VOLKSWAGEN BEETLES ON PARADE
The Volkswagen Beetles were on parade when the Owners of the Club held their 19th Annual Pride of Ownership Drive from the Hilton Colombo recently.
This year’s event was a resounding success with over 60 VW beetles, vans, the much-admired Karmann Ghias, VW Variants and a rare trekker joining the event.
Peter Jasinghe called the event to a start and as in the past a group photo was taken of all present prior to the lineup of the event and the traditional flagging off of the drive.
The drive was officially flagged off by Gigi De Silva, Manager Promotions of the Hilton and the drive proceeded through Galle Face turning towards Duplication Road with the first line-up alongside the Ratmalana Airport.
The drive continued with two more lineups at Panadura and Kalutura and did a right turn to the beeches’ of the Eden Resort.
Patron of the Club, Kapila Jayawardena having noted the Eden that was full of German tourists, came up with the suggestion of selecting he best VW’S with the judges being selected by the German tourists.
Much to their surprise, two out of the three judges were employed at VW in Germany and took great pride in selecting the best 3 VW’S at the event.
The tourists were ever so happy to witness so many VW’S in one location and took home many great memories of the event of the day.
Lanka Orix Leasing Company Limited were the main sponsors of the event.