Automakers like to make special edition cars. Brand tie-ins, rare colors, what a customer gets at the door. The problem is that too much of those special editions are simply uninteresting. They are boring, they feel like fast cash-grabs, or they really make the car that they are even worse based on. Today we ask: which special editions not?
We want to know about the special editions that really live up to their names – those who really feel, really special. Our rules are simple. Every specially run car is eligible; Standard combinations of factory functions generally do not count (a Mustang with the performance package is not a special edition), but everything that is unique enough to earn a name (such as a Copo Camaro) is a fair game. It can be a special edition to commemorate something, it can honor an earlier model, or it can match a film, whatever you want. Which car of special edition feels really special?
The Volkswagen Harlequin
My choice must go to the best factory job all time: the Volkswagen Harlequin. The Golf is a good car in itself, but it is abundant and cheap – at least, it was back when the US still got the car. How do you make a wave stand out, not only in a crowd of random cars, but also a crowd that probably contains other identical -looking golf? Simple: you paint every body panel a different color than its neighbors.
The Volkswagen Harlequin (both Golf and Polo) is a really special edition. It is unique, it stands out and there is no doubt that it is not a standard Volkswagen. It is my choice for a special edition that really deserves the name, but what’s yours? Leave your choices in the comments below and I choose my favorites later in the week. Bonus points if you have ever had the special edition in question.
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