Audi Announces Location For Upcoming H2O Show

By Liam Condit

Every year the H2O festival is put on, a show to promote and experiment. It’s a chance for people to show new Audi cars and Volkswagen cars that use water-cooled engines. The show is based in Ocean City, Maryland, but the venue has been something of a mystery since the casino where it is usually based has become notoriously hard to book since the implementation of slot machine gaming there.

Speculation has been rife with regards to where and even if the show would be held at all. The lack of knowledge about whether the event would be held meant competition became rife with several other new upstart shows looking to muscle in on Audi and Volkswagen’s lack of a venue. One in particular almost was able to put on a two week show but was unfortunately folded after

Audi’s show promoter revealed they had found a venue. It was announced on Thursday in Twitter posts from Jay Shoup that the event would be moving to Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, not far away from the racetrack, on September 24 and 25.

The show itself has been a revelation, with new Audi and Volkswagen cars being shown each year, all showing off water cooling systems. A graphic designer by trade the show’s promoter, Jay Shoup moved his show to Ocean Downs, Maryland in its third year. Since then the show has seen around 25% growth per year. In 2010 the show had 1,300 cars registered as well as 6,000 visitors and is a chance for enthusiasts to take advantage of long stretches of roads, beautiful scenery and the promotion of where Audi and Volkswagen could potentially take their cars in the future.

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