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What happens when you put your foot down in a VW and refuse to lift it for 24 hours?
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We’re sure that you’ve seen the Volkswagen Virtus and Taigun numerous times on these pages in the past. We, at autoX, simply love these German-engineered Volkswagen machines – they never fail to put a smile on our faces every time we get into the driver’s seat. However, we will talk about something different today, something capable of inspiring sheer awe in anyone reading these words. While we’ve long recognised these machine’s incredible capabilities, what unfolded was unexpectedly astonishing. In simple terms, five Volkswagen cars – three Virtus and two Taigun models – embarked on an ultramarathon, and the rest, as they say, was history.

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