Factory Five Customer Sam & Susan W.’s Mk4 Featured in Newspaper

Factory Five customers Sam and Susan W. purchased their Mk4 Roadster in September of 2011 and recently sent us a letter letting us know that they have recently surpassed the 1,000 miles driven mark on the odometer!


Sam and Susan Warne driving in their red Mk4 Roadster.

Recently, Sam and Susan’s build story was featured in the Sierra Vista Herald, an Arizona newspaper, discussing their experience building the Mk4 Roadster, taking it to car shows and cruise-ins, and driving it around town.

“It’s a lot of fun to drive,” Susan said. “We’re planning to enter parades and more cars shows and just cruise.”

Sam and Susan brought their Factory Five Mk4 to a local spring car show in Sierra Vista and won the “Engineering Excellence” award! The award is well deserved as Sam and Susan did a meticulous job on the build.

Congratulations Sam and Susan on the car show win and the newspaper write-up!

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