Of the countless urban legends and myths, one which might pique the curiosity of road-trippers around Malaysia would be that of Volkswagen Kuning, or the Yellow Volkswagen. Such is the tenacity of the story, that it has even been immortalised in a motion picture title of the same name.
As the name suggests, the infamous figure here is a yellow, air-cooled era Beetle which haunts those who ply the Karak Highway at night – an eerie prospect, as the hilly terrain makes for a somewhat challenging route in the light of day, let alone in the dark, and with a mysterious road user to boot.
This legend has attracted the attention of Volkswagen Malaysia, who have released this short clip in line with Halloween that is celebrated on October 31 every year, illustrating what is understood to be a typical encounter with the driverless vehicle. An autonomous Beetle, it would seem.
All in jest, however, as we can perhaps take this as a friendly reminder to exercise due care on the roads, whether in the confines of built-up areas in the city or out on the open road. After all, an urban myth should be just that – a myth, and is no real cause for frights.
Or is it?
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that Volkswagen Kuning is a mule equipped with Level 5 autonomous drive testing kat Karak..
i was in primary school and was sound asleep in the passenger seat as my mother was driving from kuala kedah to sungai buloh.
we just came back from langkawi, just the 2 of us inside the car.
Then, she saw it , the yellow volkswagen. We were on the highway between taiping and ipoh , she said it was before the tunnel.
It drove past her quickly. there was alot of passengers inside , and their hands were out of the window and waving at her.
it quickly disappeared into the distance within seconds, but in those brief moments their voices and radio could be heard inside our own car. luckily i was asleep.
they knew volkswagen most reliable back then, but now surely a toyota safely to their destination..
Possibly because of Toyota’s “no acceleration” safety feature.
Can confirm this, I saw one eerie VW beetle somewhere near Tapah long time ago near midnight. Superfast, going along at least 200km/h, without noise. Then there is also a ghoulish Honda Accord while driving near Alor Star, but this one appears during noon. Always at the next peak of the highway, no matter how fast you go.
It might just be a yellow myvi 1.3.. if 1.5, you may never have chance to folllow. it will leave you in its dust..
It will leave you when it goes off the cliff edge. Don’t follow it down.
it’s Bumblebee folks. he landed in Malaysia despite Hollywoods best attempt at saying he landed in US.
basically Bee got tired of Malaysian so he turned sides.
XD
Mystery solved…
The yellow beetle is actually Bumblebee, first landed around 60s & 70s…
U can see it in the Bumblebee documentary…
Plausible theory. I sent him there after all.
Spot on. this Top secret Proton project AI robot.
nowdays we have the champion myvi kuning