VW Gives Arteon Lowered, Very Green Makeover For 'Big Sur' Concept
VW USA doesn’t leave the modding solely up to its customers. The American arm of the car giant has what it calls an ‘Enthusiast Fleet‘ of tastefully tweaked products, and this is the latest one - the Arteon ‘Big Sur’.
Made in collaboration with FMS Automotive and Rotiform, it’s named after a famous stretch of California coastline. The fastback/hatchback is finished in ‘forest green’, which sadly isn’t a standard Arteon hue - what you’re looking at here is a wrap.
This isn’t your bog-standard wrap, though. To ensure no part of the original Urano Grey paintwork is visible, the wrap extends to the door shuts and engine bay. During the 50-60 hour process, all the doors, the bonnet and the boot lid were all removed. “I’m really proud of the amount of detail and attention we put into it,” said Gil Plasencia of FMS Automotive, adding, “Looking at a distance, it looks like it’s a paint job.”
It’d be a shame to go to all that effort and stick with the stock wheels and ride height, so on the former front, the Arteon has been given gloss black 20-inch Rotiform TUF-R wheels. These are shod in lengthily-named Continental Extreme Contact DWS 06 Plus 245/45/20 all-season tyres.
At present, the Arteon rides around 40mm lower than it did from the factory via an adjustable coilover setup of some description (VW doesn’t go into further detail). Not enough low? A drop of 60mm is possible.
Subtly enhancing the Arteon’s already handsome body is a custom body kit adapted from a Voomeran Lower Valence package, consisting of a front splitter, side skirts and a neat little boot spoiler.
Want to see it IRL? VW USA is promising to wheel it out at various events along with its other 2021 Enthusiast Fleet cars.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Hi. I just want to say how much I appreciate these articles Matt Robinson .
Also, as a Canadian I forget the Arteon is sold on our shores, it looks like the kind of car we typically don’t get here in North America and I rarely see them. They’re super pretty and honestly have the same presence or more than an Audi of the same size. I suspect with the North American obsession of trucks and SUVs eating away at the market share of sedans, we won’t get the Arteon for much longer :(
That supercar article was amazing too, and I completely agree with your point about supercars peaking 10 years ago. Looking specifically at the 458 vs. 488/F8, it is the best looking by far in my opinion. After a certain point, all the designs got too fussy in an attempt the stay relevant. Same goes for the F12 and the FF. Looking at something like the C8 Corvette even, it has all the performance of yesterday’s poster car but none of the soul, and without a manual? Forget it for me…
Thanks mate, appreciate the compliments!
Lowered on springs or coils I wonder