Earlier this year we traveled around to the other side of the globe to visit Yuki and Mondera for the Vossen japan Owners Meet 2018. Unlike previous years, for the 2018 meet we chose to hold the event in mid-July. Originally, the idea was to entice more of the long-distance travelers from outlying areas of the country to the event, some of which may not be able to do so during winter, but we quickly learned that Japan might just be hotter and more humid than our home base of Miami! With nationwide heat waves happening throughout the week that we were there, we first traveled down to Shizuoka, to the Shimizu Marina, where the Vossen Japan Owners Meet 2018 took place.

Over a hundred cars made the trek to Shimizu for the event, filling the marine park to the brim with Vossen-equipped cars, some traveling as far as 1200km each way to attend.

Thanks again to our diehard, loyal supporters in Japan!

Click here for all 270 photos from the event.

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Across the Atlantic Ocean, on Lake Garda in northern Italy, lies a small town called Peschiera del Garda. For several years now, Claudio Cunial and Elios Ascoli have been asking us to make the transatlantic trek to this small town to experience their event and this year we finally accepted; this is SOGA 2018; Southern Gardasee in Peschiera del Garda, Italy.

Villa la Tassinara, SOGA’s new home for 2018, is an enormous estate that faces Lake Garda, or Gardasee, with endless grass fields bridging the gap between the shoreline road and the front doors to the villa. Built in the late 1600s by Tuscan nobleman Giovanni Pietro Arrighi of Florence, it’s incredible and seemingly impossible to imagine that Giovanni’s vision for his Venetian manor would eventually be home to one of Europe’s most beautiful and enjoyable car events, Southern Gardasee, over 300 years later.

Jan David Baier, coordinator, salesman, and all-around badass of our European distributor, Vossen Europe, led the way to Southern Gardasee, organizing our involvement in the official SOGA 2018 event as well as Vossen con Vista, an Italian installment of our usual Vossen Owners Meet. Taking place at Villa la Tassinara, Vossen con Vista brought some of our favorite cars and faces from throughout Europe together the night before the show, celebrating our love for autos, wheels and most importantly the camaraderie that we all share for the brand and where it’s going.

The following morning came quick, after a day of shooting throughout Peschiera del Garda with various Vossen owners and enthusiasts and the Vossen con Vista event the night prior, but the mass of cars that quickly filled the estate’s lawn was quick to excite everyone. Limited to 400 cars and hand-selected and invited throughout the other events of the year, the field of cars was of only the top quality and styling, providing a great arrangement to walk throughout and capture on film.

FULL 300+ PHOTO GALLERY

Southern Gardasee (@so.ga_southern_gardasee)

Photos & Video: Sam Dobbins (@sdobbins_vossen)
Video Edit: Anthony Delapaz (@dela_vossen)

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The Vossen Dealer Spotlight is on Euroway International this week, our premier dealer in Taiwan. We visited Taiwan early last year and could not have been more impressed with Euroway’s facility and modern design, utilizing ocean containers and construction elements and filled with state-of-the-art wheel and tire equipment, ensuring the best quality mounting and balancing of Vossen Wheels. After visiting the shop we ventured into Taichung City to the National Taichung Theater for some group shots of some local owners.

Thanks again to everyone that came out and gave us the chance to see how our brand is experienced and supported in Taiwan.

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It’s amazing how much anticipation there is leading up to our annual Wörthersee trip, but then it’s over in a flash and before anyone realizes it months have passed. Add that to the pace of the Vossen Forged factory and the new projects that are constantly popping up and it’s a wonder that anything gets done around here! But this Wörthersee was different—it was as if there were more pieces involved—and that’s where the Vossen Forged Modular Wheel Program comes into play.

Wörthersee has always been a bit of a testing ground for new wheel designs and concepts and 2017 was no different, with a wide range of cars sporting our new three-piece forged wheels. In addition to the modular prototypes that were on display, a few new forged monoblocks were out too, such as the all-new LC2 Series, as seen on a wildly-liveried Passat Variant.

