is the most information currently avaialbe for all the UK press cars. There are a couple of press cars I have heard rumours about but no information to back them or misleading info (3 currently), although this could change if further info comes to light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted February 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 A further update on two of the L3upo ones. The yellow sport and blue tdi has had more footage found of them by men and motors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted February 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 T62DBW updated with orignal magazine article from top gear (mini test) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted March 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) Ok. Another opportunity has presented itself. Another press car has come up for sale. Unfortunately it is not in good shape. It is X554CBW. The one used for accessories catalogue. It still has the grill and the spoiler. Unfortunately it needs a lot of love. If anyone is interested I have the contact details of its current owner. It is dorset way at present. Edited March 11, 2018 by lupo1.0se Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLADE Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 On 03/02/2018 at 3:31 PM, BLADE said: Belated pictures, best I could do in the gloomy conditions. MOT passed, so happy with that. Some mods since the pictures on Parkers, when on L6UPO plate. Previous owner lowered on KW. I replaced the original head unit with a Sony XAV-602BT a few years ago. Works well, clear BT call quality and music streaming. Built in SatNav is pretty good too. Might be putting this up for sale soon, as looking to replace with an S1, which I hope to test drive in the next week or so. Shame, but already enough cars in the fleet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted March 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 Update. T65DBW is up for sale. As featured in top gear. More mods have been done this one. So will need work to return to original. It has been fitted with leather interior oddly. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201803184694231?advertising-location=at_cars&model=LUPO&postcode=tn290qn&make=VOLKSWAGEN&radius=1500&sort=price-desc&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New&page=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) Ok. So update time. Now as part of the research I have on press cars. I have a folder called "more research required". This is where a car is found but it is not coming up DVLA (due to reg changes etc) or due to a claim has been made about the car but no evidence to prove that this was ever the case. Well one of these cars it has come to light that it is a press car. the reg is OY02JCJ. This one I found at the same time as a lot of the previous press cars. I recalled it from and advert for sale back in 2016 when it was claimed "Owned by VW UK", it was not too far away from where I live (Maidstone). Anyway so what does this mean exactly? From what i can understand I suspect it is L6upo (2nd one). Reason for this I have seen a spec sheet provided to the press at the time which this car had every option ticked and was in red. No other car fits as L2upo (red) has no sunroof and the others are still in existence (X907NJO). Here are the pics. Thank you to matthewrspca and Morgan Rowlands for the help on this. So does this mean other cars may fit in this category? Possibly. I suspect the red and black l2upo are strong contenders for this. There maybe more but we will have to wait and see. Edited April 22, 2018 by lupo1.0se Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 I find this thread fascinating. The amount of time and effort you put into this is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted May 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 A couple of updates on sources (Thanks JB1.0e) and a little more info turned up about 1.4s l2upo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted May 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 Updated thanks to matthewrscpa and JB1.0e regarding OY02JCJ. Thank you for your help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourist Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 T65 DBW is up for sale again: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F283005339605 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted June 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 On 6/14/2018 at 9:31 AM, Tourist said: T65 DBW is up for sale again: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F283005339605 Thanks for the tip. It looks like it got traded in as it was up for £1500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted July 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) T62dbw is for sale. Although this time fitted with Bike carbs. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-LUPO-1-4-on-Bike-Carbs-Project/302805078264?hash=item468096d0f8:g:nU0AAOSwNaNbSePQ Edited July 15, 2018 by lupo1.0se Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 and a three seat rear bench! how much abuse can one car really suffer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Loop Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 49 minutes ago, Rich said: and a three seat rear bench! how much abuse can one car really suffer? Could be worse. At least it hasn't been cut up and then put up for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 wonder what happened in the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted October 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 A little bit of a thread update. The new re-search tool I am using turned up some information about one of the press cars that went off the road back in 2009. Its scrapped. Which possibly makes it the first one to be scrapped? Anyway. Still the search must continue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted October 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 T62DBW is up for sale. This time on facebook but now fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourist Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 A very big long shot I know , but might this be an ex. press car- it seems to have a “Volkswagen UK” rear number plate frame, unfortunately I can’t quite see what the picture shows....😥 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F143015918626 (I know a previous owner might have added the ‘frame if it does say Volkswagen UK, but thought it was worth mentioning) Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 That's too far gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted November 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 8 hours ago, Tourist said: A very big long shot I know , but might this be an ex. press car- it seems to have a “Volkswagen UK” rear number plate frame, unfortunately I can’t quite see what the picture shows....😥 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F143015918626 (I know a previous owner might have added the ‘frame if it does say Volkswagen UK, but thought it was worth mentioning) Martin Nope. Defiantly not. Not Oxford registered for a kick off. I knew one of the previous owners of this car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted November 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 Update time. Y937DWL is up for sale. On ebay for £2750. It bit of a bargain considering its history. Has the wrong back box tough (a scorpion). It does have aircon fitted. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Lupo-GTI/283275382096?hash=item41f4874d50:g:56wAAOSwabRb-S~z:rk:8:pf:0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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