Dozens of vintage Volkswagens found hidden inside Swiss mine

A YouTuber uncovered a large collection of Volkswagen vehicles hidden inside a mine in Switzerland.

It’s unclear how and why the cars ended up there, but it is honestly an impressive sight.

Some of the cars are way past their expiration date, but others are in surprisingly good condition.

A YouTuber who runs the Exploring The Unbeaten Path channel was tipped off about the existence of this mine in Switzerland.

Once he got there, what he found was quite remarkable.

An incredible collection of Volkswagen vehicles

This Swiss mine has become a graveyard for a large variety of Volkswagen vehicles.

Most of them are either old Golfs or Beetles, mostly from the 1970s and 1980s.

Some of the cars are in decent condition, while others are beyond hope.

Interestingly, there are also a couple of cars that were modified extensively before being left here to die.

No one knows for sure what happened to them, the story behind the cars has often been associated with suspected theft.

Both the Beetle and the Golf are iconic, but the former is defunct and the latter has a future that’s equally unclear.

Sales in the US peaked around the mid 2010s, then they declined quite sharply and now they’re sort of trading sideways, so to speak.

VW is spending billions on the EV transition, which is having an impact on some aspects of its business.

We should also always remember that VW has a lot of brands that operate under its umbrella, both directly and indirectly.

But things were probably easier when EVs weren’t around.

Back in the day, VW could take its range-topping sedan, the Phaeton, and build a couple of Bentleys around the same platform.

By contrast, these days, the new V8 Bentley is its own thing, and it’s not like VW can make an electric car out of it.

But, as with all those transitions, it probably just takes time.