After making the long trek from Miami to Liechtenstein, then from Liechtenstein to Velden am Wörthersee, it was great to see old friends from far away places and take in the towns around the lake, such as Velden, Faak am See and Reifnitz.

Faak am See was the place to be on Sunday for the Vossen Europe Owners Meet, where cars from all over Europe were on display for the fans and passersby to see, and the fine people of How Deep (@howdeep.de) were kind enough to collaborate with Vossen for a special edition Wörthersee shirt!

Many thanks to all of the owners and enthusiasts that helped make Wörthersee 2017 possible for us. We photographed a ton of cars and will be uploading them throughout the next couple days, and can’t wait to see everyone next year!

Words & Video: Sam Dobbins (@sdobbins_vossen) ///// Photos: Andrew Miterko (@iamdrewseph) ///// Video Edit: Anthony Delapaz (@dela_vossen)

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I still remember this day very vividly. The team was supposed to shoot at another location but  we ended up having to move to a different one for various reasons. Living up to one of our motto’s “make it happen” we proceeded to shoot Skipper Japan’s Lexus RC F on new Vossen x Work VWS-3 Wheels.

Rocking a very aggressive 20×10.5 front and 20×11.5 rear VW-3 wheel, the Skipper RC F has some of the widest wheels we have seen fitted to the car. With our Vossen x Work Wheels, we offer some amazing customization!

Nitto Invo rubber is always an excellent choice for tires. The new Skipper Suspension Magic System slams the Lexus RC F! 

You can probably tell we had to shoot the RC F in front of a hotel.  This is where the majority of our photo-shoot and most of our videography was done.

Who doesn’t love beautiful carbon fiber? Skipper’s quality is outstanding. Subtle branding lets everyone know this is no e-bay kit!

The Skipper Carbon Fiber kit frames the aggressive lines of the Lexus RC F. The VWS-3 wheels and Nitto tires fill out those wheel wells. Now it looks the part!

We took a short break to walk around some historic temples. Then it was back to shooting! With the clear weather, we got some nice shots of this black beauty.

Thank you to Skipper Japan and Vossen Japan for another great day shooting in Japan!

Hi-Rez Photos Here

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For the past couple of years Tianna and Vossen has tried to connect to make something dope for both our fans. Importfest was the perfect time and Toronto was the perfect place to make it happen!

We started off kicking it downtown getting to know Tianna a bit more after working with her at Importfest the previous day. The weather was perfect and the vibes were goooooood!

We had a lot of fun from beginning to end. We said in the BTS video how dope Toronto is and this added a mega dose of extra flavor!

We shot a bit more downtown before the Importfest crew came deep. As you can see we shut traffic down!

Rocking the Vossen Ladies Black V Flag tee Tiana looked the part! She was nice enough to take a few pics for people noticing all the commotion we were creating. Then it was off to take some rolling shots!

As with most productions with a dozen or so cars, things can get chaotic so we had to make a stop so everyone could meet back up. We shot Tianna a few times then with the Importfest Lexus RC F and RC 350 F-Sport.

We then made it to our final spot to eat a bit of food and take some final shots with Tianna. This Importfest lineup tho….

It was a this point we let the cameras and Tianna do the talking….

We finished things up but not before taking a few fan photos ourselves. Tianna then wrapped up with Toronto’s internationally known landmark.

Click here for hi-rez photos of Tianna’s shoot!

Photos: Jordan Krate (@jordan_vossen)

Video & Edits: Anthony Delapaz (@dela_vossen)

Video Assistance : Brian Arevalo (@bigapplemagic)

 Fake Eddie Spielberg: Mike Forsythe (@mike_vossen)

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You know we could have taken it easy and made excuses for this last production. Dela, Jordan, Brian and myself had been going pretty much non-stop since Friday morning. It would have been very easy to do bare minimum. However this was never an option. Not once did we think to ourselves not to give our all to the Importfest team and to the city of Toronto.

After a long day shooting cars and Tianna G on Sunday (her video is coming!) we were pretty beat. The plan was to leave the hotel by 6:30am to drive about an hour and a half to be at Toronto Motorsports Park.  We met up with Jaime in his GT-R who led the way and of course stopped at Tim Horton’s for some grub!

