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Volkswagen put this video together that shows some of the torture testing that all of their group models go through. I've been to the Ehra Lessien test facility a few times now and it is amazing. There is a full off-road park there, a 4 mile long high speed straight away and miles and miles of test tracks. In addition, the R&D facility has numerous indoor torture racks that simulate years and years of abuse in a short time. Plus they can even change the climate inside the torture chamber. Here is a video showing just a small part of it:

 
Volkswagen put this video together that shows some of the torture testing that all of their group models go through. I've been to the Ehra Lessien test facility a few times now and it is amazing. There is a full off-road park there, a 4 mile long high speed straight away and miles and miles of test tracks. In addition, the R&D facility has numerous indoor torture racks that simulate years and years of abuse in a short time. Plus they can even change the climate inside the torture chamber. Here is a video showing just a small part of it:

I love this kind of thing. I wish more companies would show this kind of thing so as to alleviate some of the bitching from a minority of owners.
 
Volkswagen put this video together that shows some of the torture testing that all of their group models go through. I've been to the Ehra Lessien test facility a few times now and it is amazing. There is a full off-road park there, a 4 mile long high speed straight away and miles and miles of test tracks. In addition, the R&D facility has numerous indoor torture racks that simulate years and years of abuse in a short time. Plus they can even change the climate inside the torture chamber. Here is a video showing just a small part of it:

Great video! I had to drive through salty flood water 10 minutes ago. Good to see the process.