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Rainer Zietlow

Rainer
Zietlow

Rainer
Zietlow

several long-distance world records
and six Guinness World Records™

  • 2005: Guinness World Record for reaching 6.081 meters with a standard Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2006: Guinness World Record for the first circumnavigation with a VW Caddy powered by CNG
  • 2007: Long-distance drive from Berlin to Bangkok with a Volkswagen Caddy powered by CNG
  • 2008: Long-distance drive to all CNG-stations in Germany with a VW Passat powered by CNG
  • 2009: Long-distance drive from Lisbon to Magadan with a Volkswagen Caddy powered by CNG
  • 2010: Long-distance drive from Argentina to Alaska with a Volkswagen Caddy powered by CNG
  • 2011: World Record drive on Panamericana from Argentina to Alaska with a Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2012: World Record drive from Melbourne to St. Petersburg with a Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2013: Guinness World Record drive from Moscow to Camchatka with three Volkswagen Amarok
  • 2014: World Record drive from North Cape to Cape Town with a Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2015: World Record drive from Cape Town to North Cape with a Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2016: World Record drive from Magadan to Lisbon with a Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2017: World Record drive from Shanghai to Lisbon (Silk Road) with a Volkswagen Tiguan
  • 2018: Long-distance drive with a VW Touareg to its world premiere in Beijing and back to Wolfsburg
  • 2019: World Record drive on Panamericana from Alaska to Argentina with a Volkswagen Amarok
  • 2020: World Record drive through Germany in a fully electric Volkswagen ID.3
  • 2021: Guinness World Record drive through USA in a fully electric Volkswagen ID.4
  • 2022: Guinness World Record for reaching 5.816 meters with a fully electric Volkswagen ID.4 GTX
  • 2023: Long-distance drive from Alaska to Florida with a Volkswagen ID.4 for the first time in winter
  • 2023: Long-distance drive from Geneva to Doha with a VW ID.BUZZ for the Geneva Motor Show
  • 2024: World record drive in Australia with a VW ID.4 for the world largest GPS drawing made by an electric car
  • 2024: World record drive through all ten Australian deserts with a VW Amarok
Rainer Zietlow

All long-distance world records and six Guinness World Records™

  • 2005: Guinness World Record for reaching 6.081 meters with a standard Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2006: Guinness World Record for the first circumnavigation with a VW Caddy powered by CNG
  • 2007: Long-distance drive from Berlin to Bangkok with a Volkswagen Caddy powered by CNG
  • 2008: Long-distance drive to all CNG-stations in Germany with a VW Passat powered by CNG
  • 2009: Long-distance drive from Lisbon to Magadan with a Volkswagen Caddy powered by CNG
  • 2010: Long-distance drive from Argentina to Alaska with a Volkswagen Caddy powered by CNG
  • 2011: World Record drive on Panamericana from Argentina to Alaska with a Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2012: World Record drive from Melbourne to St. Petersburg with a Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2013: Guinness World Record drive from Moscow to Camchatka with three Volkswagen Amarok
  • 2014: World Record drive from North Cape to Cape Town with a Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2015: World Record drive from Cape Town to North Cape with a Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2016: World Record drive from Magadan to Lisbon with a Volkswagen Touareg
  • 2017: World Record drive from Shanghai to Lisbon (Silk Road) with a Volkswagen Tiguan
  • 2018: Long-distance drive with a VW Touareg to its world premiere in Beijing and back to Wolfsburg
  • 2019: World Record drive on Panamericana from Alaska to Argentina with a Volkswagen Amarok
  • 2020: World Record drive through Germany in a fully electric Volkswagen ID.3
  • 2021: Guinness World Record drive through USA in a fully electric Volkswagen ID.4
  • 2022: Guinness World Record for reaching 5.816 meters with a fully electric Volkswagen ID.4 GTX
  • 2023: Long-distance drive from Alaska to Florida with a Volkswagen ID.4 for the first time in winter
  • 2023: Long-distance drive from Geneva to Doha with a VW ID.BUZZ for the Geneva Motor Show
  • 2024: World record drive in Australia with a VW ID.4 for the world largest GPS drawing made by an electric car
  • 2024: World record drive through all ten Australian deserts with a VW Amarok
Rainer Zietlow