We brought drinks and snacks with us for the Importfest team as we had a loooonnnnggg day of shooting to go and in three distinct parts;

1. Shooting at the Track
2. Shooting at the Drag Strip
3. Individual Shoots/Final Group Shots

The staff at Toronto Motorsports Park were very open to our ideas and helpful which helped our creative process. We started off with a safety meeting and organized the vehicles we wanted to shoot.

We then analyzed the track in our Lexus GX 470 provided by our friends Lexus of Downtown (its not exactly the track monster but great for traveling and shooting lol). We then got the team at Importfest together and lined up before they took off!!

You know what was dope and something all of us at Vossen was talking about. That not one single F*ck was given by the Importfest team in regards to their cars at the track or drag strip!

You would think these beautiful show cars would have been garaged after Saturday’s show but instead they all came to rip up the road! You have to bow your heads in appreciation.

Vossen Forged, Vossen x Work, Vossen Flow Formed, they were all taking the beating and looked damn good doing it. Though as advice, maybe do the glamour shots BEFORE the track time to save you from cleaning cars twice (doh!).

We then took a brief break, moving from the track and planning our next course of action.  It  was time for the drag day and individual shoots. Now most team’s would have wrapped it up and went back to the hotel but as far as I am concerned, “we are the best there is at what we do”. Time to do more.

The drag day was tons of fun as everyone lined up against one another for unlimited runs. We met CJR Performance in their amazing 800+ hp Hellcat.  The sick Viper was owned by Billy at Wheels Co. Once again you could see the fellowship of the crew and some of our awesome friends and partners who joined like Drive Marketing Group and the Speedhunters!

Of course I’m biased but #itswhitenoise stole the show for me, driving pass after pass with not a hiccup. I took a few turns myself and driving a rare SLS Black Series down the strip was a ton of fun. Just the sound is worth the price of admission! Even in sweltering heat it was running low 11s all day.

By this point we were burning up and getting tired. It was late afternoon and we were wrapping up the drag fun while shooting some of the vehicles individually. This is the point where there is a lot less fun and where your professionalism really has to take hold. We have a job to complete before we leave!

Were there any casualties? Well Basit’s project Civic didn’t make it through the day but the smile on his face driving it even briefly said it all! Thats what its about, safely having fun at the track/drag. Some of the vehicles didn’t have Vossen Wheels but we didn’t care. The day was all about a day for enthusiasts. Also the drone crashed earlier in the day and met its fiery end.

It was time to wrap things up and we came up with this cool idea. We would have the Imporfest 18 wheeler drive past all the cars lined up and unveil them. Then we would have some fun with the Speedhunters drifting!

Which then inspired Zahir in his M3!

We closed the day exhausted but grinning, knowing not just the footage we captured but the memories were epic. Sunburnt, thirsty and sore we headed back to Toronto. Some of the team was going to a car meet (imagine that, 12 hours at the track and then on to a car meet). I was hosting a dinner with JRP, our Toronto Distributor and some of our other clients. What a day!

If you want to watch our full Importfest x Vossen trip from Miami to Toronto, check out the blog. It also features our 15 minute mini-movie!! You can click here for high rez photos of this amazing day.  Thanks again Importfest and Toronto!

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When we first arrived, the A180 was parked up in the front of the Hamana’s main building, poking it’s nose out as cars passed in the background. We worked our way around the facilities, and eventually produced our first Dealer Spotlight Feature, showcasing the awesome work that Hamana does. To find that feature, click here.

When we finished up with the filming of the Dealer Spotlight, we walked outside and saw the A180 freshly cleaned, in the detailing bay of the lot, just waiting to be photographed. I initially thought it was too dark out, but the light inside the detailing bay made for a really great, quick shoot, and we hammered it out before embarking on our journey back to the hotel.

It wasn’t until we returned home, though, that I started working my way through the photoshoots we had done, and I realized just how much I loved the look of this one in black & white. And while it’s not traditionally what I would expect to see of a wheel company, I thought it was a nice change of pace to our typical style. So here it is, a mini shoot of the Hamana Mercedes A180 Widebody on Vossen VFS-2 in black & white!

Words / Photos: Sam Dobbins (@sdobbins_vossen)

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Wörthersee is the Mecca of VW events around the world. Cars and people travel hundreds, and in our case even thousands, of miles to attend the event. But the amazing thing is that the event has turned into more of a festival than anything else, spanning several weeks instead of the original single weekend. Worthersee 2015 was bigger and better than I ever could’ve imagined.

For us, our trek began in Liechtenstein with our European distributor, Eccentricall. We met up with a handful of other Vossen cars just across the border in Austria and before we knew it we were on the road.

After facing some elements we approached Lake Worthersee and the skies opened up. The excitement after eight hours in the cars grew stronger and we snapped off some rollers through the mountains.

Once we arrived in Velden, the main town that attracts the VW/Audi masses, it was clear that, despite being two full weeks ahead of the main event, the cars and people were here in full effect.

The streets were packed with people and cars in an endless parade, rarely seeing the same car pass twice. Whilst walking about we found a couple Vossen-clad cars hiding here and there, too!

Before we knew it, night had come and it was time to rest up before the next day’s festivities. We woke early and travelled to Faak Am See, another town around Lake Worthersee, for one of the biggest informal GTGs of VWs I’ve ever seen—and right in the middle was a section kept clear for just Vossen cars!

Without being aerial it is really difficult to show the sheer size of this one little area and just how many cars were there. We hung around for a couple hours, met with Vossen enthusiasts from all over Europe, and just generally enjoyed the scenery and comraderie of the people there.

And as quickly as our Vossen Owners Meet in the middle of Faak Am See came, it also went, and we were on our way to a handful of photo shoots for the day—but not before catching some rollers of this blue beauty, below!

We would like to thank our distributor and main man, Thomas, from Eccentricall for all the help throughout the journey. We look forward to every opportunity we have to meet our owners and enthusiasts around the world, and as always, count the days until the next chance. Thank you, everyone, for coming out and sharing our passion, and please keep an eye out for many photo shoots from the trip in the coming weeks!

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When we traveled to Japan in January to attend Tokyo Auto Salon 2015 we had only a rough idea of what to expect. The Japanese tuning world is far different from its North American and European counterparts, particularly in the swiftness with which it evolves.

We teamed up with our Japanese distributor, Mondera Japan, to host a booth and showcase Hamana’s Audi RS6 and Skipper Tuning’s Nissan GTR. While Hamana is broadly known for their amazing widebody Mercedes AMG builds and legendary Audi R8, it was very clear that their interest in Audis and performance styling and tuning knows no ends. For more on Hamana and the work they do, click here!

While Hamana was representing the German side of the aftermarket, Skipper Tuning was also doing an adequate job in the Japanese market, with their stunning Nissan GTR on custom-finished VFS1 flow formed wheels. Skipper’s GTR is painted in a mesmerizing blue-green metallic—a color that quite simply could not be done justice indoors. Luckily we were able to catch a glimpse of it outside as well, but more on that later!

Throughout the week we managed to make our way around the numerous halls of Tokyo Auto Salon 2015, stumbling upon countless Vossen-clad cars, such as this stunning Mazda 6 shown above, on 20″ VFS1 wheels, one of our personal favorites of the trip!

A supercharged Lexus LS also crossed our path, sitting ever-so-aggresively on 22″ VFS1 wheels.

My personal favorite, however, would have to be our friends at G-Drive Suspensions, with their geared coilovers—which are adjustable while the car is sat on the ground, eliminating the need to jack the car up to adjust its height, a truly revolutionary product that we hope to see more of soon!

All-in-all, we truly enjoy every moment we get to spend in Japan and appreciate the opportunity and hospitality that we receive. While Tokyo Auto Salon 2015 was just another notch in our proverbial belt of worldwide events, it was a great chance to see what’s hot in the Japanese market and spend time with some of our favorite people in the industry. Many thanks go out to Mondera Japan for being such great hosts, we are counting down the days until the next trip!

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